654
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve in Wellington Land District.

GLASGOW, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," it is amongst other things enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in Her Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II. of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and in the case of any reserve made under the authority of section one hundred and forty-four of "The Land Act, 1877," if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said Class II., the Governor may, by notice gazetted, declare his intention to make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the portion of the reserves described in the second column of the Schedule hereto from that named in the first column of the said Schedule to that named in the third column of the said Schedule respectively.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor this twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Civil Service Senior Examination.

Education Department,
Wellington, 24th September, 1894.

IN pursuance of regulations under "The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886," notice is hereby given that for the Senior Examination of January, 1896, the period of literature will be the first half of the nineteenth century, and the special books will be Carlyle's "Sartor Resartus" and Milton's "Samson Agonistes."

W. P. REEVES,
Minister of Education.

Despatch notifying a Commercial Arrangement between Great Britain and Bulgaria.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 9th April, 1895.

THE following extract from the London Gazette is published for general information.

W. P. REEVES,
Minister acting for the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Foreign Office, 18th January, 1895.

Notes exchanged between Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General at Sofia and the Bulgarian Minister for Foreign Affairs, recording an arrangement between Great Britain and Bulgaria relating to Commerce:—

I.

Sir A. Nicolson to M. Natchovits, 29th December, 1894.

II.

M. Natchovits to Sir A. Nicolson, 26 December, 1894.
7 January, 1895.

(Translation.)

M. LE MINISTRE,--
Sofia, 29th December, 1894.

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of the note which your Excellency was good enough to address to me on November 28
December 8, proposing a commercial convention for a period of two years, with Customs duties of 10½ per cent. ad valorem on British imports into Bulgaria.

I am instructed to inform your Excellency that Her Majesty's Government are prepared to accept the above-mentioned proposal on the following conditions:—

1. That British merchandise imported into Bulgaria should enjoy the treatment of the most favoured nation both in regard to transport tariffs or dues, and also in every other respect.

2. That British merchandise should not be subject to any municipal taxes or octroi duties which shall exceed a maximum of 2 per cent. ad valorem, with the exception of certain articles specified in a tariff agreed upon between the two Governments. It is also understood that in no circumstances British merchandise shall pay higher taxes or duties than native merchandise of the same category, or than merchandise of the most favoured nation.

On receipt of a note from your Excellency conveying the assent of the Bulgarian Government to the above conditions, Her Majesty's Government will consent that, from 1st
13th January, 1895, British merchandise imported into Bulgaria should be subjected, till 1st
13th January, 1897, to Customs duties of 10 per cent. ad valorem, together with the additional ½ per cent. hitherto accorded.

I avail, &c.,
A. NICOLSON.

His Excellency M. Natchovits, &c.

(Translation.)

M. L'AGENT,--
Sofia, 26th December, 1894.
7th January, 1895.

In reply to the note which you addressed to me on the 17th (29th) of December, 1894, I have the honour to state that the Anglo-Bulgarian commercial arrangement is prolonged for a period of two years, from the 1st (13th) of January, 1895, till the 31st December, 1896
12th January, 1897, during which time British merchandise imported into Bulgaria will be subject to a Customs duty of 10½ per cent. ad valorem.

The Bulgarian Government now declares that British merchandise shall, on Bulgarian territory, enjoy the treatment of the most favoured nation, in regard either to transport tariffs or dues, or to any other matter; that it shall pay no higher taxes or duties than native merchandise of the same category, or than similar produce of the most favoured nations; that it shall not be subject to any municipal tax or octroi duty which shall exceed a maximum of 2 per cent. ad valorem, with the exception of certain articles specified in the existing tariff agreed upon between the two Governments.

Bulgarian merchandise imported into the United Kingdom shall continue to be treated, during the aforesaid period, on the same footing of equality as that of the most favoured nation.

I avail, &c.,
G. D. NATCHOVITS.

Sir A. Nicolson, K.C.I.E., &c.