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Government Gazette.
No. 31.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 3RD AUGUST, 1878.
VOL. XXIV.
No. 151.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following copy of a Treaty between Her Majesty and the President of the French Republic for the mutual surrender of Fugitive Criminals, together with a copy of the Order in Council dated the 16th May, 1878, for carrying that Treaty into effect, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th July, 1878.
At the Court at Windsor, the 16th day of May, 1878.
PRESENT,
The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
THEREAS by an Act of Parliament made and passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the
thirt
thirty-fourth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for
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to the surrend
the Extradition of Criminals, and also by an Act of Parliament made liament holder in the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh years of the intituled "An Act to amend the Extradition Act, 1876, it was amongst where an arrangement has been made with any foreign State with respect e of any fugitive criminals, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct apply in the case of such foreign State; and that Her Majesty may, by the same or any suosequent Order, limit the operation of the Order, and restrict the same to fugitive criminals who are in or suspected of being in the part of Her Majesty's dominions specified in the Order, and render the operation thereof subject to such conditions, exceptions, and qualifications as may be deemed expedient:
that the said
And whereas a Treaty was concluded on the fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, between Her Majesty and the President of the French Republic, for the Mutual Extradition of Fugitive Criminals, which Treaty is in the terms following:-
HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the President of the French Republic, having recognized the insufficiency of the provisions of the Treaty con- cluded on the 13th of February, 1843, between Great Britain and France for the reciprocal ex- tradition of criminals, have resolved, by common accord, to replace it by another and more com- plete Treaty, and have named as their respective Plenipotentiaries for this purpose, that is to say:- Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honour- able Richard Bickerton Pemell Lord Lyons, a Pe f the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire d, Knight Grand Cross of the most Honour- able Order of the Bath, one of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and Her said Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Government of the French Republic, &c., &c., &c.;
SA Majesté la Reine du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande et le Président de la République Française, ayant reconnu l'insuffi- sance des dispositions de la Convention conclue, le 13 Février, 1843, entre la Grande Bretagne et la France, pour l'extradition réciproque des mal- faiteurs, ont résolu, d'un commun accord, de la remplacer par une autre Convention plus complète et ont nommé, à cet effet, pour leurs Plénipoten- tiaires respectifs:
Sa Majesté la Reine du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande, le Très-Honorable Richard Bickerton Pemell Lord Lyons, Pair du Royaume Uni, Chevalier Grand Croix du Très- Honorable Ordre du Bain, Membre du Très-Ho- norable Conseil Privé de Sa Majesté Britannique, Son Ambassadeur Extraordinaire et Plénipoten- tiaire près le Gouvernement de la République
Française, &c. &c. &c.