THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

time to time by the Governor as therein mentioned,
and shall also sit for special purposes at such places
and at such times as the Governor shall from time to
time direct:
And whereas it is expedient to appoint a special
day for the sitting of the said Board:
Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise
of the power and authority vested in me in that
behalf by "The Westland Waste Lands Act, 1870,"
do hereby fix and determine that a special sitting of
the Waste Lands Board for the County of Westland
shall be held at the Warden's Court, in the Town of
Kanieri, on the second day of December next ensuing,
at the hour of noon, for the purpose of the sale of the
surveyed sections of the Town of Kanieri.
Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth
day of October, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
two.
G. MAURICE O'RORKE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
IN pursuance of the power vested in me in this be-
half by "The Westland Waste Lands Act, 1870,"
I, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby appoint

WILLIAM S. SMITH, Esq.,
to be a Commissioner of the Waste Lands Board of
the County of Westland; to hold the office during
my pleasure.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this fourth day of
October, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-two.
WILLIAM FITZHERBERT.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1872.
THE following Despatch, with Enclosure, from the
Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the
Colonies, is published for general information.
JOHN HALL.

CIRCULAR.
Downing Street, 5th August, 1872.
SIR, With reference to my Circular Despatch,
dated 27th August, 1870, transmitting a copy of an
Order in Council declaring the making of a Conven-
tion with the United States of America under "The
Naturalization Act, 1870," I now enclose, for your
information and guidance, a copy of an Act recently
passed for the removal of certain doubts which have
arisen with respect to some of the provisions of the
Act of 1870.

I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.
The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

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CHAPTER 39.
An Act for amending the Law in certain cases in
relation to Naturalization. [25th July, 1872.]
WHEREAS by a Convention between Her Majesty
and the United States of America, supplementary to
the Convention of the thirteenth day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy, respecting
naturalization, and signed at Washington on the
twenty-third day of February, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one, and a copy of which is
contained in the Schedule to this Act, provision is
made in relation to the renunciation by the citizens
and subjects therein mentioned of naturalization or
nationality in the presence of the officers therein
mentioned:
And whereas doubts are entertained whether
such provisions are altogether in accordance with
"The Naturalization Act, 1870:" And whereas
other doubts have arisen with respect to the effect of
"The Naturalization Act, 1870," on the rights of
women married before the passing of that Act; and
it is expedient to remove such doubts:
Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent
Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this
present Parliament assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:-

1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as
   "The Naturalization Act, 1872;" and this Act and
   "The Naturalization Act, 1870," may be cited
   together as "The Naturalization Acts, 1870 and
   1872."
2. Any renunciation of naturalization or of
   nationality, made in manner provided by the said
   supplementary Convention by the persons and under
   the circumstances in the said Convention in that
   behalf mentioned, shall be valid to all intents, and
   shall be deemed to be authorized by the said "Natur-
   alization Act, 1870." This section shall be deemed
   to take effect from the date at which the said
   supplementary Convention took effect.
3. Nothing contained in "The Naturalization Act,
   1870," shall deprive any married woman of any
   estate or interest in real or personal property to
   which she may have become entitled previously to the
   passing of that Act, or affect such estate or interest
   to her prejudice.

SCHEDULE.
CONVENTION between Her Majesty and the United
States of America, supplementary to the Con-
vention of 13th May, 1870, respecting Natur-
alization.
Signed at Washington, 23rd February, 1871.
(Ratifications exchanged at Washington, 4th May,
1871.)
WHEREAS by the second article of the Convention
between Her Majesty the Queen of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the
United States of America for regulating the citizen-
ship of subjects and citizens of the contracting parties
who have emigrated or may emigrate from the
dominions of the one to those of the other party,
signed at London, on the 13th of May, 1870, it was
stipulated that the manner in which the renunciation
by such subjects and citizens of their naturalization,
and the resumption of their native allegiance, may
be made and publicly declared, should be agreed upon
by the Governments of the respective countries:
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland and the President of the
United States of America, for the purpose of effect-
ing such agreement, have resolved to conclude a
supplemental Convention, and have named as their