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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

Notice of Intention to take Land for a Recreation-ground and a Site for a Cottage Hospital in the Town of Kaikoura, known as Native Reserve E.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of section 32 of “The Reserves, Endowments, and Crown and Native Lands Exchange, Sale, Disposal, and Enabling Act, 1898,” and “The Public Works Act, 1894,” to acquire for the purposes of a recreation-ground and a site for a cottage hospital for the inhabitants of Kaikoura the land described in the Schedule hereto; and notice is further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office, Kaikoura, and is there open for inspection. And notice is hereby given that all persons affected by the taking of the said land shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
NATIVE RESERVE E.

In the Marlborough Land District; as the said area is delineated upon the plan marked as above stated, and thereon edged with red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this purpose vested, I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do, by this order under my hand, revoke and annul the appointment of the under-mentioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon the first entry thereof, namely,—

Port of Lyttelton.

The warehouse known as

THE CITY BOND,

as appointed and described in Commissioner’s Order No. 548, of the 20th day of July, 1896.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred.

R. J. SEDDON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 630.]

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond, namely,—

Port of Lyttelton.

Two cellars, and first and second floors of the back portion of a brick building, roofed with iron, situate at 154, Worcester Street, on Lots 8 and 9, Section 718, to be known as

THE CITY BOND.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred.

R. J. SEDDON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 631.]

Approving and appointing a Bonded Tobacco-manufactory.

CUSTOMS.—In pursuance of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Tobacco Act, 1879,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned building or premises as a manufactory in which tobacco may be manufactured prior to the payment of duty thereon :—

A two-storied building constructed of brick and roofed with corrugated iron, situated in Wyndham Street, on Allotment 4, Section 16, in the City of Auckland, to be known as

THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY’S BONDED TOBACCO-MANUFACTORY.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred.

R. J. SEDDON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 632.]

Certificates for Invoices of Goods imported into the Hawaiian Islands.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 12th March, 1900.

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

R. J. SEDDON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Her Majesty’s Consulate,
Honolulu, 31st October, 1899.

(Copy.—No. II., Commercial.)

My Lord,—I have the honour to transmit, herewith enclosed, copies of an official notification to importers, which is published to-day in the local Press, in reference to the certificates required of them and the Hawaiian Consular officers of invoices of goods imported into those islands.

I have, &c.,

Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary W. R. HOARE.
of State for Foreign Affairs.

[Honolulu Pacific Commercial Advertiser, 31st October, 1899.]

FOREIGN OFFICE NOTICE.

Importers of goods are hereby notified that they are required, by section 15 of the Consular Regulations, to certify to the invoices of such goods before the Hawaiian Consular officer nearest to the place of shipment. Consuls have been instructed to refuse to certify to invoices of goods not purchased within their jurisdiction.

E. A. MOTT SMITH,
Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Department of Foreign Affairs,
26th October, 1899.

Treaty with Japan.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 12th March, 1900.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, is published for general information.

R. J. SEDDON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 2nd December, 1899.

Sir,—With reference to the Marquess of Ripon’s circular despatch of the 31st December, 1894, enclosing copy of the treaty of commerce and navigation between Great Britain and Japan of the 16th July, 1894, I have the honour to inform you that, questions having arisen respecting the status of Indian and colonial subjects of Her Majesty residing in Japan as affected by that treaty, and also respecting the claim of British colonies not parties to the treaty to the benefits of the tariff annexed to the protocol of the same date, the matter has formed the subject of reference to the Law Officers of the Crown, and the Marquess of Salisbury has informed Her Majesty’s Minister at Tokio that, in the opinion of Her Majesty’s Government, Article XIX. of the treaty has not the effect of limiting the rights of British subjects connected with non-adhering colonies or possessions, as the inhabitants of such places are generally, and not locally merely, British subjects, and that the fair meaning of the treaty is that all persons who by British law are recognised as possessing the rights of British citizenship all over the world are entitled to the benefits of its stipulations, and that this test includes the inhabitants—being British subjects—of all colonies and dependencies whether they adhere to the treaty or not. Neither does Article XIX. discriminate between different classes of British subjects; nor create a distinction unknown to British law, and almost impossible of definition; but its effect is merely to provide that the privileges and obligations of the treaty shall not ensure for the benefit of non-adhering colonies and dependencies. For instance, the produce or manufacture of a non-adhering colony or dependency would not be entitled to the tariff annexed to the protocol, which must be regarded as forming part of one arrangement with the treaty. And Her