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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

of such colony or possession by the Chief Consular Officer of
the Republic of Peru in such colony or possession.

The Governor or chief authority may dispose of the
requisition in accordance with the laws of the territory in
which he exercises authority, and shall be at liberty to
grant the surrender or to refer the matter to his Govern-
ment.

Requisitions for the surrender of a fugitive criminal
emanating from any colony or foreign possession of His
Britannic Majesty shall be governed by the rules laid down
in the preceding Articles of the present Treaty.

ARTICLE XVIII.

The present treaty shall come into force ten days after its
publication, in conformity with the forms prescribed by the
laws of the High Contracting Parties. It may be terminated
by either of the High Contracting Parties by a notice not
exceeding one year and not less than six months.

It shall be ratified after receiving the approval of the
Congress of the Republic of Peru, and the ratifications shall
be exchanged at Lima as soon as possible.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have
signed the same, and affixed thereto their respective seals.

Done at Lima, this 26th day of January, in the year one
thousand nine hundred and four.

(L.S.)
WILLIAM NELTHORPE BEAUCLEK.

(L.S.)
JOSÉ PARDO.

And whereas the ratifications of the said Treaty were
exchanged at Lima on the thirtieth day of November, one
thousand nine hundred and six:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of
His Privy Council, and in virtue of the authority committ-d
to Him by the said recited Acts, doth order, and it is hereby
ordered, that from and after the 20th day of May, one
thousand nine hundred and seven, the said Acts shall apply
in the case of Peru, and of the said Treaty with the Presi-
dent of the Republic of Peru :

Provided always that the operation of the said Acts shall
be and remain suspended within the Dominion of Canada so
long as an Act of the Parliament of Canada passed in 1886,
and entitled “ An Act respecting the Extradition of Fugitive
Criminals,” shall continue in force there, and no longer.

A. W. FIRZROY.

[Extract from the London Gazette of Friday, May 10, 1907.]

Notice to Mariners No. 50 of 1907.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 20th July, 1907.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the
Port Officer, Melbourne, Victoria, are published for
general information.

J. A. MILLAR.

ENTRANCE TO PORT ALBERT.

With reference to General Notice to Mariners, dated 24th
September, 1901, page 108, regarding the eastern entrance
to Port Albert Channel, mariners and others are hereby
notified that during the recent south-easterly gales the bar
and first red buoys at such entrance broke adrift. These
buoys will be replaced as soon as possible.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 24th June, 1907.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.—VICTORIA.

The following Notice to Mariners, which has been received
from the Geelong Harbour Trust, is published for general
information.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 4th June, 1907.

Port of Geelong.—Hopetoun Channel, Geelong Harbour.

Referring to previous notices regarding the depth of water
in the Hopetoun Channel, mariners and others are hereby
notified that the Hopetoun Channel has been dredged to a
navigable depth of 24 ft. at ordinary low water for a width
of 130 ft.

The actual depth of water in the channel is 24 ft. 6 in. at
ordinary low water, and the average rise of tide is 1 ft. 9 in.
The tide-gauges at Nos. 2 and 8 beacons will be adjusted to
show the actual depth of water in the channel.

Charts affected: Admiralty, Nos. 2731 and 1171B.

GEO. A. MOLLAND,
Harbourmaster.

4th June, 1907.

DREDGING, SOUTH CHANNEL, PORT PHILLIP.

Referring to Notice to Mariners No. 136, dated 27th
March, 1905,* it is hereby notified that the dredger “John
Nimmo” and the attendant anchor-punt will, within a few
days, resume operations in the vicinity of the pile light,
South Channel, and the work of widening the artificial
cutting of the South Channel will be continued at the south
edge of the channel.

Two red-can buoys will be moored in the vicinity of the
dredger to mark the alignment of the dredging operations.
It is requested that care be taken to avoid such two red-can
buoys.

There will be exhibited a basket ball by day and two red
lights by night, from the port or starboard side of the
dredger, to indicate the side on which vessels navigated
through the channel are to pass the dredger. When such
basket ball or red lights are amidships, vessels as aforesaid
may pass the dredger on either side.

Two white mast-head anchor-lights will also be exhibited
by night, one near the stem and one near the stern of the
dredger.

The anchor-punt, from which will be exhibited a white
mast-head anchor-light by night, will also be moored in the
vicinity of the dredging operations.

Caution.

Mariners and others in charge of vessels passing the
dredger must proceed at the slowest possible speed, and
must stop propeller engines when passing the dredger’s
chains.

C. W. MACLEAN,
Port Officer.

Melbourne, 4th June, 1907.

Notice to Mariners No. 51 of 1907.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1907.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the
Board of Trade, London, are published for general
information.

J. A. MILLAR.

INDIAN OCEAN.

PT. DE GALLE HARB.—A pinnacle rk., named Bloomfield
Rk., carrying 4½ fms., with 7½ fms. around, exists in
approx. 6°1' N., 80°13' E., in the approach to the harb.,
with Pt. de Galle Lt.-h. N. 50° W., 6½ cables, and the ern.
extr. of Gibbet Isl. N. 29° E. June.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—A bank, fine grey sand, on which
10 fms. was obtained, is reported to exist in approx.
22°26¼' N., 117°28' E., about 60 miles S.-erd. from the cape.
Soundings of 15, 19, and 17 fms. were obtained at 3, 6¾, and
8½ miles N. 13° W. respectively from this position, and
28 and 30 fms. at respectively 2 and 3¾ miles S. 13° E. from
it. These soundings were obtained at night, and must be
considered uncertain in position, as it was found on the next
day, at noon, that a current averaging 1½ knots per hour had
been experienced since 8 p.m. of the prev. day. June.

RUGGED ISLS.—S.W. HORN.—An occ. lt. every 20 secs.—
lt. 10 secs., ecl. 10 secs.—showing red from N. 62° W.,
through W., to S. 8° W., and white in other directions, is to
be exh. from a lt.-h. now being constr. in 30°35¾' N.,
121°58' E., on S.W. horn. A fog-gun is also to be est. On
4th April, 1907, a provis. group-occ. white lt., with groups of
4 ecls. every 30 secs.—lt. 16 secs., ecl. 2 secs.; lt. 2 secs.,
ecl. 2 secs.; lt. 2 secs., ecl. 2 secs.; lt. 2 sec., ecl. 2 secs.—
elev. 85 ft. above H.W., R. 10 miles, was to be exh. on
S.W. horn. June.

NEW ZEALAND.

Admiralty charts that have received large corrections:—
No. 3629. New chart, New Zealand, North and South
Isls., Hokitika to Otago Harb., including Cook Strait.
May.

No. 2532. New Zealand, South Isl., Sheet ix, Banks
Penin. to Otago. April.

• New Zealand Notice to Mariners No. 34 of 1905.