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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 treaty and have affixed thereto their respective seals.
Done at London the eleventh day of November, in the year 1924.
[L.S.] W. TYRRELL.
[L.S.] DR. EMIL SPIRA.

And whereas a Protocol was signed on the 4th day of June, 1926, in the terms following:—

PROTOCOL.

It being considered necessary to amend Article 12 of the Extradition Treaty between His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and the President of the Czechoslovak Republic, which was signed at London on 11th November, 1924, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have agreed that that Article shall be amended to read as follows:—
“Warrants, depositions, and all other documents and copies thereof shall be accepted as evidence in support of a claim for extradition if they are signed or certified by a competent authority, and are authenticated in the United Kingdom by the seal of a Secretary of State, and in the Czechoslovak Republic by the seal of the Minister of Justice or other Minister of State.”
The present Protocol shall have the same force and duration as the Extradition Treaty of 11th November, 1924, to which it relates. It shall be ratified at the same time as that Treaty, of which it shall be regarded as an integral part.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Protocol and have affixed thereto their seals.
Done in duplicate at London, the 4th June, 1926.
[L.S.] AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN.
[L.S.] JAN MASARYK.

And whereas the ratifications of the said Treaty and Protocol were exchanged at London on the 5th day of November, 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 15th day of December, 1926, the said Acts shall apply in the case of the Czechoslovak Republic, under and in accordance with the said Treaty of the 11th November, 1924, as amended by the said Protocol of the 4th June, 1926:
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, as amended by the said Protocol of the 4th June, 1926, 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 Czechoslovak Republic under and in accordance with the said Treaty, as amended by the said Protocol of the 4th June, 1926, as from the date of the said notification.
This Order may be cited as the “Czechoslovakia (Extradition) Order in Council, 1926.”
A. H. L. HARDINGE.

Notice under the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, prohibiting the Sale within the Borough of Lyttelton of certain Goods comprised in the Trade of a Tobacconist.

WHEREAS a petition in writing signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the tobacconists’ shops within the Borough of Lyttelton has been forwarded to me, desiring that the sale of certain goods comprised in the trade of a tobacconist—namely, tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, and toilet requisites—be prohibited during such time as the shops are required to be closed in pursuance of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22:

And whereas I, George James Anderson, Minister of Labour am satisfied that the sale of the said goods is comprised in the said trade within the said borough, and that the signatures to such petition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the said shops within the said borough:
Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 33 of the said Act, I do hereby direct that on and after the 21st day of February, 1927, the sale of the said goods within the said borough shall be and is hereby prohibited as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, after the hour of 7 p.m., and on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays after the hour of 9 p.m., with the exception that on the working-day that first precedes Christmas Day and on the working-day that first precedes New Year’s Day the sale of the said goods is not prohibited.
The notice dated the 15th November, 1922, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 16th November, 1922, prohibiting the sale in the Borough of Lyttelton of certain goods comprised in the trade of a tobacconist is hereby cancelled as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.
Dated at Wellington this 27th day of January, 1927.
G. JAS. ANDERSON, Minister of Labour.

New Zealand School of Mines.—Scholarship Regulations.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 27th January, 1927.

SIX scholarships are offered annually for competition by students attending schools of mines within the Dominion—three for the South Island, and three for the North Island.
2. The scholarships will be granted to those candidates who comply with the conditions and obtain the highest percentage of marks, which must not be less than specified in Regulation 9.
3. Holders of scholarships are required to attend during the University session at the University of Otago (no class fees will be charged on subjects contained in the curriculum of the Otago School of Mines), and during the long recess are also required to engage in approved practical work at one of the mines or batteries in the Dominion, or in the field with the New Zealand Geological Survey Department.
4. The scholarships will be of the annual value of £65 each to successful candidates who, while attending classes at the University of Otago, have to reside away from their homes; and of £45 to successful candidates who are able to reside at their homes while attending the University classes.
5. The scholarships will be tenable for three years, or for such other period more than three years as may at the discretion of the Minister appear to be necessary.
6. The scholarships will be open to all students as aforesaid who are not less than sixteen years of age on the day appointed for receiving applications, and who shall have attended regularly at any school of mines within the Dominion for not less than two years at least 80 per cent. of the lectures in each subject of the examination course: Provided that the Minister may grant such exemption from the provisions of this regulation as he thinks reasonable in any case where it was not practicable for a student to attend 80 per cent. of the lectures in a subject in which he wishes to be examined, or where no lectures were held in that subject at the school of mines at which he was a student.
7. The examinations will be held in or about the month of December in each year, on days which will be duly announced.
8. The examination will embrace six of the following subjects,—
(1.) Mathematics.
(2.) Elementary Mechanics.
(3.) Theoretical Chemistry.
(4.) Practical Chemistry and Quantitative Analysis.
(5.) Electricity.
(6.) Mechanical Drawing.
(7.) General and Mining Geology.
(8.) Metallurgy of Gold and Silver.
(9.) (a) Coal-mining; or (b) Metal-mining.
(10.) Winding, Haulage, and Pumping.
(11.) Ventilation.
(12.) Land and Mine Surveying.
Subjects 1, 2, or 3, and 5 are compulsory for all candidates, and each candidate must state in his application the branch of mining he intends to take up.
9. No scholarship shall be awarded to any candidate who does not obtain 60 per cent. of the marks in each of the six subjects.
10. The examination may be passed as a whole or in sections. In the latter case the first section must consist of not less than two subjects, and the whole examination must be concluded within three years from the date of the first application.