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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Plenipotentiaries, that is to say; Her Majesty the
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, Sir Edward Thornton, Knight Com-
mander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath,
and Her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary to the United States of America; and the
President of the United States of America, Hamilton
Fish, Secretary of State; who have agreed as
follows:

ARTICLE I.

Any person being originally a citizen of the United
States, who had, previously to May 13, 1870, been
naturalized as a British subject, may at any time
before August 10, 1872, and any British subject who,
at the date first aforesaid, had been naturalized as
a citizen within the United States, may at any time
before May 12, 1872, publicly declare his renuncia-
tion of such naturalization by subscribing an instru-
ment in writing, substantially in the form hereunto
appended, and designated as Annex A.

Such renunciation, by an original citizen of the
United States, of British nationality, shall within the
territories and jurisdiction of the United States be
made in duplicate, in the presence of any Court
authorized by law for the time being to admit aliens
to naturalization, or before the clerk or prothonotary
of any such Court; if the declarant be beyond the
territories of the United States, it shall be made in
duplicate, before any diplomatic or consular officer of
the United States. One of such duplicates shall
remain of record in the custody of the Court or
officer in whose presence it was made; the other
shall be, without delay, transmitted to the depart-
ment of State.

Such renunciation, if declared by an original
British subject, of his acquired nationality as a citizen
of the United States, shall, if the declarant be in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, be
made in duplicate, in the presence of a Justice of the
Peace; if elsewhere in Her Britannic Majesty's
dominions, in triplicate, in the presence of any Judge
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
triplicate, in the presence of any officer in the diplo-
matic or consular service of Her Majesty.

ARTICLE II.

The contracting parties hereby engage to com-
municate each to the other, from time to time, lists
of the persons who, within their respective dominions
and territories, or before their diplomatic and
consular officers, have declared their renunciation of
naturalization, with the dates and places of making
such declarations, and such information as to the
abode of their declarations, and the times and places
of their naturalization they may have furnished.

ARTICLE III.

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 Washington as soon as may be
convenient.

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

Done at Washington, the twenty-third day of
February, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one.

(L.S.) EDWD. THORNTON.
(L.S.) HAMILTON FISH.

ANNEX (A.)

I, A.B., of [Insert abode], being originally a citizen
of the United States of America [or a British subject],
and having become naturalized within the dominions
of Her Britannic Majesty as a British subject [or as
a citizen within the United States of America], do
hereby renounce my naturalization as a British
subject [or citizen of the United States], and declare
that it is my desire to resume my nationality as a
citizen of the United States [or British subject].
(Signed) A.B.

Made and subscribed before me in [Insert
country or other subdivision, and State, Province,
Colony, Legation, or Consulate], this day of
, 187 .
(Signed) E.F.
Justice of the Peace [or other title].
(L.S.) EDWD. THORNTON.
(L.S.) HAMILTON FISH.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1872.

THE following Letter from the Agent-General in
London, with Enclosures from the Official
Liquidators of the European Assurance Society, is
published for general information.
JOHN HALL.

7, Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street,
Westminster, S. W., 19th August, 1872.

SIR,—I have the honor to transmit herewith copy of
letter from the Official Liquidators of the European
Assurance Society, with the notices therein referred
to, to which I beg you will give such publication as
may seem desirable.

I have, &c.,
I. E. FEATHERSTON,
Agent-General.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary,
Wellington, New Zealand.

(Enclosures.)

European Assurance Society Arbitration,
3, Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street,
London, S.W., 9th August, 1872.

SIR,—Having reasons to believe that many claimants
under the liquidation of this Society are scattered
throughout the different Colonies of Australia and
New Zealand, we beg to enclose you copies in dupli-
cate of the various notices calling upon parties to
send in their claims, which it is desired to insert in
the various Government Gazettes, in addition to some
of the local newspapers with which we intend to com-
municate direct.

We think it would be a great public benefit if,
within the scope of your duties, you would be so
good as to transmit the documents direct to your
Government for insertion in their Gazette, and request
them to call public attention to them in such a way
as may insure their attracting the notice of claimants,
many of whom, it is feared, are in an humble position
of life.

We have, &c.,
S. LOWELL PRICE,
JNO. YOUNG,
Joint Official Liquidator.

I. E. Featherston, Esq.,
Agent-General for the Colony of New Zealand,
7, Westminster Chambers, S.W.