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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1875.

Despatch from the Secretary of State.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 6th November, 1875.
THE following despatch from Her Majesty's Prin-
cipal Secretary of State for the Colonies, with
enclosure, is published for general information.
WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS,
Acting Postmaster-General.

[CIRCULAR.]
Downing Street, 1st June, 1875.
SIR,—With reference to my circular despatch of the
11th December last, forwarding copies of a Treaty
signed at Berne on the 9th October, concerning the
formation of a General Postal Union, and of the de-
tailed regulations for its execution, I have now the
honor to transmit to you, for your information, a
copy of a letter from the Lords Commissioners of
the Treasury, enclosing a letter from the Postmaster-
General announcing the ratification of the Treaty at
Berne on the 3rd ultimo, and I have to request that
the Treaty as laid before the Imperial Parliament,
copies of which are herewith enclosed, may be pub-
lished in the usual manner in the colony under your
government.
I have, &c.,
CARNARVON.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

The Treasury to the Colonial Office.
Treasury Chambers,
25th May, 1875.
SIR,—I am desired by the Lords Commissioners of
Her Majesty's Treasury to transmit herewith, to be
laid before the Earl of Carnarvon, copy of a commu-
nication from the Postmaster-General, announcing
that the General Postal Union Treaty was duly
ratified at Berne on the 3rd instant; and I am to
state that copies of the Treaty were laid before Par-
liament on the 21st instant.
R. G. W. Herbert, Esq.,
Colonial Office.
I am, &c.,
WILLIAM LAW.

The General Post Office to the Treasury.
General Post Office, 14th May, 1875.
MY LORDS,—I have the honor to inform your Lord-
ships that the contemplated meeting for the exchange
of ratifications of the General Postal Union Treaty
ance with the authority conveyed in your letter of
the 10th March last, No. 3953–75, I deputed Mr.
Maclean, of the Secretary's Office of this depart-
ment, to attend it on behalf of the British Post
Office.

I transmit herewith copy of the Procès-Verbal
which was drawn up on the occasion, and was signed
by all the delegates present, from which you will see
that the ratifications were found to be in good and
due form; and further, that the French Government
has, subject to the approval of the National Assembly,
declared its intention to adhere to the Treaty on the
1st January, 1876.

The Treaty having been duly ratified, I presume
that your Lordships will now think it well to lay it
before Parliament.
I have, &c.,
JOHN MANNERS.
The Lords Commissioners
of Her Majesty's Treasury.

TREATY concerning the formation of a General Postal
Union, concluded between Germany, Austro-
Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, the
United States of America, France, Great Britain,
Greece, Italy, Luxemburg, Norway, the Nether-
lands, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Servia, Sweden,
Switzerland, and Turkey.

The undersigned, Plenipotentiaries of the Govern-
ments of the countries above enumerated, have by
common consent, and subject to ratification, agreed
upon the following Convention :--

ARTICLE I.
The countries between which the present Treaty
is concluded shall form, under the title of "General
Postal Union," a single postal territory for the re-
ciprocal exchange of correspondence between their
Post Offices.