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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST DECEMBER, 1872. 553

Such requisitions may be disposed of, subject always, as nearly as may be, to the provisions of this Treaty, by the respective Governors or Chief Authorities, who, however, shall be at liberty either to grant the surrender, or to refer the mat- ter to their Government.

Her Britannic Majesty shall, however, be at liberty to make special arrangements in the British Colonies and Foreign Possessions for the surrender of Belgian criminals who may there take refuge, on the basis, as nearly as may be, of the provisions of the present Treaty.

ARTICLE XV.

The present Treaty shall come into operation ten days after its publication in conformity with the laws of the respective countries.

Either Party may at any time terminate the Treaty on giving to the other six months' notice of its intention.

ARTICLE XVI.

The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the Ratifications shall be exchanged at Brussels as soon as may be within six weeks from the date of signature.

In witness whereof, the respective Plenipoten- tiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms.

Done at Brussels, the thirty-first day of July, in the

year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

J. SAVILE LUMLEY.

(L.S.)

Ces demandes seront faites ou accueillies en suivant toujours, aussi exactement que possible, les stipulations de ce Traité par les Gouverneurs ou premiers fonctionnaires, qui, cependant, auront la faculté ou d'accorder l'extradition ou d'en référer à leur Gouvernement.

Sa Majesté Britannique se réserve, cependant, le droit de faire des arrangements spéciaux dans les Colonies Anglaises ou Possessions étrangères pour l'extradition de criminels Belges qui y auraient cherché refuge, en se conformant, aussi exactement que possible, aux stipulations du présent Traité.

ARTICLE XV.

Le présent Traité entrera en vigueur dix jours après sa publication dans les formes prescrites par la législation des pays respectifs.

Chaque Partie peut en tout temps mettre fin au Traité, en donnant à l'autre, six mois à l'avance, avis de son intention.

ARTICLE XVI.

Le présent Traité sera ratifié, et les ratifica- tions seront échangées à Bruxelles le plus tôt possible dans les six semaines de la date de la signature.

En foi de quoi les Plénipotentiaires respectifs ont signé ce même Traité, et y ont apposé le sceau de leurs armes.

Fait à Bruxelles, le trentième et unième jour de Juillet, dans l'année de grâce mil huit cent soixante-douze.

CTE. D'ASPREMONT-LYNDEN. (L.S.)

And whereas the ratifications of the said Treaty were exchanged at Brussels on the twenty-ninth day of August last:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, and in virtue of the authority committed to Her by the said recited Act, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two the said Act shall apply in the case of the said Treaty with the King of the Belgians.

EDMUND HARRISON.

No. 235.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Circular, No. 569, of October, 1872, received from the Board of Trade, is published for the information of the Mercantile Marine.

By Command,

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th December, 1872.

Circular No. 569.

BOARD OF TRADE, October 1872.

SIGNALS.

PILOTAGE AND DISTRESS.

The Board of Trade have for a long time been in communication with Ship Owners and with the Public Departments with a view to establishing certain Signals to be used by ships in distress and by ships wanting pilots. The Board of Trade have, with great care, ascertained full particulars of the Signals made at night by the ships of private companies (chiefly by a combination of rockets and blue- lights,) and have framed a set of rules to establish Signals which, whilst they interfere with no existing Signals, are in themselves simple and unmistakeable.

The Admiralty and the Trinity House, and all public bodies and companies with whom the Board have corresponded, agree as to the necessity for authorised signals of distress, and the question has been so far narrowed that there only remained one or two points to settle by conference.