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therewith, be paid to the Department of Internal Affairs and the Southland Acclimatization Society in equal proportions.

4. Any person committing a breach of any of these conditions is liable on conviction to a fine of £20.

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SCHEDULE.

Block No. 1.

All that area in the Southland Land District, bounded by a line commencing at Catseye Bay, between Bligh Sound and George Sound; thence to and along the watershed between Bligh Sound and George Sound to a point about 1½ miles due south of Lake Beddoes; thence south-westerly along a right line to the summit of Marguerite Peak; thence north-westerly along a right line to the southernmost point of George Sound; thence north-westerly along a right line to the northernmost point of Looking Glass Bay; thence to and along the sea-coast crossing the mouth of George Sound to Catseye Bay, the place of commencement.

Block No. 2.

All that area in the Southland Land District, bounded by a line commencing at the northernmost point of Looking Glass Bay; thence along a right line to the southernmost point of George Sound; thence along a right line to Marguerite Peak; thence south-westerly along the watershed to the source of the Doon River; thence to a point on the watershed due north of the eastern end of Lake McKinnon; thence along the northern watershed of Lakes McKinnon and Tucker and along the northern watershed of Charles Sound to the sea; thence along the sea-coast crossing the mouth of Caswell Sound, to the point of commencement.

Block No. 3.

All that area in the Southland Land District, commencing at a point about 1½ miles due south of Lake Beddoes; thence northerly and south-easterly along the western and north-eastern watersheds of the Glaisnock River to a point due south of Mount Kane; thence along a right line to a point on the eastern shore of the North Fiord of Lake Te Anau due east of Mount McDougall; thence along a right line to the said Mount McDougall; thence north-westerly along the south-western watershed of the Glaisnock River to a point about 1½ miles due south of Lake Beddoes, the place of commencement.

Block No. 4.

All that area in the Southland Land District, bounded by a line commencing at Marguerite Peak; thence north-easterly along a right line to a point due east of the southernmost point of Lake Alice; thence south-easterly along a right line to the summit of Halfway Peak; thence along a right line to the mouth of Lake Hankinson; thence across that mouth and along a right line to Barrier Peaks; thence along a right line to Marguerite Peak, the place of commencement.

Block No. 5.

All that area in the Southland Land District, bounded by a line commencing at the mouth of Worsley Stream (Lake Te Anau); thence along the western shore of Lake Te Anau and the eastern shore of the North Fiord, Lake Te Anau, to a point due east of Mount McDougall; thence in a north-easterly direction to a point due south of Mount Kane and distant therefrom about one mile; thence along a right line to the mouth of the Worsley Stream, the place of commencement.

As witness my hand at Wellington, this 16th day of January, 1934.

J. A. YOUNG,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(I.A. 1933/38/1.)

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Defence Rifle Club accepted.

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Department of Defence,
Wellington, 16th January, 1934.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to accept the services of the undermentioned Defence Rifle Club, under section 43, Defence Act, 1909 :—

Marton Defence Rifle Club,

with headquarters at Marton.

Dated 22nd November, 1933.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Defence.

Extension to New Zealand of Convention between the United Kingdom and Denmark respecting Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters.

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Department of Justice,
Wellington, 12th January, 1934.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the Convention between the United Kingdom and Denmark regarding Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters, signed at London on the 29th day of November, 1932, and in respect of which ratifications were exchanged at London on the 12th day of May, 1933, has been extended to the Dominion of New Zealand pursuant to the provisions of Article 16 of the said Convention as from the 25th day of November, 1933.

The authority to which requests for service or for the taking of evidence are to be transmitted is the Supreme Court of New Zealand, and communications should be addressed to the Registrar of the Supreme Court at Wellington in the English language.

The text of the said Convention is set out hereunder.

JOHN G. COBBE, Minister of Justice.

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CONVENTION.

His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and His Majesty the King of Denmark and Iceland :

Being desirous to render mutual assistance in the conduct of legal proceedings, in their respective territories, in civil and commercial matters which are being dealt with or which it is anticipated may be dealt with by their respective judicial authorities;

Have resolved to conclude a Convention for this purpose and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries :

His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India :

For Great Britain and Northern Ireland :

The Right Honourable Sir John Allsebrook Simon, G.C.S.I., K.C.V.O., O.B.E., K.C., M.P., His Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and

His Majesty the King of Denmark and Iceland :

Count Preben Ferdinand Ahlefeldt-Laurvig, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in London ;

Who, having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows :—

I.—PRELIMINARY.

Article 1.

(a) This Convention applies only to civil and commercial matters, including non-contentious matters.

(b) In this Convention the words “territory of one (or of the other) High Contracting Party” shall be interpreted as meaning at any time any of the territories of such High Contracting Party to which the Convention at that time applies.

(c) In this Convention the words “subject of one (or of the other) High Contracting Party” shall be deemed, in relation to His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, to mean all subjects of His Majesty wherever domiciled, and shall include all persons under His Majesty’s protection.

II.—SERVICE OF JUDICIAL AND EXTRA-JUDICIAL DOCUMENTS.

Article 2.

When judicial or extra-judicial documents drawn up in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties are required by a judicial authority situated therein to be served on persons, partnerships, companies, societies, or other corporations in the territory of the other High Contracting Party, such documents may without prejudice to the provisions of Article 5, be served on the recipient, in either of the ways provided in Articles 3 and 4.

Article 3.

(a) A request for service shall be addressed by a Consular Officer of the High Contracting Party from whose territory the documents to be served emanate, to the competent authority of the country where the documents are to be served, requesting such authority to cause the documents to be served. The request shall be sent by such Consular Officer to such authority.

(b) The request for service shall be drawn up in the language of the country where service is to be effected.

The request for service shall state the full names and descriptions of the parties, the full names and address and description of the recipient, and the nature of the document to be served, and shall enclose the documents to be served in duplicate.