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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73

registry, or the certificates of measurement, of
which are dated on or after the twenty-sixth day of
January, 1882, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage
denoted in the said certificates of Haitain nationality
and registry or certificates of measurement.
C. L. PEEL.

At the Court at Windsor, the 3rd day of May, 1882.
Present:
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN
COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping Act Amend-
ment Act, 1862," it is enacted that, whenever it is
made to appear to Her Majesty that the rules con-
cerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant
ships for the time being in force under the principal
Act have been adopted by the Government of any
foreign country, and are in force in that country, it
shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in
Council, to direct that the ships of such foreign
country shall be deemed to be of the tonnage
denoted in their certificates of registry or other
national papers, and thereupon it shall no longer be
necessary for such ships to be remeasured in any
port or place in Her Majesty's dominions, but such
ships shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted
in their certificates of registry or other papers, in the
same manner, to the same extent, and for the same
purposes in, to, and for which the tonnage denoted
in the certificates of registry of British ships is to be
deemed the tonnage of such ships:

And whereas it was made to appear to Her
Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement
of tonnage of merchant ships now in force under
"The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," had been
adopted in Sweden by the Government of His
Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, and came
into force in Sweden on the first day of April, 1875:

And whereas by Order in Council dated the
seventeenth day of March, 1875, Her Majesty was
accordingly pleased, by and with the advice of Her
Privy Council, to direct that the ships of Sweden,
the certificates of Swedish nationality and registry,
or the certificates of measurement, of which are
dated on or after the first day of April, 1875, should
be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in the said
certificates of Swedish nationality and registry, or
certificates of measurement:

And whereas a slight difference in the mode of
estimating the allowance for engine-room in Swedish
ships has been introduced into the said rules, and
the same came into operation on the first day of
April, 1882:

And whereas it has been made to appear to Her
Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement
of tonnage of merchant ships now in force under
"The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," adopted by the
Government of His Majesty the King of Sweden and
Norway, are, with the exception of the said slight
difference in the mode of estimating the allowance
for engine-room, still in force in that country:

Her Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of
Her Privy Council, to direct as follows:-

1. As regards sailing ships: That merchant sailing
   ships of Sweden, the measurement whereof, after the
   said first day of April, 1882, has been ascertained
   and denoted in the registers and other national
   papers of such sailing ships, testified by the date
   thereof, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted
   in such registers and other national papers, in the
   same manner, and to the same extent, and for the
   same purpose in, to, and for which the tonnage
   denoted in the certificate of registry of British
   sailing ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such
   ships.

2. As regards steamships: That merchant ships
   belonging to Sweden, which are propelled by steam,
   or any other power requiring engine-room, the
   measurement whereof shall, after the said first day
   of April, 1882, have been ascertained and denoted in
   the registers and other national papers of such
   steamships, testified by the dates thereof, shall be
   deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such
   registers or other national papers, in the same man-
   ner, and to the same extent, and for the same pur-
   pose in, to, and for which the tonnage denoted in
   the certificate of registry of British ships is deemed
   to be the tonnage of such ships: Provided neverthe-
   less that, if the owner or master of any such Swedish
   steamship desires the deduction for engine-room in
   his ships to be estimated under the rules for engine-
   room measurement and deduction applicable to
   British ships, instead of under the Swedish rule, the
   engine-room shall be measured and the deduction
   calculated according to the British rules; and that, in
   the event of the net registered tonnage of such
   steamships, estimated under the British rule, being
   denoted in the said certificate of nationality and
   registry or measurement of Swedish steamships, the
   same shall be deemed to be of the tonnage so denoted
   therein.
   C. L. PEEL.

(Circular.)
Downing Street, 1st July, 1882.
SIR,-I have the honor to transmit to you, for pub-
lication in the colony under your Government, a
copy of a declaration signed on the 9th of June
between the British and Russian Governments on
the subject of tonnage measurement.

I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.
The Officer Administering the
Government of New Zealand.

DECLARATION BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENTS ON THE SUBJECT OF TONNAGE
MEASUREMENT.

Signed at London, 9th June, 1882.
The English system of tonnage measurement
(Moorsom's system) being henceforward in force as
well in the Empire of Russia and the Grand Duchy
of Finland as in the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, and in the British Colonies, the
Government of Her Majesty the Queen of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and
the Government of His Majesty the Emperor of All
the Russias, have agreed to the following declara-
tion:-

1. Russian and Finland vessels measured according
   to the above-mentioned system shall be admitted into
   the ports of the United Kingdom and its colonies;
   and British vessels measured according to the same
   system shall be admitted into the ports of Russia or
   Finland, without being subjected, for the purpose of
   payment of navigation dues, to any fresh operation
   of measurement.
   The navigation dues above mentioned shall be
   calculated on the net tonnage.

2. The Finland and English regulations respecting
   tonnage measurement being substantially the same,
   English certificates of tonnage measurement shall, in
   the Grand Duchy of Finland, and Finland certificates
   of tonnage measurement, taken out after the 31st
   May, 1877, shall, in the United Kingdom and its
   colonies, be recognized, without any operation of
   measurement or other formality whatsoever; and the
   net tonnage of all British or Finland ships inscribed
   on the ship's papers shall be considered in the respec-
   tive ports of each country as equivalent to the net
   register tonnage of national vessels.

3. English certificates of tonnage measurement