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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Extract From the "London Gazette" of
Tuesday, the 9th December 1862.

DECLARATIONS exchanged between the Go-
vernments of Great Britain and of Bavaria,
relative to the duties payable on the
withdrawal of the property of subjects of
the one country from the territories of
the other:

BRITISH DECLARATION.
The undersigned Her Britannic Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary at the Court of His Majesty the
King of Bavaria, being duly authorized by his
Government, hereby declares that the subjects
of His Majesty the King of Bavaria are at
liberty to withdraw their property from the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, and from the British Colonies and
Possessions, without being called upon to pay
any duty as aliens on the withdrawal of it, and
without paying any other duty than such as
the subjects of Her Britannic Majesty are
equally liable to pay.

In witness whereof the undersigned has
signed the present Declaration, which is to be
substituted for the Declaration of the 30th
April, 1836, and has affixed thereto the seal
of his Arms.

Done at Munich the fourth day of Novem-
ber, 1862.
(Signed) J. R. MILBANKE.

His Majesty the King of Bavaria, Count
Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria of
Franconia and in Suabia, &c. having learnt
that, according to the laws in force in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
and in the British Colonies and Possessions, no
duty whatever is collected on the exportation
and transfer of inheritances and other property
belonging to Bavarian subjects, the undersigned
Minister of State for the Department of the
Royal House and for Foreign Affairs, declares
by these presents, in the name of His Majesty's
Government, that no deduction shall henceforth
be made under the title of droit d'aubaine ou
de détraction, upon inheritances and other
property in Bavaria belonging to subjects of
Her Britannic Majesty, whether in the United
Kingdom or in the British Colonies and Posses-
sions; and that the abolition of such duties in
favour of these subjects shall have its full and
entire effect, not only in all future cases, so
long as the laws shall not be changed in this
respect in the United Kingdom and in the
British Colonies and Possessions, but also in all
those cases in which, up to the date of the
signature of the present Act, the duties thus
abolished shall not have been actually and
definitely collected.

In witness whereof this Declaration, des-
tined to be substituted for the Declaration
of the 10th of April, 1836, and to be exchanged
against a similar Declaration on the part of the
Government of Her Britannic Majesty, securing
perfect reciprocity to Bavarian subjects, has
been delivered by the undersigned Minister of
State, and sealed with the seal of his Arms.

Done at Munich this fourth day of the
month of November, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
(L.S.) (Signed)
THE BARON DE SCHRENK.

Circular from Secretary of State respecting
Management of Hospitals and Lunatic
Asylums.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
New Plymouth, 8th May, 1863.
THE following Circular with its enclosures,
transmitted by the Right Honorable the
Secretary of State to the Governors of Crown
Colonies, is published for general information.
ALFRED DOMETT.

Colonial Office,
19th February, 1863.
The Duke of Newcastle presents his com-
pliments to Sir George Grey, and begs
to enclose, as concerning a matter of general
interest, a Copy of a Circular, respecting the
management of Lunatic Asylums and Hospi-
tals, addressed to the Governors of all Colo-
nies in which the Government is not responsi-
ble.

To Sir George Grey, K.C.B.,
&c., &c.,
&c.

Downing-street,
1st January, 1863.
SIR,-Certain evils and defects which have
been recently disclosed in the Public Hospital
at Kingston in Jamaica, and flagrant abuses
and cruelties of long standing which have been
detected in the Lunatic Asylum at the same
place, have suggested to me the expediency of
making enquiry into the state of similar insti-
tutions in other Colonies. With this view I
have obtained the assistance of the College of
Physicians and of the Commissioners in Lunacy
in determining the topics to which enquiry should
be directed, and I enclose one series relating to
Public Hospitals, and one relating to Lunatic
Asylums. I request you to fill up the forms
under each head, with the fullest information
that you may be enabled to afford.

I have, &c.,
NEWCASTLE.

Hospitals.
1st. The laws or written regulations relating
to Hospitals, specifying the class of persons for
which the Hospital was established, and the
nature of the diseases most commonly admitted.
2nd. The site, the aspect, the elevation
above the sea, the character of the soil, and
other circumstances of the surrounding neigh-
bourhood.
3rd. The water supply, the sewerage and
drainage, the position and state of latrines.
4th. The structure of the buildings, includ-
ing adaptations to climate and arrangements
for ventilation, coolness, and warmth. Baths.
5th. The internal dimensions of the several
wards, the number of beds in each, the distance
between the beds, and the number of cubic feet