of South Georgia, the South Orkneys, the South Shetlands, and the Sandwich Islands, and the territory of Graham's Land (all of which are hereinafter called the Dependencies); and we do hereby vest in him all such powers of government and legislation in and over the Dependencies as are from time to time vested in our said Governor in and over our Colony of the Falkland Islands, subject, nevertheless, to any instructions which may from time to time be hereafter given him under our Sign Manual and Signet, or through one of our Principal Secretaries of State, and to such laws as are now or shall hereafter be in force in the said Dependencies. 3. In the event of the death or incapacity of the Governor, or in the event of his absence from our Colony of the Falkland Islands otherwise than for the purpose of visiting the Dependencies, the officer for the time being administering the government of our said Colony shall be Governor for the time being of the Dependencies. 4. There shall be an Executive Council for the Dependencies, and the said Council shall consist of such persons as shall from time to time constitute the Executive Council of our Colony of the Falkland Islands; and the said Council shall exercise the same functions in regard to all matters arising in connection with the Dependencies as are exercised by the Executive Council of our Colony of the Falkland Islands in regard to matters arising in connection with our said Colony. 5. It shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, competent for the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council of our Colony of the Falkland Islands, to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the Dependencies. 6. The Governor is, and shall be deemed always to have been, authorized and empowered to make and execute, in our name and on our behalf, grants and dispositions of any lands which may lawfully be granted or disposed of by us within the Dependencies, either in conformity with instructions under our Sign Manual and Signet, or through one of our Principal Secretaries of State, or in conformity with such laws as may from time to time be in force in the Dependencies. 7. We do hereby reserve to us, our heirs and successors, full power and authority from time to time to revoke, alter, or amend these our Letters Patent as to us or them shall seem meet. 8. The Governor shall cause these our Letters Patent to be published in the Government "Gazette" of our Colony of the Falkland Islands, and the same shall thereupon come into force. In witness whereof we have caused these our Letters to be made Patent. Witness ourself at Westminster, this 21st day of July, in the eighth year of our reign. By Warrant under the King's Sign Manual. MUIR MACKENZIE. NOTICE OF THE BOARD OF TRADE appointing Day on which the Provisions of Part I of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1906" (6 Edw. VII, c. 48), as to Load Line and Live-saring Appliances, will be applied to Foreign Ships in Ports of the United Kingdom.-London, October 23, 1908. UNDER the provisions of section 5 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1906,"* the Board of Trade hereby appoint October 1, 1909, as the appointed date for the purposes of Part I of that Act. Dated this 23rd day of October, 1908. H. LLEWELLYN SMITH, Secretary to the Board of Trade. NOTE. The appointed day for the purposes of Part I of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1906," is the day on which certain provisions of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,"† relating to load line and to life-saving appliances will be applied to foreign ships in ports of the United Kingdom. NOTICE bringing " The Zanzibar Order in Council, 1906,"‡ into Force.-Zanzibar, October 26, 1908. NOTICE is hereby given that the Secretary of State has, under the powers conferred upon him by Article I of "The Zanzibar Order in Council, 1906," No. 2,$ appointed the 4th day of November, 1908, as the day on which The Zanzibar Order in Council, 1906," shall commence and have effect. Zanzibar, October 26, 1908. BASIL S. CAVE, His Britannic Majesty's Agent and Consul-General NOTE. The commencement of this Order was postponed by the Order in Council of 21st December, 1906, Vol. XCIX, page 513. * Vol. XCIX, page 14. + Vol. LXXXVI, page 633. Vol, XCIX, page 459. § Vol. XCIX, page 513. BRITISH NOTIFICATION as to the Annexation of the Island of Corticy to the Colony of Seychelles-London, March 2, 1908 * Downing Street, March 2, 1908. THE King has been pleased, by Letters Patent dated the 13th January, 1908, passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, to provide for the annexation of the Island of Coëtivy to the Colony of Seychelles. BRITISH NOTIFICATION as to the Coming into Operation of "The East Africa Order in Council, 1907."-London, March 3, 1908.* Privy Council Office, March 3, 1908. NOTICE is hereby given that "The East Africa Order in Council, 1907," which is published below, came into operation on the 1st day of January, 1908. [See Vol. C, page 116.] BRITISH NOTIFICATION as to Exemption of certain British Subjects in France from Military Service.London, November 6, 1908.† Foreign Office, November 6, 1908. THE Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs thinks it desirable to call attention to the requirements of the French Conscription Law of June 1889, under which the sons, born in France, of British subjects born elsewhere than in France, must, in order to obtain exemption from military service, decline French nationality within the year following the attainment of their majority if, at that time, they are deemed to be resident in France. Such persons should communicate with the British Consular Officer residing nearest to their place of birth, who will inform them of the precise formalities required. "London Gazette," March 3, 1908. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL authorizing the performance by, to, or before the Senior. Officer of Customs in Southern Nigeria of things authorized by the Merchant Shipping Act of 1894 to be done by, to, or before a Consul. -Windsor, January 25, 1908.* At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 25th day of January, 1908. Lord President. Lord Tweedmouth. Sir Dighton Probyn. WHEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,"† it was, amongst other things, enacted that where under that Act any thing is authorized to be done by, to, or before a British Consular Officer, and in any place outside His Majesty's dominions in which His Majesty has jurisdiction there is no such officer, such thing may be done in that place by, to, or before such officer as His Majesty in Council may direct; Now, therefore, His Majesty is pleased by and with the advice of His Privy Council to order as follows: All such things as by "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," are authorized to be done by, to, or before a British Consular Officer shall, in the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria, be and are hereby authorized to be done by, to, or before the Senior Officer of Customs in the port or place where such thing is authorized to be done. A. W. FITZROY, BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL applying " The Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1904" to British Ships on the High Seas. -London, February 29, 1908.‡ At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 29th day of February, 1908. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS it is provided by "The Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1904,"s that it shall be lawful for His Majesty in Council to order that the said Act shall, subject to any conditions, exceptions, and qualifications contained in the Order, apply during the continuance of the Order to British ships whilst on the high seas: Now, therefore, His Majesty, in pursuance and exercise of the powers in this behalf by the said Act of Parliament or otherwise in him vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order and it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. The Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1904," shall apply to British ships whilst on the high seas: Provided that a person on board a British ship which is registered in any British possession (other than the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) or in any British Protectorate shall not be deemed to commit an offence against The Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1904," by reason of the installation or working of wireless telegraphy on such ship if the authority in such possession or Protectorate having power by law so to do shall have granted a licence for the installation and working of apparatus for wireless telegraphy on that ship and if such person is acting in accordance with the provisions of such licence. 2.The Interpretation Act, 1889," shall apply for the purpose of the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the purpose of the interpretation of an Act of Parliament. 3. This Order shall be published in the "London Gazette" and shall come into operation immediately from and after the expiration of three months after this Order is so published. 4. This Order may be cited as "The Wireless Telegraphy Order. 1908.” A. W. FITZROY. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL repealing Order in Council of November 2, 1907, applying Section 238 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," to Roumanian Seamen Deserters.London, February 29, 1908. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 29th day of February, 1908. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS by subsection (1) of section 238 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," it is provided that where it appears to His Majesty that due facilities are or will be given by the Government of any foreign country for recovering and appre* Vol. LXXXVI, page 633. G [1907-8. CI.] |