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Enclosure. [Extract from the Summary of Proceedings of the Imperial Conference, 1926.] Imperial Agricultural Research Conference. The proposal for an Imperial Agricultural Research Conference in London in 1927 was, at the instance of the sub-committee, endorsed by the Imperial Conference in the following terms : — " The Conference notes with approval the proposal to hold a Conference in London in 1927 representative of the organizations of the Empire concerned in agricultural research and its administration, for the purpose of discussing such questions as the extension of co-operation between the organizations ; the promotion of joint programmes of research ; the utilization of the results obtained; and the training, supply, and interchange of scientific workers. " The Conference urges the respective Governments to give the fullest possible support to the proposed Imperial Agricultural Research Conference."

No. 7. New Zealand, No. 23. Sir, — Downing Street, 26th January, 1927. I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information of your Ministers, the accompanying copies of a circular to His Majesty's Consuls abroad regarding the issue of passports to the foreign-born wives and children of British subjects naturalized in Canada. I have, &c., L. S. AMERY. Governor-General His Excellency General Sir C. Fergusson, 13art., LL.D., G.C.M.G., K.C.8., D.5.0., M.V.0., &c.

Enclosure. Passports for Foreign-born Wives and Children of British Subjects Naturalized in Canada. Sir, — Foreign Office, 18th November, 1926. I am directed by Secretary, Sir Austen Chamberlain, to inform you that separate British passports should be issued to the foreign-born wives and foreign-born minor children of men who have been naturalized as British subjects in Canada desiring to proceed to Canada for the first time. Such persons should not be included in the passport of the husband or father, as the case may be. 2. When passports are issued in such cases a warning should be given that the passport does not carry with it the right to enter Canada without further authority from the Canadian immigration authorities. 3. Extra copies of this circular are enclosed for transmission to consular officers under your superintendence who are authorized to issue passports. I am, &c., His Majesty's Consul, . W. Tyrrell.

No. 8. New Zealand, Dominions No. 73. Sir, — Downing Street, 28th January, 1927. T have the honour to request Your Excellency to inform your Ministers that the United States Charge d'Affaires in London has conveyed an invitation from the United States Government to the Governments of the several parts of the Empire to appoint delegates to the First International Congress of Soil Science which will be held at Washington from the 13th June to the 27th June next. 2. In communicating this invitation the Charge d'Affaires intimated that the Congress is primarily intended to bring together a widely representative international gathering of specialists for the presentation and consideration of fundamental contributions to research in the soil sciences and the sciences closely related

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