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effect shall have been given by Her Britannic Majesty's representative at the Court of Greece to the Hellenic Minister for Foreign Affairs, within one year from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty. Article XVIII. —The present treaty shall apply to any countries or territories which may hereafter unite in a Customs union with one or other of the high contracting parties. Article XlX.—The present treaty shall come into force on the exchange of the ratifications, and shall remain in force for ten years, and thereafter until the expiration of a year from the day in which one or other of the contracting parties shall have repudiated it. Each of the contracting parties reserves, however, the right of causing it to terminate upon twelve months' notice being given previously. It is understood that the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation concluded between Great Britain and Greece on the 4th October, 1837, is abrogated by the present treaty. Article XX. —The present treaty shall be ratified by the two contracting parties, and the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Athens as soon as possible. In faith whereof the Plenipotentiaries of the contracting parties have signed the present treaty, in duplicate, in the English and Greek languages, and thereto affixed their respective seals. Done in Athens, this tenth day of November, in the year 1886. (1.5.) Horace Eumbold. (1.5.) S. Dragoumt.

. Protocol. At the moment of proceeding this day to the signature of the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Greece, the Plenipotentiaries of the two high contracting parties have declared as follow : Any controversies which may arise respecting the interpretation or the execution of the present treaty, or the consequences of any violation thereof, shall be submitted, when the means of settling them directly by amicable agreement are exhausted, to the decision of Commissions of Arbitration, and that the result of such arbitration shall be binding upon both Governments. The members of such Commissions shall be selected by the two Governments by common consent, failing which each of the parties shall nominate an arbitrator, or an equal number of arbitrators, and "the arbitrators thus appointed shall select an umpire. The procedure of the arbitration shall in each case be determined by the contracting parties, failing which the Commission of Arbitration shall be itself entitled to determine it beforehand. The undersigned Plenipotentiaries have agreed that this protocol shall be submitted to the two high contracting parties at the same time as the treaty, and that when the treaty is ratified the agreements contained in the protocol shall also equally be considered as approved, without the necessity of a further formal ratification. In faith whereof the two Plenipotentiaries have signed the present protocol, and thereto affixed their respective seals. Done at Athens, this tenth day of November, in the year 1886. (1.5.) Horace Bumbold. (1.5.) S. Dbagoumi.

No. 6. (New Zealand—Honours.) Sir, — Downing Street, 23rd May, 1887. I have the honour to inform you that the Queen has, on my recommendation, been graciously pleased to give directions for the appointment of James Hector, Esq., M.D., C.M.G., Director of Geological Surveys and Curator of the Colonial Museum of New Zealand, to be a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, and I request that you will be good enough to forward to him the accompanying letter. I have, &c, H. T. HOLLAND. Governor Sir W. F. D. Jervois, G.C.M.G., C.8., &o.

No. 7. (Circular.) Sir,— Downing Street, 31st May, 1887. With reference to the Earl of Carnarvon's circular despatch of the 2nd August, 1876,1 have the honour to transmit to you, for information and publication in the colony under your Government, an extract from the London Gazette containing an Order of the Queen in Council of the 13th instant, for carrying into effect the declaration concluded on the 21st April last for amending Article I. of the treaty between Great Britain and Belgium of the 20th May, 1876, for the mutual surrender of fugitive criminals. The declaration came into operation on the 30th instant, in conformity with Article 111. I have, &c, H. T. HOLLAND. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand. [For enclosure, see New Zealand Gazette, 4th August, 1887, p. 1045.]