Nov. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3441

Approving of Testing Officer under the Motor-drivers’ Regulations, 1931.

IN terms of Regulation 5 of the Motor-drivers’ Regulations, 1931, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, Minister of Transport, do hereby approve, until further notice, of the person named in column 2 of the Schedule hereunder being a Testing Officer under the said regulations for the local authorities described in column 1 of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Column 1. Column 2.
Counties of Waitaki, Waihemo, Peter Laughton, Traffic
Waikouaiti, Vincent, and Lake Inspector, Oamaru, and
Testing Officer for
Maniototo County
Council.

Dated at Wellington, this 31st day of October, 1934.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Transport.

(TT. 9/4/3.)

Authorizing the Laying-off of Roads of less Width than 66 ft.

WHEREAS in the opinion of the Minister of Lands it is inexpedient, by reason of the fact that the land shown upon the plan of Town of Kaiteriteri affecting part Section 16, Square 9, in Block XII, Kaiteriteri Survey District, is intended to be used wholly for residential purposes, that the new roads shown therein should be of the width of 66 ft.:

Now, therefore, I, Ethelbert Alfred Ransom, Minister of Lands, do hereby in pursuance of the power conferred upon me by section 17, subsection (1), of the Land Act, 1924, and of every power me thereunto enabling, authorize the laying-off of such road of a width of not less than 50 ft.: Provided always that it shall not be lawful for any person to erect or cause to be erected any building at a less distance than 33 ft. from the middle of such roads.

Given under my hand, this 30th day of October, 1934.

JOHN G. COBBE, for Minister of Lands.

(L. and S. 25/1192.)

Excluding Land from the Heretaunga Development Scheme.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to a resolution of the Native Land Settlement Board, the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are no longer subject to the provisions of section 522 of the Native Land Act, 1931, and are excluded from the Heretaunga Development Scheme.

Dated at Wellington, this 29th day of October, 1934.

A. T. NGATA,
Native Minister, Chairman of the Board.

SCHEDULE.

THE following lands situate in Heretaunga Survey District:—
Omahu 2d 14 Block: Area, 104 acres 3 roods 20 perches.

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

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 25th October, 1934.

IT is hereby notified for general information that the Convention between the United Kingdom and Finland regarding Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial Matters, signed at London on the 11th August, 1933, and in respect of which ratifications were exchanged at London on the 23rd January, 1934, has been extended to the Dominion of New Zealand pursuant to the provisions of Article 15 of the said Convention, as from the 31st day of August, 1934.

The authority to which requests for services 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.

CONVENTION.

His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and the President of the Republic of Finland;

Being desirous to render mutual assistance in the conduct of legal proceedings 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: Sir Robert Vansittart, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., M.V.O., Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs;

The President of the Republic of Finland: Monsieur Georg Achates Gripenberg, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Finland 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—

(1) “territory of one (or of the other) High Contracting Party” shall be interpreted (a) in relation to the Republic of Finland—as meaning Finland; and (b) in relation to His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India—England and Wales and all territories in respect of which the Convention is in force by reason of extensions under Article 14 or accessions under Article 15.

(2) “Persons” shall be deemed to mean individuals and artificial persons;

(3) “Artificial persons” shall be deemed to include partnerships, companies, societies, and other corporations;

(4) “Subjects or citizens of a High Contracting Party” shall be deemed to include artificial persons constituted or incorporated under the laws of the territory of such High Contracting Party;

(5) “Subjects (or citizens) of one (or of the other) High Contracting Party” shall be deemed to mean (a) in relation to the Republic of Finland—all Finnish citizens; and (b) in relation to His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India—all subjects of His Majesty wherever domiciled, and all persons under his protection.

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

Article 2.

(a) When judicial or extra-judicial documents drawn up in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties are required to be served on persons in the territory of the other High Contracting Party, such documents may be served on the recipient, whatever his nationality, in the manner provided in Article 3.

(b) In Part II of this Convention the expression “country of origin” means the country from which the documents to be served emanate, and the expression “country of execution” means the country in which service of documents is to be effected.

Article 3.

(a) A request for service shall be addressed and sent by a Diplomatic or Consular Officer acting for the country of origin to the competent authority of the country of execution, requesting such authority to cause the document in question to be served.

(b) The request for service shall be drawn up in the language of the country of execution, and shall state the full names and descriptions of the parties, the full name, description, and address of the recipient, and the nature of the document to be served, and shall enclose the document to be served in duplicate.

(c) The document to be served shall either be drawn up in the language of the country of execution or be accompanied by a translation into such language. Such translation shall be certified as correct by a Diplomatic or Consular Officer acting for the country of origin.

(d) Requests for service shall be addressed and sent—

In Finland, to the Governor of the Province in which service is to be effected.

In England, to the Senior Master of the Supreme Court of Judicature.

If the authority to whom a request for service has been sent is not competent to execute it, such authority shall (except in cases where execution is refused in