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from the date of the exchange of the ratifications, and further until the expiration of twelve months after either of the high contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same, each of the high contracting parties reserving to itself the right of giving such notice to the other at the expiration of the first nine years, or at any time afterwards. Aeticle XXIV.—The present treaty shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Quito in eight months from this date, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. Done at Quito, the eighteenth" of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty. (1.5.) Feed. Douglas Hamilton. (1.5.) Cobnelio E. Veenaza.

Peotocol. Having met in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, the undersigned, Christian William Lawrence, Esquire, Her Britannic Majesty's Minister Resident, and J. Modesto Espinosa, Minister for Foreign Affairs, authorized by their respective full powers, found in good and due form, in discussing the exchange of the ratifications of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation signed in Quito on the 18th of October, 1880, and approved by Her Britannic Majesty, and by the Congress of Ecuador, have agreed to the present protocol: (1.) The stipulations of the aforesaid treaty shall bo applicable to all the colonies and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty, with the exception of those hereinafter named—that is to say, the Dominion of Canada, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania. (2.) A paper shall be drawn up in which, after comparing the English and Spanish texts, the errors which had been made in copying them shall be corrected. In witness whereof the undersigned have signed the present protocol, and have thereto affixed their seals. Done at Quito, the seventeenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. (1.5.) C. W. Laweence. (1.5.) J. Modesto Espinosa*

Pbotocol. On account of the disappearance from their respective archives of the declaration signed on the 4th November, 1880, for the better understanding of the Sixteenth Article of the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce celebrated on the 18th October of the same year, the undersigned, plenipotentiaries of Her Britannic Majesty and of Ecuador, having ascertained the terms of said declaration from official notes and a duly-authorized copy, agree to ratify it, reproducing it in the following terms : The plenipotentiaries of Her Britannic Majesty and of Ecuador declare that the usages, customs, and ceremonies referred to in the third paragraph of the Sixteenth Article of the treaty made by them must be understood as applying solely to the interior of the cemeteries which British subjects possess or may acquire—that is to say, that said ceremonies shall not take place except within the walls of the Pantheons or places of burial. COBNELIO E. VeENAZA. Fedebico Douglas Hamilton. In witness whereof the present protocol was signed in Quito on the twenty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. (1.5.) C. W. Laweencb. (1.5.) J. Modesto Espinosa*

No. 64, (New Zealand, No. 48.) Sm,— Downing Street, 20th July, 1886. I received and laid before the Queen your Despatch No. 44, of the 3lst May, enclosing a telegram from the residents of Kingston, Otago, conveying congratulations on the occasion of the commencement of the fiftieth year of the reign of Her Majesty the Queen. I am commanded to convey to you Her Majesty's thanks for this address. I have, &c, GEANVILLE, Governor Sir W. F. D. Jervois, G.C.M.G., C.8., &c,

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No. 65. (New Zealand, No. 50.) Sir,— Downing Street, 20th July, 1886. I am directed by the Secretary of State to transmit to you, for communication to your Government, the document specified in the annexed schedule. I have, &c, EOBEET G, W. HEEBEET. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand. 7—A. 2.