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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
The manner in which this renunciation may be
made and publicly declared, shall be agreed upon by
the Government of the respective countries.

Article III.

If any such British subject as aforesaid, naturalized
in the United States, should renew his residence
within the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty, Her
Majesty's Government may, on his own application,
and on such conditions as that Government may
think fit to impose, readmit him to the character
and privileges of a British subject, and the United
States shall not, in that case, claim him as a citizen
of the United States on account of his former
naturalization.

In the same manner, if any such citizen of the
United States as aforesaid, naturalized within the
dominions of Her Britannic Majesty, should renew
his residence in the United States, the United States'
Government may, on his own application, and on
such conditions as that Government may think fit to
impose, readmit him to the character and privileges
of a citizen of the United States, and Great Britain
shall not, in that case, claim him as a British subject
on account of his former naturalization.

Article IV.

The present Convention shall be ratified by Her
Britannic Majesty, and by the President of the
United States, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate thereof, and the ratifications shall be
exchanged at London as soon as may be within twelve
months from the date hereof.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries
have signed the same, and have affixed thereto their
respective seals.

Done at London, the thirteenth day of May, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy.

(L.S.) CLARENDON.
(L.S.) JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY.

ENCLOSURE 3.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Court at Windsor, the 17th day of August,
1870.
Present:
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Naturalization Act, 1870," it is
enacted that, where Her Majesty has entered into a
Convention with any foreign State, to the effect that
the subjects or citizens of that State who have been
naturalized as British subjects may divest themselves
of their status as such subjects, it shall be lawful for
Her Majesty, by Order in Council, to declare that
such Convention has been entered into by Her
Majesty; and from and after the date of such Order
in Council, any person being originally a subject or
citizen of the State referred to in such Order, who has
been naturalized as a British subject, may, within
such limit of time as may be provided in the Conven-
tion, make a declaration of alienage; and from and
after the date of his so making such declaration, such
person shall be regarded as an alien, and as a subject
of the State to which he originally belonged as afore-
said: And whereas, on or about the thirteenth day
of May last past, a Convention between Her Majesty
and the President of the United States of America
was duly signed at London, the ratifications whereof
were duly exchanged at London the tenth day of
August instant, whereby the subjects or citizens of
the United States of America who have been natu-
ralized as British subjects are at liberty to renounce
their naturalization, and divest themselves of their
status as such British subjects, provided that such
renunciation be publicly declared within two years
after the exchange of the ratifications of the said
Convention: Now therefore, Her Majesty, by and
with the advice of Her Privy Council, doth hereby
declare that Her Majesty has entered into a Con-
vention with the said United States of America, to
the effect that the subjects or citizens of those States
who have been naturalized as British subjects may
divest themselves of their status as such subjects.

ENCLOSURE 4.

Section 3 of 33 Vict., cap. 14.

3. Where Her Majesty has entered into a Conven-
   tion with any foreign state to the effect that the
   subjects or citizens of that State who have been
   naturalized as British subjects may divest themselves
   of their status as such subjects, it shall be lawful for
   Her Majesty, by Order in Council, to declare that
   such Convention has been entered into by Her
   Majesty; and from and after the date of such Order
   in Council, any person being originally a subject or
   citizen of the State referred to in such Order, who has
   been naturalized as a British subject, may, within
   such limit of time as may be provided in the Conven-
   tion, make a declaration of alienage; and from and
   after the date of his so making such declaration
   such person shall be regarded as an alien, and as a
   subject of the State to which he originally belonged
   as aforesaid.

A declaration of alienage may be made as follows;
that is to say, If the declarant be in the United
Kingdom, in the presence of any Justice of the
Peace; if elsewhere in Her Majesty's dominions, in
the presence of any Judge of any Court of civil or
criminal jurisdiction, of any Justice of the Peace, or
of any other officer for the time being authorized by
law in the place in which the declarant is to administer
an oath for any judicial or other legal purpose. If
out of Her Majesty's dominions, in the presence of
any officer in the Diplomatic or Consular Service of
Her Majesty.

Convention between Her Majesty and the United States
of America relative to Naturalization - Signed at
London, May 13, 1870. (Ratifications exchanged
at London, August 10, 1870.)

HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, and the President of the
United States of America, being desirous to regulate
the citizenship of British subjects who have emigrated
or who may emigrate from the British dominions to
the United States of America, and of citizens of the
United States of America who have emigrated or
who may emigrate from the United States of America
to the British dominions, have resolved to conclude a
Convention 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
George William Frederick, Earl of Clarendon, Baron
Hyde of Hindon, à Peer of the United Kingdom, a
Member of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honorable
Privy Council, Knight of the Most Noble Order of
the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honor-
able Order of the Bath, Her Britannic Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs:

And the President of the United States of America,
John Lothrop Motley, Esquire, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America to Her Britannic Majesty;

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 :-