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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

Services of Volunteer Corps accepted.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to accept, under section 39 (1), “The Defence Act, 1886,” the services of the

No. 2 Company, New Zealand Native Rifle Volunteers,
with headquarters at Auckland. Acceptance to date from the 14th April, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Treaty between Great Britain and Ethiopia.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1898.

THE accompanying despatch, covering a copy of a treaty between Great Britain and Ethiopia, received from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 19th February, 1898.

SIR,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Government and for publication in the colony, copies of a treaty between Great Britain and Ethiopia signed on the 14th May, 1897, and ratified by the Queen on the 28th July, 1897. I have, &c.,

The Officer Administering J. CHAMBERLAIN.
the Government of New Zealand.

TREATY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND ETHIOPIA.

(Signed by the Emperor Menelek II. and by Her Majesty’s envoy, at Adis Abbaba, 14th May, 1897.—Ratified by the Queen, 28th July, 1897.)

HER Majesty Victoria, by the grace of God Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and His Majesty Menelek II., by the grace of God King of Kings of Ethiopia, being desirous of strengthening and rendering more effective and profitable the ancient friendship which has existed between their respective kingdoms:

Her Majesty Queen Victoria having appointed as her special envoy and representative to His Majesty the Emperor Menelek II. James Rennell Rodd, Esq., Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, whose full powers have been found in due and proper form, and His Majesty the Emperor Menelek, negotiating in his own name as King of Kings of Ethiopia, they have agreed upon and do conclude the following articles, which shall be binding on themselves, their heirs and successors:—

Article I.

The subjects of or persons protected by each of the contracting parties shall have full liberty to come and go and engage in commerce in the territories of the other, enjoying the protection of the Government within whose jurisdiction they are; but it is forbidden for armed bands from either side to cross the frontier of the other on any pretext whatsoever without previous authorisation from the competent authorities.

Article II.

The frontiers of the British protectorate on the Somali Coast recognised by the Emperor Menelek shall be determined subsequently by exchange of notes between James Rennell Rodd, Esq., as representative of Her Majesty the Queen, and Ras Maconen, as representative of His Majesty the Emperor Menelek, at Harrar. These notes shall be annexed to the present treaty, of which they will form an integral part, so soon as they have received the approval of the high contracting parties, pending which the status quo shall be maintained.

Article III.

The caravan route between Zeyla and Harrar by way of Gildessa shall remain open throughout its whole extent to the commerce of both nations.

Article IV.

His Majesty the Emperor of Ethiopia, on the one hand, accords to Great Britain and her colonies, in respect of import duties and local taxation, every advantage which he may accord to the subjects of other nations.

On the other hand, all material destined exclusively for the service of the Ethiopian State shall, on application from His Majesty the Emperor, be allowed to pass through the Port of Zeyla into Ethiopia free of duty.

Article V.

The transit of firearms and ammunition destined for His Majesty the Emperor of Ethiopia through the territories depending on the Government of Her Britannic Majesty is authorised, subject to the conditions prescribed by the General Act of the Brussels Conference, signed the 2nd July, 1890.

Article VI.

His Majesty the Emperor Menelek II., King of Kings of Ethiopia, engages himself towards the Government of Her Britannic Majesty to do all in his power to prevent the passage through his dominions of arms and ammunition to the Mahdists, whom he declares to be the enemies of his empire.

The present treaty shall come into force as soon as its ratification by Her Britannic Majesty shall have been notified to the Emperor of Ethiopia, but it is understood that the prescriptions of Article VI. shall be put into force from the date of its signature.

In faith of which His Majesty Menelek II., King of Kings of Ethiopia, in his own name, and James Rennell Rodd, Esq., on behalf of Her Majesty Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, have signed the present treaty, in duplicate, written in the English and Amharic languages identically, both texts being considered as official, and have thereto affixed their seals.

Done at Adis Abbaba, the 14th day of May, 1897.

(L.S.) (Signed) JAMES RENNELL RODD.
(Seal of His Majesty the Emperor Menelek II.)

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, City of Wellington.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1898.

THE following notices, received from His Worship the Mayor of the City of Wellington, are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”

WM. HALL-JONES.

In the matter of “The Wellington City Empowering Act, 1897,” and of Part IX. of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”

To the Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

I, JOHN RUTHERFORD BLAIR, Mayor of the City of Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, pursuant to the provisions of “The Wellington City Empowering Act, 1897,” and section 184 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” give you notice that, on the 11th day of March, 1898, a poll was taken, under the provisions of the said Acts, on a proposal of the Council of the said city to borrow by way of special loan, under the provisions of the said Acts, the sum of £15,000, being a portion of the amount mentioned in “The Wellington City Empowering Act, 1897,” a copy of which proposal is next hereinafter set out:—

WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL.—PROPOSED SPECIAL LOAN.

In the matter of “The Wellington City Empowering Act, 1897,” and Part IX. of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”

I hereby give notice that the Council of the City of Wellington proposes to borrow the sum of £15,000 by way of special loan, under the provisions of the above-named Acts, such sum to be appropriated to the purposes following, the sum set opposite each of the following eight items to be appropriated exclusively to the purposes described in such item:—

£

1. For providing four new cells to the Destructor 2,000
2. For providing public baths at Te Aro .. 2,000
3. For erecting a fire-brigade station at Cuba Street Extension .. .. .. 3,000
4. For providing a fire-brigade station at Newtown .. .. .. .. .. 1,000
5. For constructing new storm-water culverts in Grey Street, Hunter Street, and Reclaimed Land .. .. .. .. .. 2,000
6. For lowering and widening Adelaide Road, south of Luxford Street .. .. 1,500
7. For widening and improving Clyde Quay and Esplanade at Oriental Bay .. .. 2,000
8. For completing Thorndon Quay to its full width .. .. .. .. .. 1,500

J. E. PAGE,
Town Clerk.

28th January, 1898.

And I also give you notice that the numbers of votes recorded, upon the taking of the said poll, for and against the said proposal were as follow: For the proposal, 1,212 votes; against the proposal, 465 votes: majority for the proposal, 747 votes. And, it being provided by the first above-mentioned Act that the said proposal was to be deemed carried if a majority of three-fifths of the votes given on the taking of the said poll should be in favour of the said proposal, I hereby further give you notice that the said proposal of the Council of the City of Wellington was duly carried upon the taking of such poll.

Dated this 18th day of April, 1898.

J. R. BLAIR,
Mayor of Wellington.