AUGUST 3.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1051

that all these advantages, including free instruction,
will be open as unreservedly to Her Majesty's
colonial subjects as to those residing in the United
Kingdom.

Her Majesty's colonial subjects have indeed already
shown that the possession of musical talent exists
among them in as great a degree as in any other
nation; for they may claim with pride that they have
produced one of the most accomplished vocalists of
the present day.

I have in past years had occasion in many ways,
especially through the medium of the various inter-
national exhibitions over which I have presided, to
notice the manifold benefits which have resulted
from the combined action of the colonies and the
mother-country in the development of commerce and
the advancement of industrial and other material
interests; and I cannot but think that the friendly
rivalry of all portions of the empire will not now
be wanting in the effort to cultivate a refined and
elevating pursuit, which in all ages and among all
nations has exercised so important an influence on
national character, and done so much to strengthen
the common love of country.

I have the more confidence in making this appeal
from the readiness and public spirit which the
colonies have always evinced to promote every object
tending to strengthen the ties that now so happily
unite us.

Your Lordship will, I am sure, be glad to learn
that I have had the advantage of communicating
with a number of gentlemen resident in several of
the colonies, who are temporarily in England, as well
as with former colonists permanently residing here;
and they have kindly undertaken, by their individual
exertion, to further the present more extended move-
ment, which I trust will also meet with your Lord-
ship's encouragement and approval.

I have, &c.,
ALBERT EDWARD P.

--The Earl of Kimberley, &c.

The Prince of Wales to the Earl of Kimberley.
Marlborough House, Pall Mall, S.W.,
23rd March, 1882.

MY LORD,—I have the honor to transmit herewith
copies of the proceedings which have recently taken
place here in connection with the proposed establish-
ment of a Royal College of Music, which I would
ask your Lordship to be good enough to transmit to
the Governors of the various colonies, with such
observations as your Lordship may consider proper.

I need not state to you how anxious I am to secure
the co-operation of the Government of the several
colonies, and of our fellow-subjects residing here, in
the present movement.

I do not, however, presume to suggest in what form
their support should practically be given, but must
leave it to the Governments of the various colonies
to evince their interest in such manner as each may
consider becoming.

I trust that this movement may meet with your
Lordship's support, and that you may feel warranted
in commending it to the favourable consideration of
the Governors of Her Majesty's colonies.

I have, &c.,
ALBERT EDWARD P.

The Earl of Kimberley, Colonial Office.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC.

THE Royal College of Music will consist of two
branches—a foundation and a paying branch, the
members of the foundation comprising only persons
who attain that distinction by open competition.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has

recently received representations from various
localities expressing a desire to found scholarships
to be restricted to each locality.

His Royal Highness the President has, therefore,
decided that scholarships providing tuition and main-
tenance may be established, open to local competition
only, on payment of a capital sum of £3,000, such
scholarships bearing the name of the founder. The
candidates must pass an examination before examiners
appointed or approved by the College; and if no
candidate reaches the required standard of excellence,
the scholarship will be applied to the general funds
of the College until such time as a sufficiently
qualified candidate is offered.

Under these conditions, any locality for each sum
of £3,000 may have in perpetuity a scholar in the
College designated by the name of the locality.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 18th May, 1882.

SIR,—Her Majesty's Government have had under
their consideration the position of aliens naturalised
in a colony, when travelling beyond the limits of the
colony in which naturalisation has been granted, and
they have decided that aliens naturalised in British
colonies shall, as regards their claim to British pro-
tection out of Her Majesty's dominions, be placed in
future on the same footing as aliens naturalised in
this country under the Naturalisation Act of 1870.

2. To carry out this object, aliens naturalised in
   British colonies will be allowed to receive from the
   Governor of the colony in which they have been
   naturalised a passport unlimited in point of duratio
   instead of a passport for one year, as is now autho-
   rized. These passports will also be issued by the
   Foreign Office in London, on the recommendation of
   the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

3. If, however, an alien naturalised in a colony, and
   not possessing such passport, finds himself in need of
   one when in a foreign country, a British Minister or
   Consul will be empowered, on such evidence as he
   may deem sufficient, to grant him a provisional pass-
   port, limited in duration, in order to meet the im-
   mediate requirements of his case, and to enable him
   to return to his colony or to the United Kingdom,
   and so establish his identity beyond question, and
   obtain a permanent passport.

4. I enclose an amended regulation, which will be
   substituted in the colonial regulations for the present
   Regulation No. 404, in chapter xiv.; and also an
   amended form of passport, which will be inserted in
   the appendix, in place of the form and memorandum
   now in use.

I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.

The Officer Administering the
Government of New Zealand.

Form of Passport.

THIS passport is granted to A.B., naturalised as a
British subject in this colony, to enable him to travel
in foreign parts.

This passport is granted with the qualification that
the bearer shall not, when within the limits of the
Foreign State of which he was a subject previously
to obtaining his colonial certificate of naturalisation,
be entitled to British protection, unless he has ceased
to be a subject of that State in pursuance of the laws
thereof or in pursuance of a treaty to that effect.

C.D.,
Governor [Lieutenant - Governor,
or Officer Administering the Go-
vernment] of the Colony [Island
or Province] of