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THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN
Of TUESD.!l Y, 13th JYO VEJ1I{BER, 1877.
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THURSDAY, 15th NOVEJ.IIIBER, 1877.
Colonial SeC1'etm'Y's Office,
Perth, 15th Novembe1', 1877.
N and after the 19th instant, His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, when
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at home and disengaged, will be glad to
see Public Officers from the Country, or
Gentlemen having business with His Excellency, on week days between the hours of
eleven, a.m., and one o'clock, p.m. ; but Gentlemen are recommended, for their own convenience, when possible, to arrange for such
interviews a day or two previously with the
Private Secretary.
ROGER TUCKFD. GOLDSWORTHY,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secreta1'Y's Oglee,
Perth, 15th November, 1877.
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-lIS Excellency The Lieutenant-Governor
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has been pleased to appoint BECRER
SKINNER, Esquire, to be a Notary Public for
this Colony.
ROGEl'? TUCKFD. GOLDSWORTHY,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secreta;'Y's Office,
Perth, 14th Novembe,., 1877.
TT IS Excellency The Lieutenant-Governor
r1 directs the publication of the following
Despatch, and its enclosure, for general information.
ROGER TUCKFD. GOLDSWORTHY,
Colonial Secretary.
CIRCULAR.
Downing Street, 22nd August, 1877.
Sm,-With reference to my Circular Despatch of
the 2nd August, 1876, I have the honor to transmit
to you, for publication in the Colony under your
Government, a copy of an Order of the Queen in
Council (13th August, 1877), for giving efl'ect to a
Declaration conclnded between the Government of
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Her Majesty and the Government of His Majesty
the King of the Belgians on the 23rd July last,
extending the provisions of the Extradition Treltty
of the 20th May, 1876, to certain additional crimes.
'1'he Declaration will come into operation on the
27th of this month.
I have, &c .•
CARNARVON.
The Officer Administering the
Government of Western Australia.
Extmet j,.om "The London Gazette;' of Friday,
AttgtLst 17, 1877.
At the Court at Osbome Ho,tse, Isle of Wight, the
13th day of August, 1877.
PRESENT:
The Queen's ]}'[ost Excellent Majesty in Council.
'l:}[THEREAS by an Act of Parliament made and
passed in the Session of Parliament holden in
the thirty-third and thirty-fourth years of the reign
of Her Present Majesty, intituled "An Act for
amending the law relating to the Extradition of
Criminals," and also by an Act of Parliament made
and passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the
thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh years of the reign of
Her present Majesty, intituled "An Act to amend
the Extradition Act, 1870," it was amongst other
things enacted, that where an arrangement has been
made with any foreign State with respect to the
surrender to sllch State of any fugitive criminals,
Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct that
the said Acts shall apply in the case of such foreign
State; and that Her JYIajesty may, by the same or
any subsequent Order, limit the operation of the
Order, and reshict the same to fugitive criminals
who are in or suspected of being in the part of Her
lYIajesty's dominions specified in the Order, and
render U,e operation thereof subject to such conditions, exceptions, and qualifications as maybe
deemed expedient:
And whereas a Treaty was concluded on the 20th
clay of TlIay, one thousand eight hunched and seventysix, between Her Majesty and the King of the
Belgians, for the Mutual Extradition of Fugitive
Criminals, to which Treaty the above-mentioned
Acts of Parliament were applied by an Order in
COllncil of the twenty-first day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six:
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SUPPLEMENT TO
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
And whereas a Declaration was concluded on the
twenty-third day of July, one thousn,nd eight hundred and seventy-seven, between the Government
of Her lIfajesty n,ud the Government of His Majesty
the King of the BelO"in,lls, extending the provisions
of the n,bove-mentio~ed 'rreaty to certn,in n,dditionn,l
crimes, which decln,mtion is in the terms following:The Government of Her Mn,jesty the Queen of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain n,nd Ireland, n,nd
the Government of His l\bjesty the King of
the Belgians, having judged it expedient, with the
view to the more complete prevention of crime
within their respective territories, thn,t persons
charged with or convicted of certain crimes in
addition to those enumerated in Article I of the
Trcn,ty between Great Britn,in n,nd Belgium for the
mutual surrender of fugitive criminals of the 20th of
May, 187G, shall, und81'- the provisions of that 'l'reaty,
be reciprocally delivered up, hn,ve n,greed n,s
follows:Persons charged n,s principn,ls or n,ccessol'ies with
or convicted of the umlermentioned crimes committed in the territories of the one Party n,nd who
shall be found within the territories of the other
Pn,rty, shall be reciprocn,lly delivered np to each
other under the circumst8~nces and conditions stated
in the 'l'ren,ty between Great Britain and Belgium
for the mntun,l surrender of fugitive criminals, of
the 20th lI'by, 187G:L Administering drugs or using instruments with
intent to procure the miscarrin,ge of women.
