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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 11

“In the absence of such stipulations between any of the countries of the Union, the respective countries shall regulate, each for itself by its domestic legislation, the manner in which the principle contained in Article XIV. is to be applied.

“The stipulations of Article XIV. of the Berne Convention and of the present clause of the final protocol shall apply equally to the exclusive right of translation, in so far as such right is established by the present additional Act.

“The temporary stipulations noted above shall be applicable to countries which may hereafter accede to the Union.”

Article III.

The countries of the Union which are not parties to the present additional Act shall at any time be allowed to accede thereto on their request to that effect. This stipulation shall apply equally to countries which may hereafter accede to the Convention of the 9th September, 1886. It will suffice for this purpose that such accession should be notified in writing to the Swiss Federal Council, who shall in turn communicate it to the other Governments.

Article IV.

The present additional Act shall have the same force and duration as the Convention of the 9th September, 1886.

It shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Paris, in the manner adopted in the case of that Convention, as soon as possible, and within the space of one year at the latest.

It shall come into force as regards those countries which shall have ratified it three months after such exchange of ratifications.

In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.

Done at Paris in a single transcript, the 4th May, 1896.

Henry Howard.
H. G. Bergne.
Reichardt.
Otto Dambach.
Franz Hermann Dungs.
Von Müller.
Baron D’Anethan.
Jules de Borchgrave.
Chevalier Descamps.
Marquis de Novallas.
C. de Freycinet.
H. Marcel.

Ch. Lyon-Caen.
Eug. Pouillet.
L. Renault.
Luigi Roux.
G. Polacco.
Vannerus.
H. de Rolland.
Louis Mayer.
H. Marcel.
Lardy.
L. Renault.

PROCES-VERBAL RECORDING DEPOSIT OF RATIFICATIONS.

[TRANSLATION.]

CIRCUMSTANCES having prevented action being taken within the period of delay originally fixed for the exchange of the ratifications of the additional Act of the 4th May, 1896, modifying Articles II., III., V., VII., XII., and XX. of the Convention of the 9th September, 1886, and clauses 1 and 4 of the final protocol annexed thereto, as well as of the declaration interpreting certain stipulations of the Convention of Berne of the 9th September, 1886, and of the additional Act signed at Paris on the 4th May, 1896, it has been unanimously agreed that that period should be prolonged until this day.

In consequence whereof the undersigned have met together in order to deposit the instruments in question.

Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Switzerland, and Tunis have ratified both engagements.

Great Britain has ratified the additional Act alone, on behalf of the United Kingdom, as well as of all the British colonies and possessions.

Norway has only ratified the interpretative declaration.

The respective ratifications, having been produced and found to be in good and due form, have been handed to the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, in order that they may be deposited in the archives of the Ministry, such deposit to be held equivalent to an exchange of ratifications.

In faith of which the undersigned have prepared the present record of deposit, to which they have affixed their seals.

Done at Paris, the 9th September, 1897.

For Germany: Von Müller.
For Belgium: Baron Alb. Fallon.
For Spain: Le Marquis De Novallas.
For France: G. Hanotaux.
For Great Britain: Edmund Monson.
For Italy: G. Tornielli.
For Luxembourg: Eugène Louis Bastin.
For Monaco: J. Depelley.
For Montenegro: H. Marcel.
For Norway: Comte Wrangel.
For Switzerland: Duplan.
For Tunis: Renault.

Certified to be a correct copy.—Ph. Crosier, Minister Plenipotentiary, Chef du Service du Protocole.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Eketahuna Road District, County of Wairarapa North.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1898.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Eketahuna Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

W. C. WALKER.

EKETAHUNA ROAD BOARD.

Proposed Loan of £800 for Pukohai Road.

RESULT of poll taken on the 12th February, 1898:--

Number of ratepayers on the roll, 10, representing 10 votes: Number of ratepayers voting in favour, 7; number of votes recorded in favour, 7; number of votes not recorded, 3.

A majority of ratepayers, exercising a majority of votes, being in favour of the proposal, I therefore declare such proposal to be duly carried.

T. T. YOULE,
Returning Officer.

Road Board Office,
Eketahuna, 15th February, 1898.

Special Order made by the Paparoa Road Board, County of Manukau.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1898.

THE following special order, made by the Paparoa Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

W. C. WALKER.

PAPAROA ROAD BOARD.—SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT the Board do now make a special order, that is to say: The Paparoa Road Board, having received a requisition signed by over two-thirds of the ratepayers in respect of property situated within the Paparoa Road District, and representing over half of the rateable value of the rateable property therein, that the Board levy a special rate on all the rateable property in the Paparoa Road District; such rate to be applied in assisting to pay the Board’s contribution towards the repairs of the Tamaki Bridge; and hereby notify that, in accordance with sections 119 and 121 of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and “The Rating Act, 1894,” the Board will, at its next meeting, to be held on Monday, the 7th February, 1898, pass a resolution to levy a special rate of ½d. in the pound on the rateable value of all the rateable property in the district, payable in one sum on the 1st March, 1898.

JOHN NICHOLAS,
Clerk.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly proposed, and advertised, and carried by the Paparoa Road Board, and duly confirmed.

JOHN NICHOLAS,
Clerk, Paparoa Road Board.

8th February, 1898.

March 23 to be a Holiday in Otago.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th February, 1898.

THE public offices in the Provincial District of Otago will be closed on Wednesday, the 23rd March next, being the fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of the Province of Otago.

W. C. WALKER.

Settlement of Claim for Compensation under “The Mining Act, 1891.”

Mines Department,
Wellington, 8th February, 1898.

IN pursuance of the provisions of the 153rd section of “The Mining Act, 1891,” it is hereby notified that the claim for compensation enumerated in the Schedule hereto, in respect to a Proclamation issued under the hand of His Excellency the Governor and the Public Seal of the Colony on the 3rd day of December, 1895, declaring that Moonlight, Baxter’s, and Caledonian Creeks, with their tributaries, in the Provincial District of Nelson, shall be watercourses into which tailings, &c., may be discharged, has been settled by agreement, as provided by the said Act.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

SCHEDULE.

MOONLIGHT, BAXTER’S, AND CALEDONIAN CREEKS.