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7. Convention regarding legal proceedings in civil and commercial matters. Signed at London 31 March 1931 ; ratifications exchanged 12 January 1932; effective 12 February 1932; terminable after six months'' notice. New Zealand acceded under article 14 on 25 June 1932. U.K.T.S. No. 4 (1932); L.N.T.S. CXXVII, 167. 8. Extradition convention supplementary to treaty of 3 December 1873, Signed at Vienna 29 October 1934; ratifications exchanged 30 April' 1935 ; effective 30 July 1935 ; same duration as treaty of 3 December 1873. New Zealand (and Western Samoa) acceded by exchange of notes at Vienna 8 and 16 August and 5 September 1935. See also treaty of 3 December 1873 and declaration of 26 June 1901.. U.K.T.S. No. 21 (1935); L.N.T.S. CLXV, 373, 378. f The agreements with Austria which appear in this publication are those which were in force prior to the incorporation of Austria in the German Reich. When a peace treaty is drafted it will probably contain a provision similar to article 44 of the Treaty of Peace with Italy, which entitled each of the Allied and Associated Powers to notify Italy of those pre-war bilateral treaties it desired to keep in force or revive. Consideration will then be given to determining which of these agreements will be revived. Belgium 1. Convention relative to joint stock companies.% Signed at London 13 November 1862; ratifications exchanged 8 December 1862; terminable after one year's notice. S.P. LII, 24 ; Handbook, 34 ; Hertslet XI, 74. 2. Treaty for the mutual surrender of fugitive criminals.% Signed at Brussels 29 October 1901 ; ratifications exchanged 6 December 1901 ; terminable after six months' notice. Extended to Western Samoa by exchange of notes of 28 June and 2 July 1928. Article 14 supplemented by convention of 5 March 1907 and article"6amended by convention of 3 March 1911. Treaty and conventions extended to certain colonies, etc., by convention of 8 August 1923 y and exchange of notes of 28 June and 2 July 1928. U.K.T.S. No. 7 (1902) ; S.P. XCIV, 7; Hertslet XXIII, 276.