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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Resignation of Volunteer Officers.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commissions held
by the under-mentioned officers:-

North Dunedin Rifle Volunteers.

Honorary Assistant Surgeon Robert H. Bakewell.
Date of resignation, 31st March, 1880.

Invercargill Rifle Volunteers.

Honorary Assistant Surgeon Arthur S. Hanan. Date
of resignation, 24th March, 1880.

JOHN BRYCE.

Volunteer Corps disbanded.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to disband the under-mentioned Volunteer
Corps :-

The Nos. 1 and 2 Companies Hawera Rifle Volun-

teers at their own request. Date of disband-
ment, 14th April, 1880.
The High School (Dunedin) Rifle Cadet Volun-
teers. Date of disbandment, 1st March, 1880.

The under-mentioned gentlemen have therefore
ceased to hold the rank of officers in the Volunteer
Force, their commissions having lapsed under the
provisions of "The Volunteer Act, 1865 :"-

Horace R. Baker, late Sub-Lieutenant No. 1

Company Hawera Rifle Volunteers.
Coslett Johnson, late Captain No. 2 Company
Hawera Rifle Volunteers.
William George White, late Lieutenant No. 2
Company Hawera Rifle Volunteers.
James Davidson, late Sub-Lieutenant No. 2 Com-
pany Hawera Rifle Volunteers.
Vilant Graham, late Captain High School (Dun-
edin) Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

JOHN BRYCE.

Crown Solicitor and Prosecutor resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 21st April, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
HENRY ADAMS, Esq.,
of Nelson, of his appointments as a Crown Solicitor
and a Crown Prosecutor.

WM. ROLLESTON.

Despatch.—Duration of existing Treaties of Com-
merce and Navigation with France prolonged.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1880.

THE following despatch, from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,
is published for general information.

JOHN HALL,
(in absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

[CIRCULAR.]

Downing Street, 24th January, 1880.

SIR,—I have the honor to transmit to you, for
publication in the colony under your Government, a
copy of a declaration between this country and the
French Government, prolonging the duration of the
existing Treaties of Commerce and Navigation

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between Great Britain and France, which was signed
at Paris on the 10th October, 1879.
I have, &c.,
M. E. HICKS BEACH.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand.

DECLARATION BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND FRENCH
GOVERNMENTS PROLONGING THE DURATION OF
THE EXISTING TREATIES OF COMMERCE AND
NAVIGATION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND
FRANCE, SIGNED AT PARIS, 10TH OCTOBER, 1879.

THE Government of Her Britannic Majesty and the
Government of the French Republic, foreseeing the
case in which the commercial and maritime relations
between Great Britain and France should not have
been settled by fresh arrangements before the 31st
December, 1879, the period at which the existing
commercial treaties and conventions are to expire,
and wishing to secure for the manufacturers and
merchants of both countries a sufficient delay to
conclude the operations in course of execution,–

Have agreed to prolong, for a period of six months
before their definite termination, the Conventional
Acts in force between Great Britain and France.

Considering, besides, that, according to the terms
of the law passed in France on the 4th August last,
which confers on the Government of the Republic
the power of prolonging the commercial treaties
and conventions, the duration of their prolongation
cannot exceed six months from the promulgation of
the new General Customs Tariff submitted to the
approbation of the French Chambers,–

The High Contracting Parties agree that the
stipulated delay of six months shall commence from
the day either anterior or posterior to the 1st
January, 1880, on which the new General Customs
Tariff shall have been promulgated.

The benefit of the prolongation shall apply to the
Conventional Acts enumerated hereafter, that is to
say,–

1. Treaty of Commerce of the 23rd January, 1860.
2. Additional Article of the 25th February, 1860.
3. Second Additional Article of the 27th June,
5. First Supplementary Convention of the 12th
   October, 1860.
6. Second Supplementary Convention of the 16th
   November, 1860.
7. Treaty of Commerce and Navigation of the
   23rd July, 1873.
8. Supplementary Convention of the 24th January,
10. Declaration of the 24th January, 1874.

In witness whereof the undersigned, acting in the
name of their respective Governments, have drawn
up the present declaration, and have affixed thereto
the seal their arms.

Done in duplicate, at Paris, the 10th day of
October, 1879.

(L.S.) F. O. ADAMS.
(L.S.) WADDINGTON.

Peruvian Ports blockaded.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1880.

THE following letter, received from the Consul
General at Sydney, is published for
general information.

THOMAS DICK.