APRIL 1.]

2. All marriages, both of the parties being British |
   subjects, which before the passing of this Act have
   been solemnized on board one of Her Majesty's
   vessels on a foreign station in the presence of the
   officer commanding such vessel, whether solemnized
   according to any religious rite or ceremony, or con-
   tracted per verba de presenti, shall be valid in like
   manuer as if the same had been solemnized within
   Her Majesty's dominions with the due observance of
   all forms required by law:

Provided that this enactment shall not render
valid any marriage which before the passing of this
Act has been declared invalid by any Court of com-
petent jurisdiction in any proceeding touching such
marriage, or any right dependent on the validity or
invalidity thereof, or render valid any marriage where
either of the parties has, before the passing of this
Act, and during the life of the other party, lawfully
intermarried with any person.

Despatch.—Extradition Treaty with Swiss Con-
federation.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1880.

THE following despatch and enclosures, received
from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for the Colonies, is published for general in-
formation.

THOMAS DICK.

(Circular.)

Downing Street,
24th December, 1879.

SIR,—With reference to my circular despatch of
the 18th of March last, I have the honor to trans-
mit to you, for publication in the colony under your
Government, a copy of a letter from the Foreign
Office, enclosing an order of Her Majesty in Council,
dated the 15th of December, for giving effect to the
Convention between this country and the Swiss Con-
federation, signed at Berne on the 8th of December,
prolonging the duration of the Treaty of the 31st of
March, 1874, for the mutual extradition of fugitive
criminals.

It will be seen that the Order in Council likewise
applies to the Treaty of the 31st March, 1874, the
Protocol of the 28th of November, 1874, the Con-
vention of the 19th of June, 1878, and the Conven-
tion of the 13th of December, 1878.

I have, &c.,

M. E. HICKS BEACH.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

(Copy.)

Foreign Office to Colonial Office.

Foreign Office,
17th December, 1879.

SIR,—I am directed by the Marquis of Salisbury to
acquaint you, for the information of the Secretary of
State for the Colonies, that an Order in Council for
giving effect to the Convention between this country
and Switzerland, signed at Berne on the 8th of
December, 1879, prolonging the duration of the
Treaty of the 31st of March, 1874, for the mutual
extradition of fugitive criminals, was passed on the
15th instant.

This order, of which I enclose three copies, like-
wise applies to the Treaty of the 31st March, 1874,
the Protocol of the 28th of November, 1874, the
Convention of the 19th of June, 1878, and the Con-
vention of the 13th of December, 1878.

The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.

I am, &c.,

TENTERDEN.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 411

[Extract from the London Gazette of Tuesday, 16th
December, 1879.]

At the Court at Windsor, the 15th day of
December, 1879.

Present:

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, PRINCE
LEOPOLD, LORD PRESIDENT, EARL OF BEACONS-
FIELD, MR. SECRETARY CROSS, MR. W. H. SMITH.

WHEREAS by the Extradition Acts of 1870 and 1873
it was, amongst other things, enacted that, where an
arrangement has been made with any foreign State
with respect to the surrender to such State of any
fugitive criminals, Her Majesty may, by Order in
Council, direct that the said Acts shall apply in the
case of such foreign State; and that Her Majesty
may, by the same or any subsequent order, limit the
operation of the order, and restrict the same to fugi-
tive criminals who are in or suspected of being in the
part of Her Majesty's dominions specified in the
order, and render the operation thereof subject to
such conditions, exceptions, and qualifications as may
be deemed expedient:

And whereas a treaty was concluded on the thirty-
first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four, between Her Majesty and the Swiss
Confederation, for the mutual extradition of fugitive
criminals, which treaty is in the terms following:--

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Swiss Con-
federation, having judged it expedient, with a view
to the better administration of justice and to the
prevention of crime within their respective territories
and jurisdictions, that persons charged with, or
convicted of, the crimes hereinafter enumerated, and
being fugitives from justice, should, under certain
circumstances, be reciprocally delivered up, have
named as their Plenipotentiaries to conclude a treaty
for this purpose, that is to say,–

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland: Alfred Guthrie Graham
Bonar, Esquire, Her Envoy Extraordinary and Min-
ister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation;

And the Federal Council of the Swiss Confedera-
tion: Joseph Martin Knüsel, Member of the Swiss
Federal Council;

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

ARTICLE I.

The high contracting parties engage to deliver up
to each other those persons who, being accused or
convicted of a crime committed in the territory of the
one party, shall be found within the territory of the
other party under the circumstances and conditions
stated in the present treaty.

ARTICLE II.

The crimes for which the extradition is to be granted
are the following :–

1. Murder (including infanticide) and attempt to
   murder.
2. Manslaughter.
3. Counterfeiting or altering money, uttering or
   bringing into circulation counterfeit or altered
   money.
4. Forgery, or counterfeiting, or altering, or utter-
   ing what is forged, or counterfeited, or altered; com-
   prehending the crimes designated in the penal codes
   of either State as counterfeiting or falsification of
   paper money, bank-notes, or other securities, forgery
   or other falsification of other public or private docu-
   ments, likewise the uttering or bringing into circula-
   tion or wilfully using such counterfeited, forged, or
   falsified papers.