MAR. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 349

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have
signed the present procès-verbal.
Done at Berne, the 9th day of September, 1886.
For Great Britain (L.S.) F. O. ADAMS.
(L.S.) J. H. G. BERGNE.
For Germany .. (L.S.) OTTO VON BÜLOW.
For Belgium .. (L.S.) MAURICE DELFOSSE.
For Spain .. (L.S.) ALMINA.
(L.S.) VILLA-AMIL.
For France ... (L.S.) EMMANUEL ARAGO.
For Haiti .. (L.S.) LOUIS-JOSEPH JANVIER.
For Italy .. (L.S.) E. DI BECCARIA.
For Liberia .. (L.S.) KENTZER.
For Switzerland (L.S.) DROZ.
(L.S.) L. RUCHONNET.
(L.S.) A. D'ORELLI.
For Tunis .. (L.S.) L. RENAULT.

Procès-verbal recording Deposit of Ratifications.

In accordance with the stipulations of Article XXI., para-
graph 1, of the convention for the creation of an Inter-
national Union for the protection of literary and artistic
works, concluded at Berne on the 9th September, 1886, and
in consequence of the invitation addressed to that effect by
the Swiss Federal Council to the Governments of the High
Contracting Parties, the undersigned assembled this day
in the Federal Palace at Berne for the purpose of ex-
amining and depositing the ratifications of—
Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland,
Empress of India,
His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia,
His Majesty the King of the Belgians,
Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, in the name of
His Catholic Majesty the King of Spain,
The President of the French Republic,
The President of the Republic of Haiti,
His Majesty the King of Italy,
The Council of the Swiss Confederation,
His Highness the Bey of Tunis,
to the said International Convention, followed by an Addi-
tional Article and Final Protocol.
The instruments of these acts of ratification having been
produced and found in good and due form, they have been
delivered into the hands of the President of the Swiss Con-
federation, to be deposited in the archives of the Govern-
ment of that country, in accordance with clause No. 7 of
the Final Protocol of the International Convention.
In witness whereof the undersigned have drawn up the
present procès-verbal, to which they have affixed their signa-
tures and the seals of their arms.
Done at Berne, the 5th September, 1887, in nine copies,
one of which shall be deposited in the archives of the Swiss
Confederation with the instruments of ratification.
For Great Britain (L.S.) F. O. ADAMS.
For Germany .. (L.S.) ALFRED VON BÜLOW.
For Belgium .. (L.S.) HENRY LOUMYER.
For Spain .. (L.S.) COMPTE DE LA ALMINA.
For France .. (L.S.) EMMANUEL ARAGO.
For Haiti .. (L.S.) LOUIS-JOSEPH JANVIER.
For Italy .. (L.S.) FE.
For Switzerland (L.S.) DROZ.
For Tunis .. (L.S.) H. MARCHAND.

Protocol.

On proceeding to the signature of the procès-verbal record-
ing the deposit of the acts of ratification given by the High
Parties Signatory to the Convention of the 9th September,
1886, for the creation of an International Union for the pro-
tection of literary and artistic works, the Minister of Spain
renewed, in the name of his Government, the declaration
recorded in the procès-verbal of the conference of the 9th
September, 1886, according to which the accession of Spain
to the convention includes that of all the territories de-
pendent upon the Spanish Crown.
The undersigned have taken note of this declaration.
In witness whereof they have signed the present Protocol,
done at Berne, in nine copies, the 5th September, 1887.
For Great Britain (L.S.) F. O. ADAMS.
For Germany .. (L.S.) ALFRED VON BÜLOW.
For Belgium .. (L.S.) HENRY LOUMYER.
For Spain .. (L.S.) COMPTE DE LA ALMINA.
For France .. (L.S.) EMMANUEL ARAGO.
For Haiti .. (L.S.) LOUIS-JOSEPH JANVIER.
For Italy .. (L.S.) FE.
For Switzerland (L.S.) DROZ.
For Tunis .. (L.S.) H. MARCHAND.

Progress-payments for Exported Fish.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 24th September, 1886.
WITH reference to the notification in the New Zealand
Gazette of the 12th November, 1885, respecting the
payment of bonuses to persons who prepare canned and
cured fish for export under regulations published on the
same date, it is hereby notified that progress-payments on
account of such bonuses, claimed in accordance with those
regulations, will now be made by this department. Claims
to be for quantities not less than one ton net weight, and to
be sent through the Collector of Customs at the port from
which the fish was exported.
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 men-
   tioned, 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
tonage 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 ½d. a pound under similar con-
ditions, 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
    Act, give notice to the Treasurer of his intention to export
    canned and cured fish with a view to applying for a bonus,
    and shall append to such notice a copy of such trade-mark;
    and all cases, barrels, or cans containing fish cured and
    canned for export by any such person shall, before exporta-
    tion, be marked with the trade-mark so registered by him,
    and no part of any such bonus shall be payable except in
    respect of cases, barrels, or cans so marked.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 7th February, 1888.
IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service
Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the
Senior Examination of January, 1889, the period of litera-
ture will be the age of Queen Anne, and the special books
will be Shakespeare's Henry IV. and Henry V., and Lamb's
Essays of Elia.
GEO. FISHER.

Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 13th March, 1888.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point the under-mentioned persons to be the Licensing
Committees for the districts set opposite their names
respectively, viz.:—