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Journal being received with as little delay as possible, the Officers Administering the Governments of the various colonial possessions might be requested to forward their reports direct to this office, proofs of the information about to be published in the Journal being furnished by the Board of Trade to the Colonial Office prior to publication."

Enclosure 3. List of Newspapers. Victoeia —Melbourne : Australasian. South Australia—Adelaide : Observer. New South Wales —Sydney: Sydney Mail. Queensland —Brisbane: Queenslander. New Zealand—Wellington.: Times. Canada—Toronto: Globe and Mail (weekly editions). Cape of Good Hope— Argus (weekly edition). Mauritius— Mercantile Becord and Commercial Gazette. Ceylon—Colombo : Observer (weekly edition). Natal — Mercury (weekly edition). British Guiana— Argosy. Singa-pore—-Straits Times.

No. 4. (New Zealand—General.) Sic,— Downing Street, 14th May, 1887. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 29, of the 14th of March, enclosing a copy of a letter addressed by Sir Julius Vogel, Commissioner of Customs, to the Agent-General for the colony, respecting the proposal of the Board of Trade to compile an official trade journal. I had already received from Sir F. D. Bell, on the 15th of February last, a copy of the letter, and have now the honour to refer you to my circular despatch of the.loth instant. I have, &c, H. T. HOLLAND. Governor Sir W. F. D. Jervois, G.C.M.G., C.8., &c.

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No. 5. (Circular 1.) Sir,— Downing Street, 20th May, 1887. I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the colony under your Government, a copy of a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Her Majesty and the King of the Hellenes, signed at Athens on the 10th of November, 1886, the ratifications of which were exchanged at Athens on the 21st ultimo. I have to call your attention to Article XVII. of the treaty, from which you will observe that, if it is desired that the colony under your Government should come within the operation of the treaty, notice to that effect must be given to the Hellenic Government within one year from the date of the exchange of the ratifications. I have therefore to request that you will be good enough to acquaint me as soon as possible of the wishes of your Government in the matter. I have, &c, H. T. HOLLAND. Governor Sir W. F. D. Jervois, G.C.M.G., C.8., &c.

Enclosure. Teeaty of Commerce and Navigation between Her Majesty and the King of the Hellenes. (Signed at Athens in the English and Greek Languages, 10th November, 1886. Ratifications exchanged at Athens, 21st April, 1887.) Hee Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and His Majesty the King of the Hellenes, being desirous to extend and facilitate the relations of commerce between their respective subjects and dominions, have determined to conclude a new treaty with this object, and they have appointed their respective Plenipotentiaries, that is to say,— Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, Sir Horace Rumbold, a Baronet of Great Britain, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, and her Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Hellenes ; and His Majesty the King of the Hellenes, M. Stephen Dragoumi, Minister for Foreign Affairs ; who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles : — Abticle I.—There shall be between the dominions and possessions of the two high contracting parties reciprocal freedom of commerce and navigation. The subjects of each of the two parties