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No. 9. New Zealand, No. 55. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 21st March, 1928. With reference to your despatch, Dominions No. 11, of the 10th January, on the subject of the International Congress of Orientalists, I have the honour to inform you that His Majesty's Government in New Zealand regret their inability to be represented at this Congress. I have, &c., CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General. The Right Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, M.P., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.

No. 10. New Zealand, No. 63. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 28th March, 1928. With reference to your despatch, No. 6, of the 13th January, forwarding an invitation from the United States Charge d'Affaires to His Majesty's Government in New Zealand to participate in the twenty-third International Congress of Americanists to be held at New York in September next, I have the honour to inform you that it is regretted that Ministers are unable to be represented at the Congress. I have, &c., CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General. The Right Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, M.P., Secretary of|State for Dominion Affairs.

No. 11. New Zealand, No. 66. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 28th March, 1928. With reference to your despatch, Dominions No. 30, of the 18th January, relative to the International Congress on Wireless Telegraphy, to be held at Rome in October next, I have the honour to inform you that His Majesty's Government in New Zealand, while appreciating the invitation extended to them by the Italian Ambassador, regret that they are unable to be represented at the Congress. I have, &c., CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General. The Right Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, M.P., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.

No. 12. New Zealand, No. 70. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 4th April, 1928. With reference to your despatch, Dominions Treaty No. 2, of the 3rd January, enclosing copy of a letter from the General Secretary of the International Commission for Air Navigation with regard to the carriage or use of photographic apparatus in aerial navigation, 1 have the honour to inform you, at the instance of my Ministers, that under the existing regulations in New Zealand the carriage of photographic apparatus in aircraft is not prohibited. r haVP &c CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General. The Right Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, M.P., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.