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Registrar of Brands appointed.—Notice No. 329.

Head Office, Live-stock Department,
Wellington, 14th September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make
the following appointment under " The Brands and
Branding Act, 1880 :"—

HENRY OLDHAM

to be a Registrar of Brands for the Napier Branding Dis-
trict, comprising the Napier Subdivision of the Napier
Sheep District; to date from the 17th September, 1891 ;
vice R. C. Pasley.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 16th September, 1891.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept
the resignations by the under-mentioned gentlemen
of their appointments as Justices of the Peace for the
colony, viz. :—

JOHN GREEN GARFORTH, Esq., of Lyttelton ;
ALEXANDER GRANT, Esq., of Takapau ;
WILLIAM FRANCIS HUNT, Esq., of Te Aroha.

W. P. REEVES.

Treaty of Friendship between Great Britain and Tonga.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th September, 1891.

THE following despatch, received from the High Com-
missioner for the Western Pacific, is published for
general information.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

High Commissioner's Office,
Western Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 14th August, 1891.

MY LORD,—Herewith I have the honour to enclose, for the
information of your Excellency's Government, copies of a
printed paper, setting forth the provisions of the treaty
between Great Britain and Tonga, as amended by agreement
signed on the 2nd June last.

The practical effect of the amendment is to alter the
original text, so as to now confer on the High Commissioner's
Court exclusive jurisdiction over British subjects for offences
against British law.

I have, &c.,

JOHN B. THURSTON.

His Excellency the Right Hon. Lord Onslow,
Governor of New Zealand.

TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN HER MAJESTY THE
QUEEN AND THE KING OF TONGA.

ARTICLE I.

There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, her heirs and successors, and His Ma-
jesty the King of Tonga, his heirs and successors, and be-
tween their respective dominions and subjects.

ARTICLE II.

His Majesty the King of Tonga engages to grant to no
other Sovereign or State any rights, powers, authority, or
privileges in Tonga in excess of those accorded to Her
Britannic Majesty.

The subjects of Her Britannic Majesty shall always enjoy
in Tonga, and Tongan subjects shall always enjoy in the
territories of Her Britannic Majesty, whatever rights, privi-
leges, and immunities they now possess, or which are now
accorded to the subjects of the most-favoured nation ; and
no rights, privileges, or immunities shall be granted hereafter
in Tonga to the subjects of any foreign State which shall
not equally and unconditionally be granted to the subjects
of Her Britannic Majesty.

ARTICLE III.

(a.) If any subject of Her Britannic Majesty in Tonga is
charged with a criminal offence cognisable by British law,
such charge may be tried by the Court of Her Britannic
Majesty's High Commissioner for the Western Pacific
Islands.

(b.) If any subject of Her Britannic Majesty is charged
with the violation of any law or regulation in Tonga relating
to Customs, taxation, public health, or local police, not
cognisable as an offence against British law, he shall be
amenable to the jurisdiction of the Tongan Courts, the pro-
ceedings of which shall be conducted in public, and the
records of which shall be public and accessible.

(c.) Every civil suit which may be brought in Tonga
against any subject of Her Britannic Majesty in Tonga shall
be brought before and tried by the Court of Her Britannic
Majesty's High Commissioner.

(d.) Every summons or warrant to appear as a witness
before the Court of Her Britannic Majesty's High Commis-
sioner, issued in accordance with British law, and directed
to a Tongan subject, shall, if possible, be indorsed by a
Judge of the Supreme Court of Tonga, and, when so in-
dorsed, shall have the same authority, and may be enforced
in like manner, as if issued by the Supreme Court of Tonga ;
but, where it shall be made to appear to the Court that the
delay required to procure such indorsement might lead to
the escape or removal of a material witness, such summons
or warrant may be issued by the Court without such indorse-
ment, and shall have the same authority, and may be
enforced in like manner, as if such summons or warrant had
been directed to a subject of her Britannic Majesty.

(e.) The expression " British law " in this article includes
any regulations made and issued by Her Britannic Majesty's
High Commissioner for the Western Pacific Islands for the
government of British subjects within his jurisdiction ; and
the Court of Her Majesty's High Commissioner shall in-
clude any British Court or officer for the time being autho-
rised to exercise jurisdiction in the Western Pacific.

ARTICLE IV.

Her Britannic Majesty agrees to surrender to His Majesty
the King of Tonga any Tongan subject who, being accused
or convicted of any of the under-mentioned crimes, com-
mitted in the territory of the King of Tonga, shall be found
within the territory of Her Britannic Majesty.

The crimes for which such surrender may be granted are
the following: Murder or attempt to murder, embezzle-
ment or larceny, fraudulent bankruptcy, forgery.

Her Britannic Majesty may, however, at any time put an
end to this article by giving notice to that effect to His
Majesty the King of Tonga. The article shall, however,
remain in force for six months after notice of its termination.

It is agreed that the arrangement contained in this article
shall be subject to the restrictions on the surrender of fugitive
criminals contained in the Acts respecting extradition which
are in force in the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty, and
the procedure to be adopted with respect to the surrender of
such criminals shall be in conformity with the provisions of
the said Acts.

Special Order made by the Mangawhero Road Board,
County of Wanganui.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1891.

THE following special order, made by the Mangawhero
Road Board, is published in accordance with " The
Road Boards Act, 1882."

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT a special order be now made making a special rate
of 1½d. in the pound over the Mangawhero Road District, for
payment of interest and other charges on a loan of £600 for
the Upokangaro Bridge, in terms of section 24 of The " Local
Bodies' Loans Act, 1886," for the term of twenty-six years, to
be payable, in one instalment, on the 1st day of March in
each year, and that the first payment shall be due on the
1st day of March, 1892. The rate to be an annual-recurring
one.

I hereby certify that the above rate was duly made in
accordance with section 76 of " The Road Boards Act, 1882."

J. SMITH,
Chairman.

Notice to Mariners, No. 33 of 1891.

NEW RIVER HARBOUR.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 15th September, 1891.

THE Borough Council of Invercargill, which has the
control of New River Harbour, has notified that it is
intended to dispense with the Harbourmaster and two
harbour boatmen at that place on the 31st October next ;
and that the only harbour officer there after that date will
be a signalman, who will guide vessels entering or departing
by means of the semaphore.

J. MCKENZIE,
For the Minister having charge of the
Marine Department.