THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Foreign Affairs, Grand Cross of the Orders of St.
Stephen and Leopold;
Who, after having communicated to each other
their respective full powers, found to be in due and
proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the
following Articles :--

ARTICLE I.
During the continuance of the present Convention,
British Produce and Manufactures shall be admitted
upon importation into both the dominions of His
Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, at the rates
of duty enumerated in the Tariff annexed to the
Treaty of Commerce between His Imperial and Royal
Apostolic Majesty and His Majesty the King of
Prussia, representing the sovereign States and Terri-
tories united to the Prussian system of Customs and
Contributions, of the 9th of March, 1868.

ARTICLE II.
His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty further
engages that on and after the 1st of January, 1870,
the following articles of British Manufacture shall be
admitted upon importation into both the dominions
of His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, at the
rates of duty hereinafter specified :--
Cotton Wares, viz., woven or knitted wares of cotton,
or of cotton and linen; also in combination with
metal threads or spun glass, but without admix-
ture of silk, wool, or other animal hair :--
(a.) Most common, viz.: woven wicks, gitter
(marly) girths, nets (fish, horse, bird, and similar
coarse nets); also stiffened nets for linings (stiff
nets)
Per Centner.
Fl. kr.
12 0

(6.) Common, viz.:

1. Plain, not figured, unbleached (made of un-
   bleached yarn), close-woven tissues, also twills,
   croisés, napped, or dressed, bleached; also
2. Figured, unbleached, close-woven tissues.
   All the wares named under 1 and 2, except
   velvet-like (with cut or uncut nap) and
   those comprised under (f)
   16 0

(c.) Middle fine, i.e. :-

1. Plain, close-woven tissues, dyed
2. Figured, close-woven wares, bleached or dyed
   20 0

(d.) 1. Open-woven tissues, unbleached
2. All many-coloured and all red-coloured close-
woven wares
3. All velvet and velvet-like woven wares (with
cut or uncut nap)
4. Ribbon, button-makers', haberdashery and
hosiery wares; also bobbinet-like curtain-stuffs
(furniture and curtain nets)
5. All printed close-woven wares
All the above-named wares under 2, 3, 4,
and 5, so far as they are not comprised
under (e) and (f)...
30 0

(e.) Fine, viz.:-
All open-woven wares except those named under
(d) and (f)
45 0

(f.) Finest, viz. :-
Tulle, English façon (bobbinets, pettinets),
except those furniture and curtain-nets named
under (d) 4, laces, and embroidered woven
wares, and all wares in combination with metal
threads or spun glass
60 0

Woollen wares, viz.: all woven and knitted wares of
wool or other animal hair; also in combination
with metal threads or spun glass, or with other
weaving and knitting materials (except silk):-
(a.) Most common, viz.: horse-cloths, Halina cloth,
Matrosen cloth (Sigona cloth), coarse unfulled
cloth (Loden), oil cloths, press cloths (filtering-
cloths), sieve bottoms and plaitings (cords, ropes)
of horse-hair, not combined with other materials;
hat chippings, cloth list, carpets of dog, calf, or
cow hair, felts (also tarred and lacquered), not
printed; cylinder covers (endless felts), net-work
and knitted nets, both undyed; hair soles (for
boots and shoes of felt, also lacquered on one
side), and girths
4 50

(b.) Common, viz. : fulled, not printed, and not
velvet-like tissues; felt wares, unprinted; also
carpets, except those named under (a)
18 0
15 0

And from 1st January, 1871

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(c.) Middle fine, viz.:

1. All velvet-like, all unfulled, close, and all
   printed, woollen wares, except those named
   under (d) and (e)
2. Haberdashery, button-makers' and hosiery
   wares
   35 0

(d.) Fine, viz.: Tulle and other open-woven wares,
except those named under (e), also shawls and
scarfs (without mixture of silk)
50 0

(e.) Finest, viz.: lace (also lace-cloths), embroidered
woven wares, and all wares in combination with
metal threads or spun glass
60 0

ARTICLE III.
The 3rd, 4th, and 5th Articles of the Treaty of
Commerce between Her Britannic Majesty and His
Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, of the 16th
of December, 1865, and the 2nd and 3rd Articles
of the Final Protocol annexed to that Treaty, are
hereby suppressed.

ARTICLE IV.
This Convention shall have the same duration as
the Treaty of the 16th of December, 1865.

ARTICLE V.
The present Convention shall be ratified, and the
ratifications shall be exchanged at Vienna within six
weeks, or sooner if possible.

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

Done at Vienna, this thirtieth day of December,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-nine.
(L.S.) BLOOMFIELD.
(L.S.) BEUST.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th June, 1870.
THE following Ordinance passed by the Provincial
of the Province of Taranaki, intituled
"The Waitara Bridge Ordinance, 1870."
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has not been advised to exercise his power of
disallowance in respect of it.
W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th June, 1870.
IT is hereby notified, that Writs issued for the
election of Members of the Provincial Council of
the Province of Canterbury have been returned with
Certificates to the effect that—

For the District of Town of Lyttelton,
Edward Richardson, of Glenmore on Heath-
cote, Leaseholder;
Henry Richard Webb, of Lyttelton, Lease-
holder;
For the District of City of Christchurch,
William Henry Wynn Williams, of Christ-
church, Freeholder;
Henry Sawtell, of Hereford Street, Householder;
James George Hawkes, of Cashel Street West,
Freeholder;
For the District of Lincoln,
Henry John Tancred, of Christchurch, Free-
holder;
Arthur Charles Knight, of Newlands, Free-
holder;
For the District of Port Victoria,
Alfred Hornbrook, of Mount Pleasant, Free-
holder;