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ARTICLE 17.

The stipulation of the present Treaty shall be applicable, so far as the laws permit, to all His Britannic Majesty's Dominions, except to the self-governing Dominions hereinafter named—that is to say, the Dominion of Canada, 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, provided always that the said stipulations shall be applicable to any of the above-named Dominions or India in respect of which notice to that effect shall have been given on behalf of the Government of such Dominion or India by His Britannic Majesty's representative at Riga, and provided also that it shall be competent for either of the Contracting Parties to terminate separately the application of this Treaty to any of the above-named Dominions or India by a notice to that effect not exceeding one year and not less than six months.

ARTICLE 18.

The requisition for the surrender of a fugitive criminal, who has taken refuge in any of His Britannic Majesty's self-governing Dominions, Colonies, or Possessions to which this treaty applies shall be made to the Governor-General, Governor, or chief authority, of such self-governing Dominion, colony, or possession by the chief Consular officer of the Latvian Republic in such self-governing Dominion, colony, or possession.

Such requisition may be disposed of, subject always, as nearly as may be, and so far as the law of such self-governing Dominion, colony, or possession will allow, to the provisions of this Treaty, by the said Governor-General, Governor, or chief authority, who, however, shall be at liberty either to grant the surrender or to refer the matter to His Britannic Majesty's Government.

Requisitions for the surrender of a fugitive criminal emanating from any self-governing Dominion, colony, or possession of His Britannic Majesty shall be governed, as far as possible, by the rules laid down in the preceding articles of the present Treaty.

ARTICLE 19.

It is understood that the stipulations of the two preceding articles apply in the same manner as if they were Possessions of His Britannic Majesty, to the following British Protectorates, that is to say, the Bechuanaland Protectorate, Gambia Protectorate, Kenya Protectorate, Nigeria Protectorate, Northern Rhodesia, Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, Nyasaland, Sierra Leone Protectorate, Solomon Islands Protectorate, Somaliland Protectorate, Swaziland, Uganda Protectorate, and Zanzibar.

It is also understood that if, after the signature of the present Treaty, it is considered advisable to extend its provisions to any British protectorates other than those mentioned above, or to any British-protected State, or to any territory in respect of which mandate on behalf of the League of Nations has been accepted by His Britannic Majesty, the stipulations of the two 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 treaty 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 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, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Riga as soon as possible.

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

Done at Riga, the 16th day of July, in the year 1924.

(L.S.) J. C. T. VAUGHAN.
(L.S.) G. ALBAT.

And whereas the ratifications of the said Treaty were exchanged at Riga on the 7th day of July, 1925 :

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 30th day of October, 1925, the said Acts shall apply in the case of Latvia under and in accordance with the said Treaty of the 16th July, 1924 ;

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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, 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 Treaty 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 Latvia under and in accordance with the said Treaty as from the date of the said notification.

This Order may be cited as the “Latvia (Extradition) Order in Council, 1925.”

M. P. A. HANKEY.

New Zealand Government Railway Department.—New Locomotive Shops at Hutt Valley, near Wellington.

WRITTEN tenders will be received up to noon on the 31st August, 1926, at the office of the Railway Board, Wellington, New Zealand, for the erection of new locomotive workshops at Hutt Valley, near Wellington.

Plans, specifications, and conditions of contract may be seen at the offices enumerated below :—

United Kingdom .. The office of the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London.

Canada .. The office of the Department of Labour, Ottawa.

Australia .. The New Zealand Government Offices, Sydney and Melbourne.

New Zealand .. The Chief Engineer's office, Railway Buildings, Wellington.

The Railway Engineer's office at Auckland, Wanganui, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill.

The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Telegraphic tenders will not be considered.

By Order.

Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies Department,
Wellington, 11th February, 1926.

THE Ashburton Friendly Societies' Dispensary, situated at Ashburton, is registered as a Friendly Society under the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, this 11th day of February, 1926.

WILLIAM M. WRIGHT,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Area at Waitara declared an Infected Place under the Stock Act. Notice No. Ag. 2560.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 8th February, 1926.

PURSUANT to section 12 (1) (d) of the Stock Act, 1908, notice is hereby given that the area of land defined in the Schedule hereto has been declared an infected place from which no stock, fodder, or fittings shall be removed, except under the direction of an Inspector of Stock.

This notice is in lieu of Gazette Notice No. Ag. 2462, published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 4, of 23rd January, 1925, which is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area bounded by a line commencing at the sea at the mouth of the Waiongona River, following that river to the bridge on the Te Arai Road; thence by that road to its junction with the Waitara Road; thence by the Waitara Road to its junction with the Pennington Road; thence along that road to corner of Section 35; thence along the south-eastern boundary of Sections 35 and 36 to the Waitara River, across that river to the Waipapa Road; thence along that road to Elliott Road; thence by the south-western boundary of Sub-section 2 of Section 41; thence by the southern boundary of Section 97 to the Nikorima Road; thence in a northerly direction along that road to the sea; and thence by seashore to mouth of the Waiongona River.

C. J. REAKES,
Director-General of Agriculture