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No. 4. New Zealand, No. 18. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 26th January, 1929. I have the honour to inform you that I duly referred to my Ministers for their consideration, your despatch, Dominions No. 540, of the 12th November, and the enclosures thereto, relating to the desire of the Royal Commission on National Museums and Galleries to obtain certain information as to artistic, scientific, and literary collections abroad. 2. Ministers now advise me that steps are being taken to compile the particulars required in respect of New Zealand, and that these will be transmitted to you as soon as they are complete. I have, &c., CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General. The Right Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, M.P., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.

No. 5. New Zealand, No. 23. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 4tli February, 1929. With reference to your despatch, No. 243, of the 30th November last, conveying an invitation from the Swedish Government to His Majesty's Government in New Zealand to be represented at the International Congress of Forestry Research Stations to be held at Stockholm in July, 1929, I have the honour to inform you that my Ministers would be grateful if you would be good enough to cause a reply to be sent to the Swedish Minister in London to the effect that His Majesty's Government in New Zealand, while appreciating to the fullest extent the invitation of the Swedish Government, regret} that they will be 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. 6. New Zealand, No. 24. Sir, — Government House, Wellington, 4th February, 1929. With reference to your despatch of the 6th November last, Dominions No. 528, conveying to His Majesty's Government in New Zealand an invitation from the French Government to be represented at the First International Sanitary Aviation Congress, to be held at Paris in May, 1929, I have the honour to inform you, at the instance of my Ministers, that His Majesty's Government in New Zealand, while appreciating to the fullest extent the invitation of the French Government, regret that it will not be possible for them to send a representative to attend the Congress on behalf of New Zealand. 2. Ministers add that they would be much obliged if you would be good enough to cause a reply to be sent on these lines to the French Ambassador in London. I have, &c., CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General. The Right Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, M.P., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.