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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

formity, so far as possible, with the provisions of the
present Treaty.

Finally, it is agreed that this stipulation does not
apply to the Island of Malta, the Ordinance of the
Maltese Government of May 3, 1863 (No. 1,230),
remaining in full force.

ARTICLE XIX.

The High Contracting Parties declare that the
present stipulations apply as well to persons accused
or convicted, whose crimes, on account of which the
extradition is demanded, may have been committed
previously, as to those whose crimes may be com-
mitted subsequently to the date of this Treaty.

ARTICLE XX.

The present Treaty shall come into operation
ten days after its publication according to the forms
prescribed by the laws of the High Contracting
Parties.

Either party may at any time put an end to this
Treaty, which however shall remain in force for six
months after the notice for its termination.

This Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications
shall be exchanged at Rome within six weeks, or
sooner if possible.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries
have signed in duplicate, in English and Italian, the
present Treaty, and have affixed thereto their re-
spective seals.

Done at Rome, the 5th day of February, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-three.

(L.S.) A. B. PAGET.
(L.S.) VISCONTI VENOSTA.

And whereas the ratifications of the said Treaty
were exchanged at Rome on the 18th of March last:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the
advice of Her Privy Council, and in virtue of the
authority committed to Her by the said recited Act,
doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and
after the eleventh day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-three, the said Act shall apply
in the case of the said Treaty with the King of Italy.

EDMUND HARRISON.

Returning Officer for Provincial Elections
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

HENRY FERDINAND TURNER, Esq.,

to be Returning Officer for the Election of Mem-
bers of the Provincial Council for the District of
Patea, in the Province of Taranaki.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Mayors elected.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th July, 1873.

IT is hereby notified, that, in conformity with clause
3 of "The Otago Municipal Corporations Em-
powering Act, 1865," the names of the following
persons have been sent in to this Office by the Town
Clerks as having been elected Mayors for the places
set opposite their names, viz. :-

John Stubbs Wait ... Oamaru.
William Beresford ... Alexandra.
Benjamin Naylor ... Clyde.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Enquiry for Missing Person.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1873.

ENQUIRIES having been made respecting a person
named William Currie, a native of Scotland,
who was formerly a Military Settler, and was last
heard of in Taranaki in 1865, where it is stated he
had a house and land, any one who can give any
information respecting him is requested to communi-
cate with this Office.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Armed Constabulary Appointments and Promotion.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 25th July, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following appointments and promo-
tion, viz.:-

In the Armed Constabulary Force.

Thomas Broham to be Inspector (1st Class). Date
of commission, 16th April, 1870.

John Bell Thomson to be Inspector (2nd Class).
Date of commission, 1st December, 1869.

Robert Bullen to be Sub-Inspector (2nd Class).
Date of commission, 14th March, 1870.

Sub-Inspector (2nd Class) Robert Bullen to be Sub-
Inspector (1st Class), from 1st January, 1872.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Interpreter's Certificate suspended.

Native Office,
Wellington, 26th July, 1873.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
order that the Certificate held by

GEORGE BUCKLAND WORGAN,

as Interpreter under "The Native Lands Act," shal
be suspended, and the same is hereby suspended
until further notice.

DONALD MCLEAN.

Reservation of Land withdrawn.

PURSUANT to the Regulations for the sale, dis-
posal, and occupation of lands taken under the
provisions of "The New Zealand Settlements Act,
1863," and "The New Zealand Settlements Amend-
ment and Continuance Act, 1865," and which said
Regulations are contained in the Schedule to an
Order in Council made and issued on the 11th day
of May, 1871, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette of the 1st of June in the same year, it is
hereby notified that the parcel of land specified in
the Schedule hereto, and which lands were, on the
13th day of July, 1868, reserved for the purpose
therein mentioned, will, on the expiration of three
calendar months from the publication of this notice,
be withdrawn from such reservation.

Dated this 29th day of July, 1873.

G. MAURICE O'RORKE,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.