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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Act of Council of Western Australia admitting New
Zealand Stock, &c.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th September, 1877.
THE following letter from the Colonial Secretary
of Western Australia, with its enclosure, is
published for general information.
DANIEL POLLEN.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Perth, 1st September, 1877.
SIR,—I have the honor, by direction of Governor
Sir William C. F. Robinson, K.C.M.G., to transmit
to you the enclosed copy of an Act of Council passed
at the recent session of the Legislative Council of
this colony, amending "The Imported Stock Act,
1876;" and His Excellency desires me to request
that you will be good enough to cause the same to be
published in the Government Gazette of your colony.
I have, &c.
ROGER T. GOLDSWORTHY,
Colonial Secretary.
The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

(Enclosure.)
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
Anno quadragesimo primo Victoria Reginæ, No. IV.
AN ACT to amend "The Imported Stock Act, 1876."
(Assented to, 2nd August, 1877.)
WHEREAS the third section of "The Imported Stock
Act, 1876," has been found difficult to work, owing
to the fact that there are so few duly qualified veter-
inary surgeons in the colony; and whereas it has
been deemed expedient to exclude from the operation
of that Act stock imported from the Australasian
Colonies and from New Zealand: Be it therefore
enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Western
Australia and its Dependencies, by and with the
advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof,
as follows:—

1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The
   Imported Stock Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1877."
2. The third section of the said Act shall be and
   the same is hereby repealed, and the following pro-
   vision shall take effect in lieu thereof as if it formed
   the third section of the said Act, that is to say,-
   No stock shall be imported into the colony unless
   accompanied by a certificate from a duly-qualified
   veterinary surgeon, who shall be approved of by
   some person authorized in that behalf by the Go-
   vernor, that the stock when placed on board the
   vessel conveying them were in a sound and healthy
   condition, entirely free from any contagious or in-
   fectious disease, or any indications of it, or, in the
   absence of such certificate, until such stock shall
   have performed quarantine as hereinafter provided,
   and shall be certified by some person in the colony
   duly appointed in that behalf by the Governor to be
   entirely free from any contagious or infectious
   disease, or any indication thereof.
3. The provisions of "The Imported Stock Act,
   1876," shall not be taken or deemed to apply to
   stock imported from the Australasian Colonies or
   New Zealand, nor to fodder or fittings imported
   therefrom.
   In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby
   assent to this Act. - WILLIAM C. F. ROBINSON,
   Governor.

Land Broker's License cancelled.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 24th September, 1877.
IT is hereby notified that the License of
G. S. W. DALRYMPLE,
as a Land Broker under the Land Transfer Act, has
been cancelled from the 20th instant.
CHARLES C. BOWEN.

Despatch from the Secretary of State.

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 19th September, 1877.
THE following despatch, with enclosures, from Her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the
Colonies, is published for general information.
GEO. MCLEAN.

[CIRCULAR.]
Downing Street, 21st June, 1877.
SIR,—I have the honor to transmit to you, for
publication in the colony under your Government, a
copy of a Declaration between Great Britain and
Italy, relative to the disposal of the estates of deceased
seamen of the two nations, which was signed at Lon-
don on the 17th April last.
I also enclose, for publication in like manner, a
copy of a similar Declaration between this country
and Denmark, which was signed at London on the
11th April, 1877.
I have, &c.,
CARNARVON.
The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

Declaration between Great Britain and Italy, relative
to the Disposal of the Estates of Deceased Seamen
of the two Nations.
Signed at London, 17th April, 1877.
THE Government of Her Majesty the Queen of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
and the Government of His Majesty the King of
Italy, being desirous to make arrangements as to the
disposal of the property of deceased seamen of the
two nations in certain cases, the undersigned, duly
authorized to that effect, have agreed as follows:—
ARTICLE I.
If any British seaman dies on board an Italian
ship, or whilst serving on board an Italian ship
within Italian territory; or if, on the other hand,
any Italian seaman dies on board a British vessel, or
whilst serving on board a British vessel within British
territory, the Governments of Italy and of Great
Britain respectively shall provide, as far as possible,
for the protection, without loss or injury, of any
money or effects belonging to such deceased seaman.
In the case of a British seaman dying as aforesaid
the Italian Government shall cause the property, if
not exceeding £50 in value, to be delivered, as soon
as possible after the decease, to the British Consul
at the Italian port where the decease occurs; or if
the decease does not occur at an Italian port, but
on Italian territory, to the British Consul nearest to
the place where such decease occurs, or where the
property may be; or if such decease occurs at sea on
board an Italian vessel, to the British Consul at the
first Italian port at which the vessel arrives after
such decease.
In the case of an Italian seaman dying as afore-
said, his property, if not exceeding £50 in value,
shall, subject to the provision contained in Article
II., be delivered as soon as possible after the decease
to the Italian Consul at the British port where the
decease occurs; or if the decease does not occur at a
British port but on British territory, to the Italian
Consul nearest to the place where such decease
occurs, or where the property may be; or if such
decease occurs at sea on board a British vessel, to the
Italian Consul at the first British port at which the
vessel arrives after such decease.
When the property exceeds £50 in value it shall,