May 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 973

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 9th May, 1900.

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. G. WARD.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Borough of Akaroa.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1900.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Akaroa, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

J. G. WARD.

BOROUGH OF AKAROA.

RESULT of a poll taken on Thursday, 26th day of April, 1900, at the office of the Akaroa Borough Council, at Akaroa, on a proposal of the said Council to borrow the sum of £4,500, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its amendments, at £3 10s. per centum per annum, for forty years, for a water-supply for the said Borough of Akaroa:—

Number of valid votes given for the proposal, 74; number of valid votes given against the proposal, 34.

A majority of the valid votes having been given in favour of the proposal, I hereby declare the proposal to borrow £4,500 for a water-supply for the Borough of Akaroa to be carried.

A. J. McGREGOR,
Mayor.

Akaroa, 8th May, 1900.

Results of Polls for Proposed Loans, Stratford County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th May, 1900.

THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the Stratford County Council, are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

J. G. WARD.

STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESULT of a poll taken on the 26th day of April, 1900, upon the proposal to borrow £600, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and the amendments thereof, for forming and grading parts of the Robson and Waihapa Roads:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 4; number of votes exercisable, 6: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal, 3; number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 5; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, nil.

The required majority of votes having been obtained, I hereby declare the above proposal to be carried.

R. DINGLE,
Chairman,

28th April, 1900.

Result of a poll taken on the 3rd day of May, 1900, upon the proposal to borrow £800, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and the amendments thereof, for forming and metalling part of the Ahuroa Road:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 6; number of votes exercisable, 9: Number of ratepayers voting in favour of the proposal, 5; number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal, 7; number of ratepayers voting against the proposal, nil.

The required majority of votes having been obtained, I hereby declare the above proposal to be carried.

R. DINGLE,
Chairman.

7th May, 1900.

Retention of Title of “Honourable” by Mr. Thomas Thompson.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th May, 1900.

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

J. G. WARD.

(New Zealand—General.)
Downing Street,
31st March, 1900.

My LORD,—In reply to your Lordship’s despatch No. 11, of the 13th February, I have the honour to inform you that the Queen has been pleased to approve of the retention of the title of “Honourable” by Mr. Thomas Thompson, who has served for more than three years as a member of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand.

A notice to this effect will be published in the London Gazette.

I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.

Governor the Right Honourable the Earl of Ranfurly, K.C.M.G., &c.

Despatch.—Extradition Treaty with the Republic of San Marino.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 14th May, 1900.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Justice.

(Circular.)
Downing Street, 26th March, 1900.

SIR,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the colony under your government, a copy of an Order of Her Majesty the Queen in Council, dated the 3rd March, 1900, for giving effect to the treaty between Her Majesty and the Republic of San Marino for the mutual extradition of fugitive criminals, signed at Florence on the 16th October, 1899, the ratifications of which were exchanged at Rome on the 5th December, 1899.

I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.

The Officer administering the Government of New Zealand.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.—EXTRADITION TREATY.—SAN MARINO.
Windsor, 3rd March, 1900.

At the Court at Windsor, the 3rd day of March, 1900.

Present:

THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

LORD CHANCELLOR, LORD PRESIDENT, LORD JAMES OF HEREFORD.

WHEREAS by the Extradition Acts, 1870 to 1895, it was amongst other things enacted that, where an arrangement has been made with any foreign State with respect to the surrender to such State of any fugitive criminals, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct that the said Acts shall apply in the case of such foreign State; and that Her Majesty may, by the same or any subsequent Order, limit the operation of the Order, and restrict the same to fugitive criminals who are in or suspected of being in the part of Her Majesty’s dominions specified in the Order, and render the operation thereof subject to such conditions, exceptions, and qualifications as may be deemed expedient:

And whereas a treaty was concluded on the sixteenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, between Her Majesty and the Captains Regent of the Most Serene Republic of San Marino for the mutual extradition of fugitive criminals, which treaty is in the terms following:—

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, having judged it expedient, with a view to the better administration of justice and to the prevention of crime within their respective territories, that persons charged with or convicted of the crimes hereinafter enumerated, and being fugitives from justice, should, under certain circumstances, be reciprocally delivered up, the said high contracting parties have named as their plenipotentiaries to conclude a treaty for this purpose, that is to say,—

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, His Excellency Philip Henry Wodehouse, Baron Currie of Hawley, a member of Her Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of Her Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Her Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of Italy;

And the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, His Excellency Cavaliere Paolo Onorato Vigliani, Patrician of San Marino, Grand Cross and Grand Cordon of the Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus, and of the Crown of Italy, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, &c., &c., Minister of State, ex-President of the Court of Cassation, Senator of the Kingdom of Italy;

Who, having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles:—