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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, Barristers-at-
Law, to be Conveyancing Counsel to examine Titles
under "The Land Registry Act, 1860," Regulation
No. 41.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th June, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

THOMAS BRUNNER, Esq.,
Chief Surveyor, Nelson, in the Province of Nelson;
and

JOSEPH WARD, Esq.,
of Brookby, Wairau, in the Province of Marlborough,
Commissioners under "The Boundaries of Provinces
Act, 1858," to ascertain and report on the Bounda-
ries between the Province of Nelson and the Province
of Marlborough, with a view to having such boun-
daries defined.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th June, 1866.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WALTER HYPPOLYTE PILLIET, Esq.,
to be Returning Officer for the Election of Members
of the Provincial Council of the Province of Marl-
borough for the District of Pelorus.

E. W. STAFFORD.
N.B. This notice is republished in consequence of the above
District having been erroneously called "Havelock" in Gazette,
No. 28, May 14, 1866."

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th June, 1866.
IT is hereby notified that

Sir GEORGE ALFRED ARNEY, Knt.,
has resigned his seat in the Legislative Council of
New Zealand, and that His Excellency the Governor
has accepted such resignation.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 13th June, 1866.
THE following Despatches with enclosures, from
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
the Colonies are published for general information.

E. W. STAFFORD.

[Circular.]

Downing Street, 8th March, 1866.
SIR, I have the honor to transmit to you a copy
of a Treaty of Navigation, which was concluded on
the 16th of August last, between Her Majesty and
the King of Prussia, the Ratifications of which were
exchanged at Berlin on the 24th ultimo.

I have, &c.,
EDWARD CARDWELL.
Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B.

(Enclosure.)

TREATY OF NAVIGATION BETWEEN HER MAJESTY
AND THE KING OF PRUSSIA.
Signed at Gastein, August 16, 1865.
[Ratifications exchanged at Berlin, Feb. 24, 1866.]
HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, on the one part, and
His Majesty the King of Prussia, on the other part,
being equally animated by the desire to develope the
stipulations relative to the reciprocal treatment of
navigation now in force under the Treaties concluded
between them on the 2nd of April, 1824, and the 2nd
of March, 1841, upon the basis of the alterations in
their Navigation Laws which have since taken place,
have entered into negotiation 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 His Majesty the King of Prussia; M. Otto
Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen, Presi-
dent of His Ministry of State, and Minister of Foreign
Affairs;

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 follow-
ing Articles :-

Article I.

British ships and their cargoes shall in Prussia,
and Prussian ships and their cargoes shall in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from
whatever place arriving, and whatever may be their
place of destination, and whatever may be the place
of origin or destination of their cargoes, be treated
in every respect as national ships and their cargoes.

It is however agreed that the preceding stipulation
shall not affect the rights connected with fishery
belonging exclusively to the subjects of either country
within their respective marine territorial limits, nor
the local immunities enjoyed in Great Britain, not by
British subjects generally, but only by certain privi-
leged classes in certain ports.

Every favor or exemption which either of the
Contracting Parties shall grant in these respects to
any other Power, shall be immediately and uncon-
ditionally extended to the other party.

Article II.

The stipulations contained in the preceding Article
are also to be applied to the Colonies and Foreign
Possessions of Her Britannic Majesty, as well as to
the ships and cargoes of the same; but as regards
the coasting trade, only in those Colonies and Foreign
Possessions the coasting trade of which shall have
been, or shall be hereafter, opened to foreign ships in
conformity with the Acts of Parliament which govern
this matter.

Article III.

If any ship of war or merchant vessel of one of the
Contracting Parties should run aground or be wrecked
upon the coasts of the other, the same aid and assist-
ance shall be rendered to it as to a national vessel,
and in such case no other expenses shall be paid by
the owners or their agents and representatives for
the preservation of the property than would be pay-
able in the like case of a wreck of a national vessel.

In case the master of a merchant vessel should be
under the necessity of disposing of a part of his
merchandise in order to defray his expenses, no im-
pediment shall be opposed by the authorities, the
master being bound, however, to conform to the
existing regulations and tariffs.

The goods and merchandise saved from the wreck
shall be exempt from all duties of Customs unless
cleared for consumption.

The respective Consuls-General, Consuls, Vice-
Consuls, and Consular Agents shall, if the owner or
master or other agent of the owner is not present, or
is present and requires it, be authorized to interpose