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No. 14. New Zealand, Dominions No. 144. My Lord,— Downing Street, Bth May, 1922. With reference to my despatch, Dominions No. 85, of the 13th March, I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information of your Ministers, copies of an extract from the London Gazette of the 28th April, containing an Order in Council of the 21st April applying the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act, 1920, to Western .Australia, and Tasmania. I have, &c, WINSTON S. CHURCHILL. Governor-General His Excellency the Righl Hon. Viscount Jellicoe, G.C.8., 0.M., G.C.V.0., &c.

Enclosure. At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 21st day of April, 1922. Present : The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas by the Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act. 1920, provision has been made for the enforcement in England and Ireland of maintenance orders made by a Court in any part of His Majesty's Dominions outside the United Kingdom to which the said Act extends : And whereas by the said Act it is, amongst other things, provided that where His Majesty is satisfied that reciprocal provisions have been made by the Legislature of any part of His Majesty's Dominions outside the United Kingdom for the enforcement within that part of maintenance orders made by Courts within England and Ireland, His Majesty may by Order in Council extend the sard Act to that part, and thereupon that part sha 1 become a part of His Majesty's Dominions to which the said Act extends : And whereas His Majesty is satisfied that the Legislatures of the parts of His Majesty's Dominions outside the United Kingdom hereinafter mentioned have made reciprocal provisions for the enforcement within those parts of maintenance orders made by Courts within England and Ireland : Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers by the above-recited Act in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows : — The Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act, 1920, shall apply to the parts of His Majesty's Dominions outside the United Kingdom hereunder mentioned I Western Australia; Tasmania. And the Right, Honourable Winston Spencer Churchill, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. Almeric PitzEoy,

No. 15. New Zealand, No. 91. My Lord, Downing Street, 16th May, 1922. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's despatch, No. 47, of the 16th February, on the subject of the wearing of uniform by officers retired from the New Zealand Territorial Force, and to request you to inform your Ministers that in the opinion of the Army Council the privilege referred to in my despatch Dominions No. 399, of flic 20th September last, should apply to all ex-officers of the New Zealand Territorial Force who held commissions on the Active or on the Reserve List of the Force between the sth August, 1914, and the 31st August, 1921, whether embodied or not during that period. I have, &c, WINSTON S. CHURCHILL. Covcrnor-Ceneral His Excellency the Right lion. Viscount Jellicoe, G.C.8., 0.M., G.C.V.0., &c.