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No. 18. New Zealand, Dominions, No. 135. My Lord,— Downing Street, 30th March, 1920. fb fibnfi 2V OI T X \° re ? lieBt Your Ex « ell ency to inform your Ministers that the United States Naval authorities are bringing up to date their list of the salutmg-stations of the world, and have asked for assistance in obtaining a list of .British salutmg-ports. & 2. I should be glad if your Ministers could arrange to furnish a list {riving the names of the stations or batteries in New Zealand from which salutes are fired. n n i TT - r-, ~ 1 have, &c, Governor-General His Excellency the Right Hon MILNER Earl of Liverpool, P.C., G.C.M.G., G.8.E., M.V.0., &,..

No. 19. New Zealand, Dominions, No. 141. My Lord — Downing Street, 7th April, 1920. tW tb TTd T™ r Y ° Ur Excellen cy to inform your Ministers that the marks NP and KO have been registered in the United Kingdom as standardization-marks of the National Physical Laboratory, which is conducted under the direction of the Scientific and Industrial Research Department H'B M a]estv s Government would be glad if steps could be taken to prevent the use of these marks by unauthorized persons or bodies in New Zealand. Governor-General His Excellency the Right Hon. ™' MILNER Earl of Liverpool, P.C., G.C.M.G., G.8.E., M.V.0., &c.

No. 20. New Zealand, Dominions, No. 152. My Lord — Downing Street, 13th April, 1920. With reference to Mr. (now Viscount) Harcourt's telegram of the 21st August 1914, regarding the issue of passports to British subjects of double nation-f-1 I tJ- w G ?! n° n ° Ur to request Your Bxcel W to inform your Ministers that His Majesty s Government consider that passports need no longer be refused to British subjects of double nationality on the ground that their second nationality is Austrian or German, and that a circular despatch has been addressed to His Majesty s consular officers instructing them that the circular instructions of August 1914, forbidding the issue of passports to persons who also possess German or Austrian nationality may now be regarded as cancelled, subject to the general n tn?^J° nt T Gd m the Forei 8 n office circular despatches of the 10th October 1905 17th November, 1919 and sth February, 1920, copies of which are enclosed. ' 2 1 shall be glad to learn whether your Ministers decide to adopt a similar P rocedure - I have, &c, n n n „ MILNER. Governor-General His Excellency the Right Hon Earl of Liverpool, P.C, G.C.M.G, G.B.E, M.V.O, &c.

Enclosures. (Circular. —Treaty.) SlE '"~ T , „ .. ~. . , r . Foreign Office, 10th October, 1905. h« h Aq 1 -} G ? 8UC °/ P ass P° rte t0 Bntlsh objects who also possess another nationality has been under the consideration of the Secretary of State, and I am to inform you, for your future guidance, that, m the event of an application being made to you for a passport by a British subiect who is also a subject or citizen of the State in which you exercise should be re used, and the applicant be instructed to obtain a passport from the o Z State. Should, however, the applicant's second nationality be other than that of the State in which you exercise consular jurisdiction you may issue a passport to him. His Majesty's Consul, . Campbell.