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to be signed or certified by a Judge, Magistrate, or officer of such State, and are authenticated by the oath of some witness, or by being sealed with the official seal of the Minister of Justice, or some other Minister of State.

ARTICLE XIII.

If the individual claimed by one of the two high contracting parties, in pursuance of the present treaty, should be also claimed by one or several other Powers, on account of other crimes or offences committed upon their respective territories, his extradition shall be granted to that State whose demand is earliest in date ; unless any other arrangement should have been made between the different Governments to determine the preference, either on account of the gravity of the crime or offence, or for any other reason.

ARTICLE XIV.

If sufficient evidence for the extradition be not produced within three months from the date of the apprehension of the fugitive, he shall be set at liberty.

ARTICLE XV.

All articles seized which were in the possession of the person to be surrendered at the time of his apprehension shall, if the competent authority of the State applied to for the extradition has ordered the delivery of such articles, be given up when the extradition takes place ; and the said delivery shall extend not merely to the stolen articles, but to everything that may serve as a proof of the crime.

ARTICLE XVI.

The high contracting parties renounce any claim for the reimbursement of the expenses incurred by them in the arrest and maintenance of the person to be surrendered and his conveyance till placed on board ship : they reciprocally agree to bear such expenses themselves.

ARTICLE XVII.

The stipulations of the present treaty shall be applicable to the colonies and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty.

The requisition for the surrender of a fugitive criminal who has taken refuge in any of such colonies or foreign possessions shall be made to the Governor or chief authority of such colony or possession by the Chief Consular Officer of the Republic of Guatemala in such colony or possession.

Such requisition may be disposed of, subject always, as nearly as may be, to the provisions of this treaty, by the said Governor or chief authority, who, however, shall be at liberty either to grant the surrender or to refer the matter to his Government.

Her Britannic Majesty shall, however, be at liberty to make special arrangements in the British colonies and foreign possessions for the surrender of Guatemalan criminals who may take refuge within such colonies and foreign possessions, on the basis, as nearly as may be, of the provisions of the present treaty.

The requisition for the surrender of a fugitive criminal from any colony or foreign possession of Her Britannic Majesty shall be governed by the rules laid down in the preceding articles of the present treaty.

ARTICLE XVIII.

The present treaty shall come into force ten days after its publication, in conformity with the forms prescribed by the laws of the high contracting parties. It may be terminated by either of the high contracting parties, but shall remain in force for six months after notice has been given for its termination.

The treaty, after receiving the approval of the Congress of Guatemala, shall be ratified, and the ratification shall be exchanged at London as soon as possible.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.

Done at Guatemala, the fourth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

(L.S.) J. P. HARRISS-GASTRELL.
(L.S.) M. J. DARDON.

And whereas the ratifications of the said treaty were exchanged at Guatemala on the sixth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six :

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and in virtue of the authority committed to her by the said recited Acts, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that, from and after the thirteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, the said Acts shall apply in the case of Guatemala, and of the said treaty with the Republic of Guatemala.

Provided always, and it is hereby further ordered, that the operation of the said Acts shall be suspended within the Dominion of Canada so far as relates to the Republic of Guatemala and to the said treaty, and so long as the provisions of the Canadian Acts aforesaid continue in force and no longer.

C. L. PEEL.

Uniforins for Officers of New Zealand Militia.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 13th July, 1887.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the uniform as described hereunder being worn as full-dress by officers of the New Zealand Militia on ceremonial and state occasions, and further to authorise the uniform as published in Gazette No. 63, of the 9th December, 1886, page 1563, being the undress-uniform of officers of the same force.

J. BALLANCE.

FULL-DRESS UNIFORM FOR OFFICERS, NEW ZEALAND MILITIA.

Tunics.—Blue cloth, with white facings, gold-gilt buttons, and trimmed with narrow gold-lace, same as full-dress tunic of the Line, as laid down in page 66, Dress Regulations, 1883, with the letter “ M,” under badges of rank on shoulder-straps, in gold embroidery.

Trousers.—Blue cloth, with 1½in. scarlet stripe down side seams for field officers, and ¼in. scarlet welt for officers under that rank.

Helmet.—White, with gold-gilt front plate, star and garter surmounted by crown, with “ Honi soit qui mal y pense ” round garter, and letter “ M ” in centre, spike on top, and chin chain.

Sash.—Crimson silk.

Sword-belt.—White patent leather.

Sword-knot.—White buff leather.

Sword.—Infantry-regulation pattern.

Scabbard.—Brass, for field officers ; steel, for officers under that rank.

Spurs.—Brass, for field officers ; steel, for adjutants.

Trustee of New Plymouth Savings Bank resigned.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 13th July, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that

Mr. EDWARD DORSET

has resigned his appointment as a Trustee of the New Plymouth Savings Bank.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Bonus for Canned and Cured Fish for Export.

Treasury Department,
Wellington, 10th November, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that bonuses under “ The Fisheries Encouragement Act, 1885,” as set forth in the following sections (Nos. 8, 9, and 10) of that Act, will be paid subject to the conditions named therein, and in the regulations contained in the Order in Council of even date herewith.

JULIUS VOGEL.

8. In order to encourage the production and curing of fish for export, the Colonial Treasurer shall during the next seven years after the passing of this Act, without further appropriation by Parliament, pay out of the Consolidated Fund to any person who shall prepare canned and cured fish for export, and actually export the same from the colony, a bonus or bonuses upon the quantity of canned and cured fish prepared and exported by such person as hereinafter mentioned, that is to say,—

(1.) In respect of the first 200 tons avoirdupois of fish canned with or without oil, the sum of 1d. per pound, the weight of the cans not to be included in the tonnage upon which such bonus is paid ;

(2.) In respect of every ton avoirdupois of fish canned as aforesaid beyond the first 200 tons, the sum of ½d. per pound, the weight of the cans not to be included in the tonnage upon which such bonus is paid ;

(3.) In respect to cured fish the bonus to be paid shall be respectively ¼d. and ⅛d. a pound under similar conditions, as far as the same are applicable to those contained in the two last subsections.

9. The total tonnage upon which the Treasurer may grant bonuses as aforesaid under this Act shall not exceed 6,000 tons.

10. Every person intending to apply for the grant of a bonus shall register a special trade-mark under the laws for the time being in force in New Zealand providing for the registration of trade-marks, such trade-mark to be used for all cured and canned fish to be prepared for export by such person, and shall, within six years after the passing of this