British and Foreign State Papers

(i.) The Penal Code in force for the time being in the Colony.

(ii.) The Law of Evidence in force for the time being in the Colony.

(iii.) The Criminal Procedure Code in force for the time being in the Colony.

(iv.) The Civil Procedure Code in force for the time being in the Colony.

(v.) The Law of Specific Relief in force for the time being in the Federated Malay States.

(vi.) The Law of Contracts in force for the time being in the Federated Malay States.

26. The fees charged in the Courts of the State shall be those prescribed by "The Court Fees Enactment" of the Federated Malay States.

CANADIAN ORDER IN COUNCIL repealing Orders in Council granting National Treatment regarding the Coasting Trade to various foreign nations.-Ottawa, January 13,

1908.

[P.C. 25.]

At the Government House at Ottawa, Monday, 13th day of January, 1908.

Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

THE Governor-General in Council is pleased to order that the Orders in Council hereinafter cited, admitting ships or vessels of the following countries to the coasting trade of the Dominion of Canada on the same terms and conditions as are applicable to Canadian vessels, viz. :—

As to Italy, Order in Council, August 13, 1873;

As to Germany, Order in Council, May 14, 1874;

As to the Netherlands, Order in Council, October 9, 1874; As to Sweden and Norway, Order in Council, November 5, 1874;

As to Austria-Hungary, Order in Council, June 1, 1876. As to Denmark, Order in Council, January 25, 1877; As to Belgium, Order in Council, September 30, 1879; and As to the Argentine Republic, Order in Council, May 18, 1881,

shall be and the same are hereby repealed, on, from, and after the 1st January, 1909; and that the exemption existing under the Orders in Council hereby repealed shall cease to apply to the ships and vessels of Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and

Norway, Austria-Hungary, Denmark, Belgium, and the Argentine Republic, on, from, and after the 1st January, 1909; and that the ships and vessels of each of the said countries, on, from, and after the said date shall be subject to the terms of section 955 of chapter 113 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1906, which provides that no goods or passengers shall be carried by water, from one port of Canada to another, except in British ships. RODOLPHE BOUDREAU,

Clerk of the Privy Council.

REGULATIONS respecting the Acquisition of Land by Aliens, under "The Land Act, 1897," Queensland.Brisbane, February 21, 1907.

[Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command.]

Department of Public Lands, Brisbane,
February 21, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to approve of the following additional Regulations under the provisions of "The Land Act, 1897."

Additional Regulations under "The Land Act, 1897.”

Acquisition of Land by Aliens.

1. Any person being an alien desiring to select any land or to acquire any land under the principal Act or the repealed Acts shall, prior to the lodgment with the proper officer of any application or document to so select or acquire land, make application in the Form No. 70 in the Schedule hereto or to the like effect for a certificate that he is able to read and write from dictation words in such language as the Minister may direct in regard to the land so desired to be selected or acquired.

2. On receipt of such application the Land Commissioner shall examine the applicant as to his ability to read and write words in such language so directed as aforesaid, and on being satisfied therewith, shall issue to him a certificate to that effect in the Form No. 71 in the Schedule hereto or to the like effect.

[Signature of Alien.]

Forms.

3. Forms numbered 56, 62, and 64 in "The Land Regulations, 1903," are rescinded. The forms in the Schedule hereto shall be used for the purposes to which they are respectively applicable.

District of

THE SCHEDULE.

Form 70.

"The Land Act, 1897."

(Section 85.)

Application by Alien for Certificate.

Sir, I beg to apply for a certificate under section 85 of "The Land Act, 1897," that I am able to read and write from dictation words in such language as the Minister for Lands may direct.

I am a native of

and an alien, and am desirous of applying for [or acquiring] land under the Land Acts in force in the State of Queensland.

To the Land Commissioner of the above-named district.

Form 71.

"The Land Act, 1897."

(Section 85.)

Certificate that Alien is able to Read and Write from Dictation.

years (and

whose signature is subscribed in the margin hereof), is able to read and write from dictation

the Minister has directed by direction dated

language as

words in the

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ACCESSIONS to, and Withdrawals of British Colonies from, the International Convention for the Publication of Customs Tariffs-Signed at Brussels, July 5, 1890.*

The following acceded in 1906 :—

Dominion of New Zealand.

* Vol. LXXXI, page 340.

The following withdrew in 1898 :

Cape of Good Hope.

Natal.

New South Wales.

Queensland.

Tasmania.

Victoria.

Foreign Office, March 31, 1910.

ACCESSIONS, &c., of Foreign States to:

I. International Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes. Signed at The Hague, July 29, 1899 ("State Papers," Vol. XCI, page 970). II. International Convention with respect to the Laws and Customs of War by Land.-Signed at The Hague, July 29, 1899 ("State Papers," Vol. XCI, page 988). III. International Convention for adapting to Maritime War the Principles of the Geneva Convention of August 22, 1864.-Signed at The Hague, July 29, 1899 ("State Papers," Vol. XCI, page 1002).