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No. 13. New Zealand, No. 77. Sir,- Government House, Wellington, 23rd April, 1928. With reference to the report of the British Airship Mission recently in New Zealand, and to the proposal that steps should be taken to provide a mooringmast in this Dominion, 1 have the honour to inform you, on the advice of my Prime Minister, that in view of the decision of the Commonwealth Government to erect in the meantime only one mooring-mast (at Perth), the Government of New Zealand have come to the conclusion that it would be premature to take any steps in the direction of installing a mast in the Dominion until the home trials of the airships have been satisfactorily carried out. I have, &c., CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General. The Right Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, M.P., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.

No. 14. New Zealand, No. 82. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 26th April, 1928. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 14, of the 25th January, enclosing copy of a despatch from the Minister for External Affairs of the Irish Free State relative to the application to New Zealand of section 152 of the Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act, 1927. 2. My Prime Minister advises me, in reply, that His Majesty's Government in New Zealand will be pleased to arrange for a reciprocal Order in Council to be made applying section 144 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks Act, 1921-22 (New Zealand) to the Irish Free State. 3. The necessary draft Order in Council, similar to that made in reference to the Dominion of Canada (see New Zealand Gazette dated 12th June, 1924) will be prepared, and it is suggested that telegraphic advice may be sent to me as to the date on which it is proposed the reciprocal Orders should take effect. I have, &c., CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General. The Right Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, M.P., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.

No. 15. New Zealand. No. 83. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 26th April, 1928. I Lave the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, Dominions No. 78, of the 15th February, enclosing copies of the Report of Proceedings of the Imperial Education Conference, 1927. 2. Ministers have asked me to convey to you an expression of their thanks for this interesting report, which is now under the consideration of the Minister of Education. I have, &c., CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General. The Right Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, M.P., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.