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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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preceding articles shall be deemed to apply to such protectorates or States or mandated territories from the date prescribed in the notes to be exchanged for the purpose of effecting such extension.

It is further understood that the provisions of the present convention which apply to British subjects shall be deemed also to apply to natives of any British protectorate or protected State or mandated territory to which the stipulations of the two preceding articles apply or shall hereafter apply.

ARTICLE 20.

The present convention 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, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London, as soon as possible.

In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the convention and have affixed thereto their respective seals.

Done at London, the 18th day of November, in the year 1925.

(L.S.)
AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN.

(L.S.)
OSKAR KALLAS.

And whereas the ratifications of the said Convention were exchanged at London on the 11th day of May, 1926 :

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, and in virtue of the authority committed to him by the said recited Acts, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the 12th day of July, 1926, the said Acts shall apply in the case of the Estonian Republic under and in accordance with the said Convention of the 18th November, 1925 :

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 Parliament of Canada, being Part I of Chapter 155 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1906, and entitled “An Act respecting the Extradition of Fugitive Criminals,” shall continue in force there, and no longer :

Provided further that the operation of the said Acts shall be and remain suspended within the self-governing dominions hereinafter named—that is to say, the Commonwealth of Australia (including for this purpose Papua and Norfolk Island), the Dominion of New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State, and Newfoundland, and India, until notification shall have been made in the London Gazette that the Convention has been made applicable thereto, and that on such notification being made in respect of any such Dominion or India the said Acts shall apply in such Dominion or India in the case of the Estonian Republic under and in accordance with the said convention as from the date of the said notification.

This Order may be cited as the “Estonia (Extradition) Order in Council, 1926.”

M. P. A. HANKEY.

Notice to Mariners No. 45 of 1926.

NEW ZEALAND.—NORTH ISLAND.—HAWKE’S BAY.—WAIKOKOPU.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 23rd August, 1926.

Alterations to Anchorage Beacons and Lights.

(Previous Notice to Mariners No. 14 of 1925.)

THE Waikokopu Harbour Board notifies that the following changes have been made to the anchorage beacons:—

Front Beacon.—Position: Lat. 39° 04′ 17″ S., long. 177° 50′ 27″ E. (from plan on chart 2528). A pyramidal shaped white beacon 30 ft. (9ml) high has been erected at a height of 200 ft. (61m) and on the 3rd September, 1926, will exhibit a flashing white light every second, thus: flash ⅓ sec., eclipse ⅔ sec.

Visibility: Five miles.

Rear Beacon (temporary).—This beacon is now on the site of the proposed permanent beacon and exhibits an occasional fixed white light visible three miles.

The beacons are now 500 yards apart and bear 319° when in transit.

Chart affected: 2528 (with plan).

Publications affected: “New Zealand Pilot,” 1919, page 270; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1926, pages 261 and 363 and plan facing page 260.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Notice to Mariners.—No. 46 of 1926.

NEW ZEALAND.—SOUTH ISLAND.—WEST COAST.—KAHURANGI POINT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 25th August, 1926.

Alteration in Light and Character.

NOTICE is hereby given that on the 3rd September, 1926, the fixed light on Kahurangi Point will be replaced by a group-flashing automatic light.

Abridged Description.—Gp. Fl. (2) W.R. ev. 15 sec. 110 ft. 16 M.

Character.—Group-flashing with white and red sectors showing two flashes every fifteen seconds, thus: Flash 0·75 sec., eclipse 4·5 sec.; flash 0·75 sec., eclipse 9 sec.

Remarks, elevation, visibility, and structure remain unaltered. The light is unwatched.

Charts affected: 2616, 3629, 1212, 788.

Publications affected: “New Zealand Pilot,” 1919, page 376; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” 1926, page 204, No. 44; Admiralty List of Lights, Part VI, 1924, No. 3093.

G. C. GODFREY, Secretary.

Transmitting and Receiving Officer for the Service of Notices by Telegraph.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 20th August, 1926.

IN pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and by the regulations made on the 12th May, 1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st May, 1914, the following officer, at the address set against his name, is hereby appointed Transmitting and Receiving Officer for the purpose of dealing with all notices by telegraph sent under the said Act or regulations, and of signing such certificates in relation to the service of any such notices as are required or authorized to be signed or given under the said Act or the regulations aforesaid:—

Thomas Andrew Wilson, Postmaster, Rawene.

W. NOSWORTHY, Minister of Telegraphs.

Officiating Ministers for 1926.—Notice No. 29.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1926.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.
The Rev. Hubert James Ryburn, M.A., B.D.

The Ratana Church of New Zealand.
Apostle Moengaroa Kauika.

W. W. COOK, Registrar-General.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 21st August, 1926.

THE Taumarunui United Friendly Societies’ Dispensary, situated at Taumarunui, is registered as a friendly society under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 21st day of August, 1926.

WILLIAM M. WRIGHT,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.