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Enclosure. E. and 0. 7603/28. Sib, — India Office, S.W. 1, 4th December, 1928. I ain directed by the Secretary of State for India to refer to your letter of the Ist March, No. C.L. 36, 1928, V. forwarding the report of the Preparatory Committee for the first Conference for the Codification of International Law, I am to say that in regard to the subjects of (1) Nationality, and (2) Responsibility of States for damage done in their territory to the persons or property of foreigners, the memoranda forwarded to you with Foreign Office letter of the 11th November, No. T. 12542/81/377, on behalf of His Majesty's Government in Great Britain, maybe taken as covering the position in British India and as containing the information desired in regard to British India. With reference to the note at the head of the memorandum on nationality I am to explain that the internal law of British India is contained in the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, supplemented by the Indian Naturalization Act, 1926. A copy of the latter Act is attached. I am, &c., E. J. Turner, Secretary, E. and 0. Department. The Secretary-General, League of Nations, Geneva.

No. 10. New Zealand, No. 15. Sir, — Downing Street, 15th January, 1929. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 316, of the 30th November, on the subject of the visit to New Zealand of Dr. E. H. Marshall, D.5.0., who is engaged in making hydrographic observations in the Ross Sea on behalf of the " Discovery " Expedition. 2. I request that you will convey to your Ministers an expression of the " Discovery " Committee's thanks for their readiness to extend to Dr. Marshall the facilities desired. 3. Dr. Marshall has acknowledged with gratitude the assistance rendered to him by the New Zealand Government and, in particular, by Captain Hooper, Nautical Adviser, and Mr. Godfrey, Secretary of the Marine Department. 1 have, &c., L. S. AMERY. Governor-General His Excellencv General Sir C. Fergusson. Bart., LL.D., G.C.M.G., K.C.8., D.5.0., M.V.0., &c.

No. 11. New Zealand, No. 19. Sir, — Downing Street, 15tli January, 1929. With reference to Mr. Churchill's despatch, Dominions No. 99, of the 28th March, 1922, I have the honour to transmit, for the information of His Majesty's Government in New Zealand, the accompanying copy of a note from the Japanese Ministry for Foreign Affairs regarding amendments to the; Japanese regulations for the enforcement of the Ship Load-line Law and in the Ship Load-line Rules. I have, &c., L. 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., &c.

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