2. Bign,my.
3. Abandoning children, exposing or unlawfully
detn,ining them.
4. Any malicious Act done with intent to endn,nger
persons in a rn,il wn,y train.
5. Receiving any chattel, money, vahmble security,
or other property, knowing the same to have been
embezzled, stolen, or feloniously obtained.
The provisions of the prescnt Decbmtion shall
come into force ten days after its publicn,tion, in conformity with the forms prescribed by the In,ws of the
High Contmcting Parties.
In witness whereof, the Undersigned have signed
the present Declaration, and have n,ffixed thereto the
sen,ls of their arms.
Done n,t London, in duplicn,te, the 23rd dn,y of
July, 1877.
(L.S.)
DERBY.
(L.S.)
SOLVYNS.
Now, therefore, Her :iYbjesty, by n,nd with the
advice of Her Privy Council, n,nd in virtue of the
authority committcd to Her by the sn,id recited Acts,
cloth order, gond it is hereby ordered, that from n,ud
n,fter the twenty-seventh (by of August, one
thousand eight hunched and seventy-seven, the sn,id
Acts slmll apply in the cn,se of the said Declamtion
with the G()vernment of His ]\bjesty the King of
the Belgin,ns n,s fully to all intents and purposes as
in the case of the srud recited Tren,ty.
C. L. PEEL.
DelJCLrtment q( Public TVorles,
Perth, 14th Novembet, 187'7.
T
ENDERS (endorsed" Tender for Timber,")
will be received at this Office until noon
of Wednesday, the 28th Novemher, from
persons willing to supply ancl deliver p,t Roeboul'lle 24,000 feet of 7" x 1" Jarrah Timber.
Tenders to state the shortest time in which
the timber will be delivered.
The Government do not himl themselves to
accept the lowest or any tender, and will reqnire
the guarantee of two responsible persons for
the dne performance of the Contract.
Forms of Tender may be had on application
to the v:11'ious Resident }YI:1gistrates, and at the
Public 'iIVorks' Office, Perth, where full particulars can be obtained.
No' tender will be entertainednnless on the
prescribed form.
JAS. H. THOMAS,
Director of Public Works.
Department of Public Works,
Perth, 14th November, 1877.
rj"lENDERS (endorsed" Tender for Additions
to Conrt House,") will be received at
this Office until noon of Thnrsc1ay, the 6th
December, from persons willing to perform
certain additions to the Conrt House at the
Williams.
Tenders to state the shortest time in which
the work will be performed.
Plans and specification may be seen at the
Office of the Resident ]}fagistrate, Williams.
The Government do not bind themselves to
accept the lowest or any tender, and will
require the guarantee of two responsible
persons for the due performance of the Contract.
Forms of Tender may be had on application
to the various Resic1ent Magistrates, and at the
Public Works' Office, Perth, where Plans,
Specifications, Conditions and full part.iculars
can be obt~1ined.
No tender will be entertained unless on the
prescribed form.
JAS. H. THOl',fAS,
Director of Public Works.
MAIL NOTIOE.
GenemL Post Office,
Perth, 12th Novembe)', 1877.
l\;r A I L S for transmission by Coasting
1-l1 Mail Steamer for Enrope, India, Cape
of Good Hope, &c.; the Australian Colonies,
New Zealand, Tasmania, and America, will
close as under :At Geraldton, Champion Bay, on Satnrday,
November 24th, at 11 a.m.
At the GENERAL POST OFFICE,
PERTH, on Tuesday, November 27th, at
11 a.m.
At Fremantle, on Tuesday, November 27th,
at 12h. 30m. p.m.
At Bunb111'Y, on 'Wec1nesday, November 28th,
at 4 a.m.
At Bnsselton, on Wednesday , November
28th, at 10 a.m.
At the General Post o.Oice, PeTth:1foney Orders for transmission by the above
conveyances will be issued on the United
Kingdom, the Anstralian Colonies, New Zealand, and Tasmania, np to 11 a.m., on Monday,
26th November.
Letters for Registration must be posted one
h0111' before the closing of the Mails.
Late Letters, 011 payment of a fee of 6d.,
may be posted one hour after the closing of
the Mails.
Newspapers must be posted one honr before
the closiug of the Mails, otherwise they will
not be forwarded nntil the next ]'r1aiL
M A I L S for Albany, Bannister, Williams
River, Arthnr River, Kojonup, and the
Albany Roac1, ,vill be made up at this
Office on SatuTclay, 24th NovembeT, at noon.
A. HEL1:IICH,
Postmaster-General.
By Authority: RIOHARD PETHER, Government Printer, Perth.