JAN. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 49

whether in their own custody, or intrusted to individuals or

to the State, shall not be liable to seizure or sequestration,

or to any other charges or demands than those which may

be made upon the like goods, property, and effects belonging

to native subjects or citizens. Should they, however, prefer

to leave the country, they shall be allowed to make arrange-

ments for the safe-keeping of their goods, property, and

effects, or to dispose of them, and to liquidate their accounts;

and a safe-conduct shall be given them to embark at the

ports which they shall themselves select.

ARTICLE XIV.

The stipulations of the present treaty shall be applicable

to all the colonies and foreign possessions of Her Britannic

Majesty, so far as the laws permit, excepting to those herein-

after named, that is to say, except to India, the Dominion of

Canada, Newfoundland, New South Wales, Victoria, South

Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, New

Zealand, the Cape, Natal: Provided always that the stipula-

tions of the present treaty shall be made applicable to any

of the above-named colonies or foreign possessions, on whose

behalf notice to that effect shall have been given by Her

Britannic Majesty's Representative in Mexico to the Mexican

Minister for Foreign Affairs within two years from the date

of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty.

ARTICLE XV.

Any controversies which may arise respecting the inter-

pretation or the execution of the present treaty, or the

consequences of any violation thereof, shall be submitted,

when the means of settling them directly by amicable agree-

ment are exhausted, to the decision of Commissions of

Arbitration, and the result of such arbitration shall be bind-

ing upon both Governments.

The members of such Commissions shall be selected by

the two Governments by common consent, failing which,

each of the parties shall nominate an arbitrator, or an equal

number of arbitrators, and the arbitrators thus appointed

shall select an umpire.

The procedure of the arbitration shall in each case be

determined by the contracting parties, failing which the

Commission of Arbitration shall be itself entitled to deter-

mine it beforehand.

ARTICLE XVI.

The present treaty shall continue in force during ten

years, counted from the day of the exchange of the ratifica-

tions; and, in case neither of the two contracting parties

shall have given notice twelve months before the expiration

of the said period of ten years of their intention of termi-
nating the present treaty, it shall remain in force until the

expiration of one year from the day on which either of the

contracting parties shall have given such notice.

ARTICLE XVII.

The present treaty shall be ratified by Her Majesty the

Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and by His Excellency

the President of the United States of Mexico, and the rati-
fications shall be exchanged at Mexico as soon as possible.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have

signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their

arms.

Done, in two originals, at the City of Mexico, the 27th day

of November, 1888.

(L.S.) Spenser St. John.

(L.S.) Emilio Velasco.

Advice to New Zealand Hemp (Phormium) Shippers.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 11th January, 1890.

THE following suggestions, received through the Agent-

General for New Zealand, are published for general

information.

W. R. RUSSELL.

27, Leadenhall Street,

London, 26th October, 1889.

Having been employed largely as a broker for a period of

some forty years in the sale and purchase of textile fibres

from India and the colonies, and anxious to see an increased

development of the trade of this country in New Zealand

hemp, the writer hopes he may be excused, in the interest of

shippers and all concerned, to direct attention to the various

suggestions annexed, feeling certain that their careful adop-
tion will be likely in the future to maintain, and further yet

improve, the favourable opinion gaining ground as to the

value of this article both here and abroad:—

1. That, as far as possible, the colour be uniform, and of a

pale yellow.

2. That, where two or more colours exist, they should, as

far as possible, be separated into secondary marks.

3. That no runners or hard strikes (improperly-decorri-
   cated fibres) should be left in the heads or layers,

4. That the seed or crop end should be softened; the tow

and hard particles being carefully removed.

5. That the bales generally shipped at present are too

heavy and bulky, and the heads too large. Square press-
packed bales of 2¾cwt. to 2¾cwt. each are much preferred to

larger bales, and the heads should not exceed 2½lb. to 3½lb.

weight each.

6. That fine and good-coloured hemp should be protected

by a cloth or canvas wrapper.

7. That the hemp be carefully retted or steeped in none

but clean water, a running stream being most advisable.

The defects of colour visible in many parcels of fibre shipped

clearly indicate a want of proper care in this respect, and

that discoloured or stagnant water has been too frequently

used in the steeping process.

8. That neither in baling nor in dumping should iron

bands or iron wire be used, since either by ship's sweat or by

sea damage the fibre is liable through oxidation to discolour,

and materially to effect the saleable value of this article.

9. That the bales be bound with New Zealand or other

hemp ropes, but not with iron bands or wire rope of any

description.

10. That, to prevent chances of fire through spontaneous

combustion, the hemp be thoroughly well dried before pack-

ing or baling.

11. That, in order to do full justice as between one district

of growth and another, each district of growth, if possible,

should be superadded to the other shippers' distinctive

marks.

C. SPURLING,

Hemp and Fibre Broker.

N.B.—The first four of the above suggestions appeared in

the writer's circulars of the 21st February and 8th March

last, whilst the remainder are those arising from a full con-
sideration and careful inspection of most of the parcels

which have been received in this market during the past

eight months.

Paris Exhibition.—Amended List of New Zealand Awards.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Wellington, 14th January, 1890.

THE following letters, received from the Agent-General

for New Zealand, are published for general informa-
tion, being lists of New Zealand awards at the Paris Exhibi-
tion, 1889, in substitution for the list gazetted on the 28th

November, 1889.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Westminster Chambers, 13, Victoria Street,

London, S.W., 18th October, 1889.

Awards, Paris Exhibition.

SIR,—I beg leave to state that, in addition to the awards

specified in my letter No. 1237 of the 5th instant, a bronze

medal has been awarded Mr. F. A. Coxhead, of Dunedin,

under Class 12, photographs. The name was given in the

first issue of the list of awards as "Coteau," and it was only

after my above-mentioned letter left that I ascertained for

whom the award was intended.

The total number, therefore, of the awards to New Zealand

is 67, instead of 66, comprising 3 grand prix, 10 gold medals,

23 silver medals, 17 bronze medals, and 14 honourable men-
tions.

I have therefore to request the honourable Minister to

substitute the enclosed list for that sent with my letter of

the 5th instant.

I may further say, by way of explanation, that the medals

awarded to Sir W. L. Buller and Mr. Malfroy, under Class

36, are for the cloaks, &c., which form the costume of the

group of Maoris; and that the award to the Canterbury

School of Agriculture is, I understand, for the method of

the agricultural education set forth in the prospectus of the

school, copies of which I caused to be placed in the New

Zealand Court for distribution.

F. D. BELL.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary.

LIST OF AWARDS TO NEW ZEALAND.

Group II., Class 12.—Photography.

Gold medal: Josiah Martin.

Silver medal: Burton Brothers.

Bronze medals: New Zealand Government, F. A. Coxhead.

Honourable mention: Alfred Bock, Miss Helen Stuart.

Group IV., Class 36.—Clothing for both Sexes.

Silver medals: Sir Walter Buller, Camille Malfroy.

Group V., Class 41.—Mines and Metallurgy.

Grand prix: New Zealand Government.

Gold medal: Brunner Company.

Silver medals: Caledonian Company, Endeavour Inlet

Company, Kapanga Company, Keep-it-Dark Company,

Phoenix Company, Welcome Company, Inspector Gordon.

Bronze medals: Champion Company, United Alpine Com-
pany, Waihi Company, Professor Black, Douslin's mortise-
lock.