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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 51

Justices of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 30th June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

A. GOWER, Esq.,

of Ohingaiti, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony.

T. THOMPSON.

Further extending Time for furnishing Report of Police Commission.

Police Department,
Wellington, 30th June, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to further extend the time for the furnishing of a report by the Commission to inquire into the administration, efficiency, and control of the Police Force from the 30th June, 1898, to the 14th July, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

J. CARROLL.

Special Order made by the Wirokino Road Board, County of Horowhenua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 1st July, 1898.

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

J. CARROLL.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT the Wardens for the Kereru, Shannon, and Kingston Wards shall be the Wardens to retire at the end of the first year, and that the Wardens for the remaining three wards retire at the expiration of the second year.

The foregoing special order was duly passed by the Wirokino Road Board at a meeting held on the 21st day of May, 1898, and duly confirmed at a special meeting held on the 18th day of June, 1898.

E. H. Snow,
Clerk to Board.

28th June, 1898.

Notice to Mariners, No. 23 of 1898.

ALTERATION IN COLOUR OF LEADING-LIGHTS, MANAWATU RIVER, COOK STRAIT, NORTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 2nd July, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after Monday, the 1st August, 1898, two red lights will be used as leading-lights for guiding vessels crossing the Manawatu bar, instead of the red and green lights at present in use.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Chart No. 2054; “New Zealand Pilot,” Chapter iv., page 186.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Commercial Relations with the British Empire.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 5th July, 1898.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

(No. 125.—Commercial.)
Berlin, 27th April, 1898.

My Lord,—I have the honour to enclose copies and translation of a Bill which was introduced in the “Reichstag” on the 21st instant, the object of which is to empower the Federal Council to extend most favoured treatment to Great Britain and her colonies after the 30th of July next, and up to the 30th of July, 1899.

Your Lordship will observe that in the Exposé des Motifs attached to the Bill it is declared to be understood that the Federal Council will only make use of this authority as regards the British Empire, or portions of the same, in so far as no restriction of the most-favoured-nation treatment of German subjects or of goods imported from Germany takes place in them, and especially, as regards British colonies and possessions, that German subjects and products are not more unfavourably treated there than those of the United Kingdom. It shall also be a necessary condition for the exercise of this authority on the part of the Federal Council that the Customs duties in the British territories in question shall not be altered in a manner unfavourable to German trade.

I have, &c.

(For Her Majesty’s Ambassador),
Gough.

The Marquess of Salisbury, K.G., &c.

(Translation.)
Berlin, 21st April, 1898.

In the name of His Majesty the Emperor, the undersigned has the honour to submit to the Reichstag, for its constitutional decision, the annexed draft of a law respecting commercial relations with the British Empire, as approved by the Federal Council.

For the Imperial Chancellor.
COUNT VON POSADOWSKY.

To the Reichstag.

DRAFT OF A LAW RESPECTING COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

We, William, by the grace of God, German Emperor, King of Prussia, &c., ordain in the name of the Empire, with the consent of the Federal Council and of the Reichstag, as follows:—

The Federal Council is authorised to extend to the subjects and to the products of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as also to the subjects and products of British colonies and foreign possessions, during the period up to the 30th of July, 1899, the advantages which are accorded by the Empire to the subjects or products of the most favoured nation.

Given under our Imperial Hand and Seal, &c.

Exposé des Motifs.

On the 30th of July last Her Britannic Majesty’s Government denounced the treaty of commerce between the Zollverein and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of the 30th of May, 1865. In consequence of this denunciation, the treaty, together with the supplementary agreements since made, will terminate on the 30th of July next.

As Her Britannic Majesty’s Government have declared their readiness to conclude a new treaty, negotiations have been entered into, which have not, however, as yet led to a conclusion.

In order that the time necessary for the negotiations may be kept free, it is desirable that the Federal Council should be authorised to extend to the various portions of the British Empire, for one year after the termination of the treaty of the 30th of May, 1865, the most-favoured-nation treatment hitherto accorded to them. The Federal Council will only be able to make use of this authorisation with regard to the British Empire or portions of the same in so far as no alteration of most-favoured-nation treatment takes place in them to the disadvantage of the subjects or exports of Germany, and especially also in so far as in British colonies and possessions the subjects and products of Germany are not treated in a more unfavourable manner than those of the British mother-country. Similarly it will be a condition for the exercise of this authorisation on the part of the Federal Council that the Customs duties levied in the British territories in question shall not be altered in a manner materially disadvantageous to German export trade.