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from the local authorities such assistance as can by law be given to them for the recovery of deserters from the vessels of their respective countries.

Article XX.

The stipulations of the present Treaty shall not be applicable to any of His Britannic Majesty’s Colonies or possessions beyond the seas unless notice to that effect shall have been given, on behalf of any such Colony or possession, by His Britannic Majesty’s Representative in the Republic of Nicaragua to the Nicaraguan Minister for Foreign Affairs within one year from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present Treaty.

It is understood that, under the provisions of this Article, His Majesty’s Government can, in the same manner, give notice of adhesion on behalf of any British Protectorate or sphere of influence, or on behalf of of the Island of Cyprus, in virtue of the Convention of the fourth of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, between Great Britain and Turkey.

Article XXI.

The present Treaty shall come into effect ten days after the day upon which the ratifications are exchanged, and shall remain in force for ten years after such exchange. In case neither of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other twelve months before the expiration of the said period of ten years of the intention to terminate the present Treaty, it shall remain in force until the expiration of one year from the day on which either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given such notice.

His Britannic Majesty’s Government shall also have the right to terminate separately the present Treaty at any time on giving twelve months’ notice to that effect, on behalf of of any British Colony, possession, or dependency, as specified in Article XX, which may have acceded thereto.

Article XXII.

The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London, within the period of one year from the date of signature.

Done in duplicate at Managua, this 28th day of July, in the year one thousand nine hundred and five.

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

(L.S.) HERBERT HARRISON.
(L.S.) ADOLFO ALTAMIRANO.

PROTOCOL.

The Undersigned, Plenipotentiaries of the High Contracting Parties of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation signed between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Republic of Nicaragua this day, have agreed as follows:—

I.

It is declared that in all cases in which the provisions of the said Treaty grant treatment of the most favoured nation the term shall not be held to include the Central American Republics.

II.

It is declared that the stipulations in Article II of the said Treaty, with respect to the Port of San Juan del Norte, are permanent.

III.

The Nicaraguan Government will give Customhouse Bonds to the merchants at the Port of San Juan del Norte for a sum equal to that which they have paid as commercial tax during the last ten years. The merchants will pay Customhouse duties with these Bonds until the said Bonds are extinguished. The value of the Bonds assigned to each merchant will be the sum he has paid as commercial tax during the last ten years, and it is understood that to those who have been tax-paying merchants during a shorter time will be assigned the sum corresponding to that time.

IV.

It is understood that nothing contained in the Treaty signed this day shall be held to prevent the Government of either country from taking such steps as they may judge expedient, either by way of countervailing duties or otherwise, to neutralise the effect of bounties granted, either directly or indirectly, on the production or exportation of goods.

Signed at Managua, this 28th day of July, one thousand nine hundred and five.

HERBERT HARRISON.
ADOLFO ALTAMIRANO.

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Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th February, 1908.

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

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice respecting Proposed Alteration in Boundaries of Carterton Borough.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 10th February, 1908.

PURSUANT to section 176 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a petition in accordance with regulations, signed by not less than one-fourth of the electors of the area described in the Schedule hereto, has been presented to him, praying that the said area may be excluded from the Borough of Carterton and included in the County of Wairarapa South. All persons affected are hereby called upon to lodge any written objections to, or petitions against, the proposed alteration within one month from the first publication of this notice. Such objections or petitions are to be addressed and forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

AREA PROPOSED TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE BOROUGH OF CARTERTON AND INCLUDED IN THE COUNTY OF WAIRARAPA SOUTH.

All that area in the Wellington Land District bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 140, Block VI, Tiffin Survey District, and Section No. 204, Block VII, from a point on the south-western boundary of the first-mentioned section distant 23 chains from the easternmost corner of Section No. 141, Block VI, to the said easternmost corner; thence towards the south-east by Sections Nos. 205 and 206, Block X, to Belvedere Road; thence across that road and by Lincoln Road to Dalefield Road; thence towards the south-west by Dalefield Road for a distance of 21 chains; thence towards the north-west by a right line to a point on the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 241, Block X, distant 21 chains from the easternmost corner of that section; thence by a right line to a point on the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 184 distant 20 chains from the easternmost corner of that section; thence by a right line to a point on the south-western boundary of Section No. 179 distant 20 chains from the southernmost corner of that section; thence by a right line to the westernmost corner of Section No. 177; thence by Section No. 178 to Section No. 176; thence by lines so as to include Allotments Nos. 41, 31, and 32 of the last-mentioned section, and a subdivision of Section No. 175, containing 7 acres 2 roods and 25 perches, to the road forming the north-eastern boundary of the said Section No. 175; thence by the production of the north-western boundary of the said area of 7 acres 2 roods and 25 perches across the said road; thence by Section No. 173 to a point on the south-western boundary of that section 2026 links distant from its southernmost corner; thence by a right line to a point on the south-western boundary of Section No. 141 distant 2028 links from its southernmost corner; thence by the said Section No. 173, Block X aforesaid, to a point on the north-eastern boundary of that section 23 chains distant from its easternmost corner; and thence by a right line to the place of commencement.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.