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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
The benefit of the above provisions shall be extended
to British mineral oils, to be supplied to persons in
France under contracts entered into before the pro-
mulgation of the Law of the 8th of July, 1871.

The Commission shall examine how far it would
be possible to effect reimbursement of duties levied
in excess of the duty of 5 per cent., and the tax of
5 fr. or 8 fr. per 100 kilog. above referred to, in the
case of British mineral oils introduced into France
since the promulgation of the Law of the 8th of
July, 1871, otherwise than in pursuance of contracts
previously entered into.

In regard to the contracts above referred to, the
settlement shall include indemnification for actions
for breaches of contracts entered into before the en-
forcement of the Law of the 8th of July, 1871.

The High Contracting Parties, before the exchange
of the ratifications of the present Treaty, shall name
some third person to act as Arbitrator in regard to
any points in connection with the questions above re-
ferred to which relate to mineral oils and on which
the Commissioners may themselves differ in opinion.

The Commission shall refer any such points to the
Arbitrator, whose decision shall be binding on the
Commissioners, and shall be reported by them ac-
cordingly.

The High Contracting Parties shall forthwith carry
out the decision come to by the Commissioner or by
the Arbitrator.

ARTICLE V.

The present Treaty shall remain in force until the
30th of June, 1877. In case neither of the two High
Contracting Parties should have notified twelve
months before the said date the intention of putting
an end to it, it shall remain binding until the
expiration of one year from the day on which
either of the two High Contracting Parties shall
have denounced it.

ARTICLE VI.

The President of the French Republic engages to
apply to the National Assembly for the necessary
authorization to ratify and give effect to the present
Treaty immediately after its signature.

The ratifications shall be exchanged at Paris as
soon as possible, and the Treaty shall immediately
come into force.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries
have signed the present Treaty, and have thereto
affixed the seals of their arms.

Done in duplicate at Versailles, the 23rd day of
July, in the year of our Lord 1873.

(L.S.) LYONS.
(L.S.) BROGLIE.

CONVENTION BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND
FRENCH REPUBLIC, SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE
TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION OF
JULY 23, 1873.

Signed at Versailles, January 24, 1874.
[Ratifications exchanged at Paris, January 30, 1874.]

HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, and the President of the
French Republic, having agreed, by the Third Article
of the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation signed
at Versailles on the 23rd of July, 1873, to settle, by
means of a Supplementary Convention, the ratifica-
tions of which were to be exchanged before the 31st
of January, 1874, such arrangements as may appear
to them to be necessary in regard to Consular attri-
butions, to transit and Customs regulations affecting
entry of goods, expertise, samples, and any other
matters of the like nature; and, moreover, to substi-
tute this Supplementary Convention for the stipula-
tions about similar matters comprised in the Treaty
and Conventions of, 1860; they have accordingly
appointed as their respective Plenipotentiaries, that
is to say,-

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honorable
Richard Bickerton Pemell Lord Lyons, a Peer of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honorable Order
of the Bath, one of Her Britannic Majesty's Most
Honorable Privy Council, and Her said Majesty's
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
to the Government of the French Republic, &c.,
&c., &c.

And the President of the French Republic, M. le
Duc Decazes, Member of the National Assembly,
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Commander of the
National Order of the Legion of Honor, &c., &c., &c.

Who, after having communicated to each other
their respective full powers, found in good and due
form, have agreed upon the following Articles :-

ARTICLE I.

If one of the High Contracting Parties shall im-
pose an excise tax, that is to say, an inland duty,
upon any article of home production or manufacture,
an equivalent compensatory duty may be imposed on
articles of the same description on their importation
from the territories of the other Power, provided
that the said equivalent duty is levied on the like
articles on their importation from all other foreign
countries.

In the event of the reduction or suppression of
excise taxes, that is to say, inland duties, a corre-
sponding reduction or suppression shall at the same
time be made in the equivalent compensatory import
duty on manufactures of British or French origin, as
the case may be.

ARTICLE II.

The transit of goods to and from the United
Kingdom shall be free from all transit duties in
France and Algeria, and the transit of goods to and
from France and Algeria shall be free from all transit
duties in the United Kingdom.

ARTICLE III.

The stipulations of Article IX. of the Convention
of the 12th of October, 1860, in regard to duties of
marking and guarantee established for goldsmiths'
work and jewellery, shall be applicable to fire-arms,
anchors, chain-cables, and all other articles over which
similar control is or may be exercised.

ARTICLE IV.

In case of dispute between the importer and the
French Customs as to the denomination, origin, or
class under which any goods may be chargeable with
duty, this dispute shall be referred to the Board of
Legal Expertise established at the Ministry of Agri-
culture and Commerce by Article 19 of the Law of
July 27, 1822. The declarant, on the one hand, and
the Customs, on the other, shall each have the right
to choose an expert from the merchants or manufac-
turers inscribed on a list prepared annually by the
President of the Chamber of Commerce of Paris,
and transmitted to the Ministry of Agriculture and
Commerce. After having heard the explanations and
conclusions of the two experts, the above-mentioned
Board of Legal Expertise, in the event of agreement
between the respective experts, shall record the
decision arrived at, and shall render it final. In
default of agreement, the Board shall act as arbiter,
and shall decide in the last resort.

ARTICLE V

The subjects of each of the two High Contracting
Parties shall, in the dominions of the other, enjoy
the same protection and be subject to the same con-