80
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

any hindrance. Should they be compelled to land | served the same rules of neutrality towards Tunisian
their cargoes, or a portion thereof, in order to effect | ships and subjects in all the seaports of Her Majesty's
repairs, they shall also be permitted to re-embark | dominions.
such goods free of any duty or charge whatsoever.
Tunisian vessels shall receive the like friendly treat-
ment in ports and harbours of the British dominions.

ARTICLE XXXVI.

If any British subject should die in any place or
territory appertaining to His Highness the Bey, no
Governor or other Tunisian officer shall, on any pre-
tence whatsoever, take possession, or dispose of, or
interfere with, the goods and property of the deceased,
but such goods and property, of whatever description,
may be taken possession of by his heirs, or by the
British Consular authority, without any hindrance or
impediment whatsoever on the part of such Governor
or Tunisian officer.

If, however, a British subject should die at a place
where there is no British Consul, or whilst travelling,
in such a case the Tunisian authorities of the place
where he died shall be bound to preserve and protect
his goods and effects: they shall make, with the
assistance of notaries, a faithful inventory of them,
which inventory they shall lose no time in sending to
the nearest Governor of a place where an English
Consul resides.

Should the deceased British subject leave behind
him debts due from him to a native, the Consul-
General or his deputy shall assist the creditor in the
recovery of his claim upon the estate of the deceased;
and, likewise, if the deceased should leave behind
debts due to him from Tunisians, the Governor, or
those who have such power, shall compel the debtors
to pay what is due by them to the Consul-General
or his deputy, for the benefit of the estate of the
deceased.

ARTICLE XXXVII.

The British Government and His Highness the
Bey, moved by sentiments of humanity, and having
regard to the free institutions which, under Provi-
dence, their respective countries happily enjoy,
mutually engage to do all in their power for the sup-
pression of slavery. Whilst, on the one part, the
British Government engage not to relax their efforts
with friendly powers for the prevention of the
barbarous traffic in human beings, and for the eman-
cipation of slaves, His Highness the Bey especially
engages, on the other, to cause the Declaration of
Moharem, 1262 (23rd January, 1846), abolishing for
ever slavery in the Regency, to be obeyed and re-
spected, and to use his utmost efforts to discover and
punish all persons within his Regency who contravene
or act contrary thereto.

ARTICLE XXXVIII.

The British Government and His Highness the
Bey engage to do all in their power for the suppres-
sion of piracy; and His Highness especially engages
to use his utmost efforts to discover and punish all
persons on his coasts or within his territory who may
be guilty of that crime, and to aid the British Go-
vernment in so doing.

ARTICLE XXXIX.

Privateering is now and for ever abolished: His
Highness the Bey being desirous to maintain invio-
lable the neutrality of the Regency of Tunis, it has
been established and agreed that, in case of war or
hostilities, he shall not permit the enemies of Her
Majesty the Queen of Great Britain to fit out
privateers in the ports of the Regency, or to sail
from them to prey upon the ships and commerce of
her subjects; and it is moreover established that
His Highness shall not permit or tolerate in the
Regency of Tunis the sale of any prize whatsoever
which shall have belonged or may belong to the
belligerents.

The Queen of Great Britain will cause to be ob-

ARTICLE XL.

In order that the two Contracting Parties may
have the opportunity of hereafter treating and
agreeing upon such other arrangements as may tend
still further to the improvement of their mutual
intercourse, and to the advancement of the interests
of their respective people, it is agreed that at any
time after the expiration of seven years from the date
of the present Convention of Commerce and Naviga-
tion, either of the High Contracting Parties shall
have the right to call upon the other to enter upon a
revision of the same; but until such revision shall
have been accomplished by common consent, and a
new Convention shall have been concluded and put
into operation, the present Convention shall continue
and remain in full force and effect.

ARTICLE XLI.

If any doubt should arise with regard to the inter-
pretation or the application of any of the stipula-
tions of the present Convention, it is agreed that in
Tunis the interpretation the most favourable to
British subjects shall be given, and in Her Majesty's
dominions that most favourable to Tunisians. It is
not pretended by any of the foregoing articles to
stipulate for more than the plain and fair construc-
tion of the terms employed, nor to preclude in any
manner the Tunisian Government from the exercise
of its rights of internal administration where the
exercise of those rights does not evidently infringe
upon the privileges accorded by the present Conven-
tion to British subjects or British commerce.

ARTICLE XLII.

The stipulations of the present Convention shall
come into immediate operation, and shall be substi-
tuted for the stipulations of all preceding Treaties
between Great Britain and Tunis, with the exception
of the Convention of the 10th of October, 1863,
already referred to in Article XVII. preceding, which
is renewed and confirmed.

This Convention has been written in triplicate,
consisting in forty-two articles, besides the introduc-
tion, and contained in the preceding forty-three
pages, to be signed by both parties, and to be executed
in the manner explained and clearly set forth in
its several provisions, having for object the duration,
confirmation, and maintenance of amity between them.

Dated Monday, the sixteenth day of Gumad-el-
Thany, 1292 of the Hegira, corresponding to the
nineteenth of July, 1875.

(L.S.) RICHARD WOOD.
(L.S.) MUHAMMAD AS-SADIG PASHA,
Bey.

Application for Registration of a Trade Mark.

NOTICE is hereby given, that Messrs. Hart and
Buckley, Solicitors, of Wellington, have applied
on behalf of Messrs. H. E. AND M. MOSES, of 34,
Monkwell Street, in the City of London, to register,
under "The Trade Marks Act, 1866," the Trade Mark
of which the following is a description, viz.,—

A Crown alone, and two or more Crowns, accord-
ing to degrees of quality..

Nature of the Article to which it is proposed such
Trade Mark shall apply.

For unbleached Calicoes and Moleskins in the
piece, and Moleskin Trousers, and other manu-
factured Clothing.

AMELIUS M. SMITH,
(for the Registrar of Trade Marks).

Wellington, 28th January, 1876.

By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.