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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1865.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1865.

THE following Circular Despatch, with itsenclosure,
from Her Majesty's principal Secretary of State
for the Colonies, is published for general information.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Downing Street, 31st July, 1865,

SIR,—I have the honor to transmit to you a copy
of a Treaty of Commerce, which was concluded on
the 30th May last, between Her Majesty and the
Zollverein, the ratifications of which were exchanged
at Berlin on the 30th ultimo.

I have, &c.,
EDWARD CARDWELL.

TREATY OF COMMERCE BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND
THE ZOLLVEREIN.

Signed at Berlin, 30th May, 1865.
[Ratifications exchanged at Berlin, 30th June, 1865.]

HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdon
of Great Britain and Ireland, on the one part; and,
His Majesty the King of Prussia in his own name,
and representing the sovereign States and territories
united to the Prussian system of Customs and con-
tributions, that is to say, the Grand Duchy of
Luxemburg, the enclaves of the Grand Duchy of
Mecklenburg - Schwerin, Rossow, Netzeband, and
Schoenberg, the Principality of Berkenfeld belonging
to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, the Duchy of
Anhalt, the Principalities of Waldeck and Pyrmont,
the Principality of Lippe, and the Grand Bailiwick
of Meisenheim belonging to the Landgraviate of
Hesse, as well as in the name of the other members
of the German Association of customs and commerce,
that is to say—the Crown of Bavaria, the Crown of
Saxony, the Crown of Hanover, as well for itself as
for the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe, and the
Crown of Wurtemberg, the Grand Duchy of Baden,
the Electorate of Hesse, the Grand Duchy of Hesse,
as well for itself as for the Bailiwick of Homburg
belonging to the Landgraviate of Hesse, the States
forming the Customs and Commercial Union of

Thuringia, viz., the Grand Duchy of Saxony, the
Duchies of Saxe-Meiningen, of Saxe-Altenburg, of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the Principalities of Schwarz-
burg-Rudolstadt and of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen,
of the elder branch of Reuss and of the younger
branch of Reuss, the Duchy of Brunswick, the Duchy
of Oldenburg, the Duchy of Nassau, and the Free
Town of Frankfort, on the other part;

Being equally animated by the desire of regulating
and extending the commercial relations between the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and
its dependencies, and the Zollverein, have resolved to
conclude a Treaty for that purpose, and have named
as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honorable
Francis Baron Napier of Merchiston, a Peer of Scot
land, a Baronet of Nova Scotia, a member of Her
Britannic Majesty's Privy Council, Her Majesty's
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to
His Majesty the King of Prussia, &c.; and John
Ward, Esq., Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires and
Consul-General to the Hanse Towns, and Consul-
General in Hanover, Oldenburg, &c. ;

And His Majesty the King of Prussia, M. Otto
Eduard Leopold von Bismarck Schoenhausen, Presi-
dent of his Ministry of State, and Minister of Foreign
Affairs; M. Johann Friedrich von Pommer Esche,
his Actual Privy Councillor; M. Alexander Maxi-
milian Philopsborn, Director in his Ministry of
Foreign Affairs; and M. Martin Friedrich Rudolph
Delbrück, Director in his Ministry for Commerce,
Trade, and Public Works;

Who, after having communicated to each other
their respective full powers, found to be in good and
due form, have agreed upon and concluded the fol-
lowing Articles :—

Article I.

The subjects of Her Britannic Majesty who dwell
either temporarily or permanently in the States of
the Zollverein, and the subjects of the States of the
Zollverein who dwell either temporarily or perma-
nently in the dominions or possessions of Her
Britannic Majesty, shall enjoy therein, in respect to