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Appointment of Additional Trustees of the Westport Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 6th November, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve, under “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” and “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890,” of the appointment of

LIEUTENANT CYPRIAN BRIDGE BRERETON, Westport Garrison Artillery Volunteers;

LIEUTENANT JOHN HENRY LEVY, Westport Garrison Artillery Volunteers; and

JAMES HORACE GREENWOOD, Esq., Westport,

as additional Trustees of the Westport Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve. Appointments to date from 31st October, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Despatch. — Designation of New Zealand changed from “Colony” to “Dominion.”

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 1907.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

(New Zealand.—No. 84.)
Downing Street, 12th September, 1907.

MY LORD,—With reference to my telegram of the 10th of September, I have the honour to transmit to Your Lordship, for the information of your Ministers, copies of an Order in Council passed on the 9th of September, to approve the issue of a Proclamation changing the designation of New Zealand to the “Dominion of New Zealand,” and of the Royal Proclamation which was issued in the Gazette of the 10th of September.

I have, &c.,
ELGIN.

Governor the Right Honourable
Lord Plunket, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., &c.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 9th day of September, 1907.

Present:

THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS a Petition has been addressed to His Majesty by the Members of the Legislative Council and the House of Representatives of the Colony of New Zealand praying that His Majesty may be graciously pleased to take such steps as He may consider necessary in order that the designation of New Zealand may be changed from the “Colony of New Zealand” to the “Dominion of New Zealand”:

And whereas His Majesty has been graciously pleased to grant the prayer of the said Petition:

And whereas in pursuance thereof there was this day read at the Board the draft of a Proclamation substituting the title of the Dominion of New Zealand for that of the Colony of New Zealand as the designation of the said Colony:

HIS MAJESTY, having taken the same into consideration, was pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to approve thereof; and to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the said Proclamation do take effect and come into force upon the 26th day of September, 1907.

And the Right Honourable the Earl of Elgin, one of His Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

A. W. FITZROY.

[Extract from the London Gazette.]

Published by authority. Tuesday, September 10, 1907.

By the KING.

A PROCLAMATION

Declaring that the Colony of New Zealand shall be called and known by the Title of the Dominion of New Zealand.

EDWARD R. & I.

Whereas We have, on the Petition of the Members of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of Our Colony of New Zealand, determined that the title of the Dominion of New Zealand shall be substituted for that of the Colony of New Zealand as the designation of the said Colony, We have therefore, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, thought fit to issue this Our Royal Proclamation, and We do ordain, declare, and command that on and after the twenty-sixth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seven, the said Colony of New Zealand and the territory belonging thereto shall be called and known by the title of the Dominion of New Zealand. And We hereby give Our Commands to all Public Departments accordingly.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this ninth day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, and in the seventh year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Despatch.—Nobel Bequest.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th November, 1907.

THE following despatch, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 20th September, 1907.

SIR,—With reference to my circular despatch of the 9th of October, 1906, I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Government, copies of a notice issued by the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament with regard to the nomination of candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize of 1908.

I have to request that you will take such action with reference to this document as may seem calculated to make the conditions of the prize known to those bodies and persons who are qualified to nominate candidates.

It will be noted that names of candidates should be received by the Committee before the 1st of February next.

I have, &c.,
ELGIN.

The Officer Administering the Government
of New Zealand.

DET NORSKE STORTINGS NOBELKOMITÉ (NOBEL COMMITTEE OF THE NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENT).

Nobel Peace Prize.

ALL proposals of candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is to be distributed December 10th, 1908, must, in order to be taken into consideration, be laid before the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament by a duly qualified person before the 1st of February of the same year.

Any one of the following persons is held to be duly qualified: (a) Members and late members of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, as well as the advisers appointed at the Norwegian Nobel Institute; (b) members of Parliament and members of Government of the different States, as well as members of the Interparliamentary Union; (c) members of the International Arbitration Court at the Hague; (d) members of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau; (e) members and associates of the Institute of International Law; (f) university professors of political science and of law, of history, and of philosophy; and (g) persons who have received the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Peace Prize may also be accorded to institutions or associations.

According to the Code of Statutes, § 8, the grounds upon which any proposal is made must be stated, and handed in along with such papers and other documents as may therein be referred to.

According to § 3, every written work, to qualify for a prize, must have appeared in print.

For particulars, qualified persons are requested to apply to the office of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, Drammensvei 19, Kristiania.

NOTE.—See page 1278 of New Zealand Gazette No. 57 of 1901 for first notice respecting this bequest.

Special Order made by the Council of the County of Rangitikei.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 7th November, 1907.

THE following special order, made by the Rangitikei County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Treasurer.