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1921, No. 8 (Local). —The Christchurch Tramway District Amendment Act, 1921.—This Act amends in various particulars the Christchurch Tramway District Act, 1920. Section 9 authorizes the raising by the Board, without the consent of the ratepayers, loans for certain works : section 10 authorizes the Board to erect dwellings tor its employees ; and section 12 empowers it to subsidize the Christchurch Tramway Employees' Sick Benefit Society. 1921, No. 9 (Local). Tin; Taieri River Improvement Amendment Act, 1921.—This Act amends in various particulars the Taieri River Improvement Act, 1920. 1921, No. 10 (Local). —The Grey Collection Exchange Act. 1921. -The object of this Act is to authorize the Auckland City Council to transfer to the Board of Trustees of the South African Public Library such books and manuscripts in the Grey Collection as relate to South Africa and its people, and to receive in exchange, on behalf ol the New Zealand Government, and to bold in trust for the people of New Zealand, any books and manuscripts which, having formerly belonged to Sir George Grey, are now deposited in the South African Public Library, and which relate to the Maoris of New Zealand and to Polynesia. 1921, No. 11 (Local).—The Wellington City Empowering Act, 1921. —This Act authorizes the Wellington City Council to cancel certain debentures ami to issue other debentures in lieu thereof. 1921, No. 12 (Local).- The Napier Harbour Board Enabling Act, 1921. The object of this Act is to provide for the more convenient and economical collection of the, rates authorized to be levied by the Napier Harbour Board by certain special Acts, ami for certain other matters affecting the Board. 1921, No. 13 (Local). —The Napier Harbour Board and Napier High School Empowering Amendment Act, 1921. —This Act modifies in certain particulars certain agreements ratified by the Napier Harbour Board antl Napier High School Empowering Act, litis. 1921, No. 14 (Local). —The Palmerston North Borough Loans Consolidation Act, 1921. —This Act authorizes the Palmerston North Borough Council to consolidate certain loans. 1921, No. 15 (Local). —The Inch-Clutha Road, River, and Drainage Amendment Act, 1921.—The object of this Act is to abolish the Inch-Clutha Road, River, and Drainage Board, to merge the Inch-Clutha Road District in the County of Bruce, and to constitute the Inch-Clutha Riverand Drainage Board. 1921, No. 16 (Local). —The Picton Recreation Reserve Amendment Act, 1921. —This Act enables the Picton Borough Council to lay out as a public highway certain land vested in the Corporation of the borougtt as a recreation reserve, and to authorize the sale of another portion of the said reserve. 1921, No. 17 (Local). —The Auckland Electric-power Board Act, 1921. —This Act constitutes the Auckland Electric-power' District and the Board thereof, and confers powers on the Board. These powers are for the most part the same powers as those conferred on other Boards by the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, but there are also conferred by this Act a number of special powers to meet local requirements. 1921, No. 18 (Local). —The Whakatane Harbour Act, 1921. —This Act consolidates and amends a number of Acts relating to the Whakatane Harbour. 1921-22, No. 19 (Local).— The Geraldine County River District Act, 1921-22.—This Act constitutes the Geraldine County River District, with the members for the time being of the Geraldine County Council as the River Board thereof, and makes certain special provisions with respect to the powers, duties, and finances "I the Board. 1921-22, No. 20 (Local).—The Whangarei Harbour Board Empowering Act, 1921-22.—This Act defines the powers of the Whangarei Harbour Board to construct harbour-works, and authorizes the expenditure for certain purposes of a portion of the moneys borrowed pursuant to (he Whangarei Harbour Board Empowering Act. 191 I, and the Whangarei Harbour Board Vesting and Empowering Act, 1919. Private Act. 1921, No. I (Private). —The Roman Catholic Archbishop Empowering Act, 1921.-This Act enables the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Wellington to sell and dispose of certain lands in the Archdiocese of Wellington, and to apply the net proceeds thereof in or towards the purchase of other lands in the archdiocese, and in or towards the erection of church and school buildings, and Io authorize the raising of money on the security of the lands so acquired, or any of them.

No. 7. New Zealand, No. 79. Sir, — ""Government House, Wellington, 23rd March, 1922. With reference to your despatch, Dominions Treaty No. 4, of the 10th January, I have the honour to inform you that it is the desire of my Government that the International Refrigeration Convention should be ratified for New Zealand. I have, &c, JELLICOE, Governor-General. The Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill, M.P., Secretary of State for the Colonies.