JULY 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1013

HALIFAX BAY. — POSITIONS OF PHILLIPS ROCK, LORNE REEF, AND PALUMA SHOALS.

NOTICE is hereby given that Phillips Rock lies S. 55° W. 1⅓ miles from the eastern summit of Acheron Island, and has on it a depth of 6ft. at low-water springs. The rock is of small extent, and has 8 fathoms close to. The shoal-ground marked on the chart as extending from it does not exist.

Lorne Reef consists of two small rocky patches, the westernmost, which dries 1ft. at low-water springs, bearing from the summit of Rattlesnake Island S. 75° W., distant 1⅓ miles; the easternmost patch, with less than 6ft. upon it, lying E. ¾ S. from the former, distant ⅓ mile.

Paluma Shoals—the outermost of which bears from Rattlesnake Island summit S. 38° W., distant five miles—consist of a chain of sand and coral patches, extending in an easterly and southerly direction to the coast.

The foregoing information has been obtained by Lieut. G. E. Richards, R.N., Commanding H.M. surveying vessel “Paluma.”

The shores of Halifax Bay not having yet been thoroughly examined, vessels are recommended not to approach them within three miles.

G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N.,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 1st July, 1887.

SOUTH ENTRANCE TO MORETON BAY.

NOTICE is hereby given that, by keeping the white beacon on the north shore of Amity Point in line with the foot of the rise of the high land at the back, a depth of 13ft. can now be carried across the bar at low-water springs.

G. P. HEATH, Commander, R.N.,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 11th July, 1887.

Despatch.—Additional Commercial Treaty with Roumania.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th July, 1887.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

Downing Street, 22nd February, 1887.

SIR,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for information and publication in the colony under your Government, a copy of an Additional Treaty of Commerce between Her Majesty and the King of Roumania, signed at Bucharest, the 26th November, 1886.

I may observe that the alterations in the duties are understood to be in the direction of a reduction of duty in each case.

I have, &c.,
H. T. HOLLAND.

The Officer Administering the Government of
New Zealand.

ADDITIONAL TREATY of COMMERCE between HER MAJESTY and HIS MAJESTY the KING of ROUMANIA.—Signed at Bucharest, 26th November, 1886.—Ratifications exchanged at Bucharest, 31st December, 1886.

ENGLISH TEXT.

HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and His Majesty the King of Roumania, having found it expedient to revise the text of Articles III. and XI. of the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, signed at Bucharest on the 24th March (5th April), 1880, have, with this object, determined to conclude a treaty, and have named as their respective Plenipotentiaries, that is to say,—

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: Percy Sanderson, Esquire, a Companion of Her Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Her Consul-General in Roumania and Chargé d’Affaires at Bucharest;

And His Majesty the King of Roumania: M. Michel Phérékyde, His Minister Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Grand Officer of His Order of the Star of Roumania, &c. ;

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 provisions of Article III. of the treaty of the 24th March (5th April), 1880, are replaced by the following stipulations :—

The following goods will pay, on their entry into Roumania, the duties hereinafter specified ;—

1. Plain biscuits, not sweetened .. 25 0 per 100 kilog.
2. Pitch, colophanum, and tar .. 5 0 "
3. Paints, common, prepared with oil, ground, for painting houses, ships, &c. .. .. .. 8 0 "
4. Linseed oil .. .. .. 10 0 "
5. Felts for carpets, of all colours, printed or not, by the yard and by the picce .. .. .. 20 0 "
6. Cotton twist, single, carded, grey or bleached, called in Roumania “cretz,” “cretzishor,” or “extra-cretz” .. .. .. 15 0 "
7. Doubled yarns, in two or more threads, grey or bleached .. 20 0 "
8. Dyed cotton yarns of all kinds .. 45 0 "
9. Jute cloth, very common, and sacks made out of such cloth .. .. 5 0 "
10. Cements, natural and prepared .. 0 60 "
11. Common earthenware, that is to say: 1. Earthenware of one colour, or white, as well as white decorated with coloured borders only, but not gilt or silvered 2. Common printed plates, of two colours, imported in baskets } 2 40 "
12. Copper, brass, and bronze, rough, in all forms, broken pieces of copper, brass, and bronze, copper filings (not gilt or silvered) .. .. Free.
13. Copper, brass, and bronze, in sheets, or wire (including wire for strings of musical instruments), copper and brass wire for tissues and embroidery, not gilt or silvered; trunnions and pillions belonging to machinery .. .. .. Free.
14. Metal bedsteads of all kinds: of iron, brass, bronze, &c., with or without ornaments, painted, varnished, ornamented with pictures, bronzed, &c. ; iron furniture for rooms, also if gilt or silvered, and whether covered or not .. .. .. 8 50 per 100 kilog.
15. Tin (pewter), raw, in all its forms, in sheets, rods, &c. ; tin and pewter filings, broken pieces of tin and pewter .. .. .. Free.
16. Iron and steel rails of all kinds, and railway points .. .. .. Free.
17. Iron hoops for wheels .. .. Free.
18. Iron, in sheets and laminated, unenumerated .. .. .. Free.
19. Tin plates .. .. .. 3 50 per 100 kilog.
20. Various articles, fittings and detached parts of machinery, of cast iron .. .. .. Free.
21. Iron chains, other than for ships .. 7 0 per 100 kilog.
22. Unenumerated articles of iron and steel, common, simple, tinned, enamelled, but not polished ; tools and instruments of iron, not polished, with or without wooden handles .. .. .. 15 0 "
23. Articles of iron and steel, semi-fine, polished ; tools and instruments of steel, or steel and iron, polished; combined or not with other products, such as tin and wood .. 15 0 "
24. Articles of tin and sheet iron, painted, enamelled, or galvanized .. 8 50 "
25. Cutlery, common, of iron or steel, common scissors, with settings of wood, bone, horn, or other common materials .. .. .. 20 0 "
26. Hats, trimmed or not, of felt made from wool without any mixture of other materials such as hair, fur, silk, &c. .. .. .. 200 0 "

In conformity with Article 5 of the Roumanian Customs law, the weight liable to duty shall be established at the option of the person presenting the goods, either by weighing the goods divested of their packing material, or by deducting from the gross weight the percentage which constitutes the legal tare, as set forth in the Roumanian general tariff.

ARTICLE II.

The treaty of the 24th March (5th April), 1880 (of which the provisions that are not modified by the clauses of the present treaty remain in force), as well as the present treaty, shall continue in force until the 28th June (10th July), 1891. In case neither of the two contracting parties shall have