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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the exercise of commerce and trades, the same rights
as, and be subjected to no higher or other taxes than,
the subjects of any third country the most favoured
in those respects.

Article II.

The produce and manufactures of the dominions
and possessions of Her Britannic Majesty which may
be imported into the Zollverein, and the produce and
manufactures of the States of the Zollverein, which
may be imported into the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, whether intended for consump-
tion, warehousing, re-exportation, or transit, shall
therein be treated in the same manner as, and in
particular shall be subject to no higher or other duties
than, the produce and manufactures of any third
country the most favoured in those respects.

Article III.

No other or higher duties shall be levied in the
Zollverein on the exportation of any goods to the
dominions and possessions of Her Britannic Majesty,
nor in the dominions and possessions of Her Britannic
Majesty on the exportation of any goods to the
Zollverein, than are or may be levied on the exporta-
tion of the like goods to any third country the most
favoured in that respect.

Article IV.

The transit of goods to and from the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland shall be free from
all transit duties in the Zollverein, and the transit of
goods to and from the Zollverein shall be free from
all transit duties in the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland.

Article V.

Any favour, privilege, or reduction in the Tariff of
duties of importation or exportation, which either of
the Contracting Parties may concede to any third
Power, shall be extended immediately and uncon-
ditionally to the other.

No prohibition of importation or exportation shall
be established by either of them against the other,
which shall not at the same time be applicable to all
other nations.

The Contracting Parties engage not to prohibit
the exportation of coal, and to levy no duty upon
such exportation.

The preceding provisions respecting the prohibition
of exportation shall not invalidate the obligations
which the constitution of the Germanic Confederation
imposes on the German States which compose the
Zollverein.

Article VI.

With regard to the marks or labels of goods, or of
their packages, and also with regard to patterns and
marks of manufacture and trade, the subjects of the
States of the Zollverein shall enjoy in the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the
subjects of Her Britannic Majesty shall enjoy in the
States of the Zollverein, the same protection as native
subjects.

Article VII.

The stipulations of the preceding Articles I. to VI.
shall also be applied to the Colonies and foreign
possessions of Her Britannic Majesty. In those
Colonies and possessions the produce of the States of
the Zollverein shall not be subject to any higher or
other import duties than the produce of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of any
other country, of the like kind; nor shall the expor-
tation from those Colonies or possessions to the
Zollverein be subject to any higher or other duties
than the exportation to the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland.

Article VIII.

The present Treaty shall come into force on the 1st
of July, 1865, and shall remain in force until the 30th
of June, 1877. In case neither of the Contracting
Parties shall, twelve months before the last-mentioned
day, have given notice to the other of the intention
to terminate the operation of the Treaty, then the
same shall continue in force until the expiration of
one year from the day upon which either of the
Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the
other to terminate the same.

Article IX.

The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the
ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Berlin in
three weeks,* or sooner if possible.

In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries
have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the
seal of their arms.

Done at Berlin, the thirtieth day of May, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-five.

(L.S.) NAPIER,
(L.S.) JOHN WARD,
(L.S.) BISMARCK,
(L.S.) V. POMMER-ESCHE,
(L.S.) PHILIPSBORN,
(L.S.) DELBRUCK.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1865.

THE following Proclamations issued by their
Honors the Superintendents of Taranaki and
Wellington, under "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861,"
are published for general information.
E. W. STAFFORD.

PROCLAMATION.
Of a Landing Place under "The Diseased Cattle Act,
1861."

By His Honor CHARLES BROWN, Esquire,
Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki.

In exercise of the authority delegated to the Super-
intendents of Provinces under the provisions of
an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand
intituled, "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," I,
Charles Brown, Esquire, Superintendent of the
Province of Taranaki, do hereby proclaim the under-
mentioned place in the Province of Taranaki as one
at which infected cattle may be landed within the
meaning of the said Act-

The SEA BEACH for three miles north of the
Military Post at the White Cliffs.

Given under my hand and issued under the
public seal of the Province of Taranaki, at
New Plymouth, the twenty-third day of
August, One thousand eight hundred and
sixty-five.

CHAS. BROWN,
Superintendent.

PROCLAMATION
Of a Quarantine Ground under "The Diseased Cattle
Act, 1861."

By His Honor CHARLES BROWN, Esquire,
Superintendent of the Province of Taranaki.

In exercise of the authority delegated to the Super-
intendents of Provinces under the provisions of an
Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand,
intituled, "The Diseased Cattle Act, 1861," I,
Charles Brown, Esquire, Superintendent of the
Province of Taranaki, do hereby proclaim the under-
mentioned place in the Province of Taranaki as a
quarantine ground for infected cattle, under the
provisions of the said recited Act-

The WAIPINGAU VALLEY, about one mile and a
half north of the Military Post at the White
Cliffs.

• This term was subsequently extended by Protocol to the
  30th of June.