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No. 12. New Zealand, No. 49. Sir,- Downing Street, Bth March, 1927. With reference to Your Excellency's despatch, No. 237, of the 10th November, 1926, 1 have the honour to state, for the information of your Ministers, that the Officer Administering the Government of the Falkland Islands has reported that the Manager of the Government Experimental Farm and farm hand arrived in the colony on the 12th November last, and has asked that the thanks of the Falkland Islands Government may be conveyed to Mr. Munro for his good offices in the matter. I have, &c., L. S. AMERY. Governor-General I lis Excellency General Sir C. Fergusson, Bart., LL.D., G.C.M.G., K.C.8., D.5.0., M.V.0., &c.

No. 13. New Zealand, Dominions No. 158. Sir, Downing Street, 11th March, 1927. 1 have the honour to request Your Excellency to inform your Ministers that the Eighth International Dairy Congress will be held in this country in -July, 1928. This Congress is being organized by a committee representing all aspects of the dairy industry in this country. The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Minister of Health have appointed representatives on this committee, and the Congress, although conducted independently of the Government, has the full sympathy and support of both those Departments. 2. Considerable importance is attached to the development of the milk-supply in Great Britain; and the gathering of representatives of various nations, for the purpose of discussing questions relating to the production and consumption of milk and its products, and of seeing something of the position of the milk-supply in this country, should be of value in bringing the results of the latest knowledge and experience to bear on the numerous problems presented during the progress of milkimprovement. 3. It is hoped that a delegation representing the various interests concerned with milk and dairy-products may be organized in each country, and that in this delegation would be included official representatives of the Government. In this connection attention is invited to the suggestion of the organizing committee, contained in the preliminary announcement, copies of which are enclosed, that it would be desirable that a correspondent should be appointed in each participating country, to act as convener of the delegation, and to carry on correspondence with the organizing secretary of the Congress. I have, &c., 1,. S. AMERY. Governor-General His Excellency General Sir C. Fergusson, Bart., LL.D., G.C.M.G., K.C.8., D.5.0., M.V.0., feeEnclosure. Patron: His Majesty King George V. Honorary Joint Presidents: Right Hon. Walter Guinness, M.P. (Minister of Agriculture); Right Hon. Neville Chamberlain, M.P. (Minister of Health). Chairman of General Committee: Right Hon. Lord ICenyon, K.C.V.O. Treasurer: B. Ravenscroft, Esq. Organizing Secretary: A. D. Allen, 0.8. E. The Eighth World's Dairy Congress, July, 1928. Prelim inary A nnouncement. The dairy industry of the United Kingdom invites the official participation of all countries in the Eighth International Dairy Congress, which will be held in Great Britain in July, 1928. The seven previous Congresses of this kind have been of admitted benefit from the threefold standpoint of international relations, the development of all sections of the dairy industry, and public health : and it is hoped at the forthcoming Congress, by an interchange of scientific knowledge and the mutual discussion of industrial progress and problems in the milk industry, to intensify the good results already achieved, and to make further solid contribution towards attainment by all nations of a life of prosperity, health, and peace. Milk is an essential factor in national health, and the provision of that food, pure and safe, has become mors necessary but more difficult under modern conditions of life in congested areas. The

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