JUNE 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 699

Authority to issue New Zealand War Medals.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1890.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorise the issue of New Zealand war medals to the individuals named in the attached Schedule whose claims, after investigation, have been established.

W. R. RUSSELL.

NOMINAL RETURN of Men of the Colonial Forces whose Claims to the New Zealand War Medal have been investigated and admitted.

Despatch.—Provisional Commercial Agreement with Servia.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 11th June, 1890.

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

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
(For the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.)

(Circular.) Downing Street, 25th March, 1890.

MY LORD,—With reference to my circular despatch of the 13th of March, 1889, I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the colony under your Government, a copy of a provisional commercial agreement between the Governments of Great Britain and Servia, signed at Belgrade on the 2nd (14th) of February, 1890, which will remain in force from the 6th (18th) of May next until the 1st (13th) of January, 1893.

I have, &c.,

KNUTSFORD.

The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

PROVISIONAL COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND SERVIA.—Signed at Belgrade, 2nd (14th) February, 1890.

[English Text.]

THE Government of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and the Government of the Regency of His Majesty the King of Servia, both desiring to provisionally regulate, from the 6th (18th) May, 1890, the date of the expiration of the commercial convention which has been denounced, until the conclusion of a new definitive commercial convention, the position of their respective subjects residing in the dominions and possessions of the other party, as well as the commercial relations between the two States, have agreed upon and concluded the following provisions:—

British subjects residing in Servia, and Servian subjects residing in the territories, colonies, and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty, shall enjoy, as in the past, all the rights accorded to the subjects or natives of the most-favoured nation; and merchandise of every kind the produce of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of its colonies or possessions, imported into Servia, and all merchandise the produce of Servia which may be imported into the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty, including the colonies and foreign possessions, shall be reciprocally subjected to the same Customs duties of import or export, to the same accessory duties of re-export, of commission, or of warehousing, to the same local duties, and duties relative to all Customs formalities, as the merchandise of the most-favoured nation.

It is nevertheless understood that the provisions of the present Act shall not apply to those colonies and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty to which the provisions of the original treaty of the 26th January (7th February), 1880, did not apply, that is to say, to the Dominion of Canada, and to Her Majesty’s colonies in South Africa.

The present agreement will remain in force from the 6th (18th) May, 1890, until the 1st (13th) January, 1893.

The two Governments engage, if necessary, to obtain assent to the present agreement by the Legislative Assemblies of their respective States.

In witness whereof the undersigned have drawn up the present agreement, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.

Done at Belgrade, the 2nd (14th) February, 1890.

The Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Her Britannic Majesty at Belgrade,
(L.S.) F. R. ST. JOHN.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs for Servia, President of the Council of Ministers,
(L.S.) Le Général S. GROUTCH.

Notice to Mariners, No. 18 of 1890.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 7th June, 1890.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Department of Ports and Harbours, Melbourne, is published for general information.

EDWIN MITCHELSON,
(For the Minister having charge of the Marine Department.)

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.—EASTERN ENTRANCE TO BASS STRAITS.—CAPE EVERARD LIGHTS.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners published the 21st January, 1889, notice is hereby given that on and after the 1st July, 1890, a white and red light will be exhibited from a lighthouse tower built on the southernmost point of Cape Everard.

The lighthouse tower is of concrete, coloured white, and the lantern is 185ft. above the mean level of the sea, from which will be exhibited a first order holophotal double-flashing light, showing a double flash every thirty seconds.

The white light will extend over an arc of 188° seaward, with an arc of red light illuminating about one mile and a half off the coast-line to the eastward and westward of the lighthouse.

An auxiliary red fixed light, to cover outlying dangers, will also be exhibited from a lower portion of the main lighthouse tower, and will illuminate an arc of 188° to seaward. Such light will be invisible to an observer 14ft. above the level of the sea, until within about two miles distance from the lighthouse.

Position (approximate): Lat. 37° 48′ 7″ S., long. 149° 16′ 30″ E.

Caution: The red lights are to warn mariners of their too close proximity to the shore or to outlying dangers off the lighthouse.

ALEXR. WILSON,
Engineer in Charge, Ports and Harbours.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Melbourne, 14th May, 1890.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1890.

THE following notices of election of Members of Road Boards have been received at this office, and are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.

Pukekohe East Road District, County of Manukau :
Lewis King.
William Morgan.
James Smith.
Thomas L. Wallis.

Tuhikaramea Road District, County of Waipa :
James Douglas Williamson.
Frank Joseph Vickers.

Mangapiko Road District, County of Waipa :
Elias Offeson.
John Michael Krippner.

Meaneé Road District, County of Hawke’s Bay :
George Milligan.