Of the Oath of Allegiance.

5. Wherever by any law or usage it shall be required of any erson to take the Oath of Allegiance, such oath shall be taken as early as is material in the form following:

"I do sincerely promise and swear that I will be faithful and Dear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, her heirs and successors, according to law."

Of Affirmations in lieu of Oaths.

6. In all cases where any person who is or may be required to take an oath shall object to do so, it shall be lawful for such person to make an affirmation in the words following:

"I do truly affirm and declare that" [here insert the matter to be affirmed or declared].

Which affirmation or declaration shall be of the same force and effect as if such person had taken such oath. And every person authorized, required, or qualified by law to take or administer an oath shall accept in lieu thereof an affirmation or declaration as aforesaid.

7. The same penalties, punishment, and disability which are respectively in force, and are attached to any neglect, refusal, and false or corrupt taking or subscribing of any such oath as aforesaid, shall apply and attach in like manner in respect of the neglect, refusal, and false or corrupt making or subscribing respectively of any such affirmation or declaration as is in the last preceding section mentioned.

Of Solemn Declarations.

8. The 3rd section of "The Interpretation Act, 1883," of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, is hereby amended by the omission of the words "Ordinance No. 6, 1845," and the definition therein of "solemn declaration" shall read "solemn declaration,-A declaration made under and by virtue of the provisions of The Oaths and Declarations Ordinance, 1893.'"

9. Whenever by any law now in force a solemn declaration is directed, permitted, or authorized to be made, it shall be sufficient in case such declaration be made and subscribed in the form (as nearly as material) to this Ordinance annexed.

10. Any Justice of the Peace may take and receive the declaration of any person voluntarily making the same before him in the form mentioned in the last preceding section, and if any declaration so made shall be false or untrue in any material particular, the person wilfully making such false or untrue declaration shall be

guilty of the offence of making a false declaration, and shall upon conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding 501., or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding six months, but nothing herein contained shall prevent the prosecution of such person for fraud or any other crime or offence of which be may be chargeable, provided that he shall not be liable to prosecution for making a false declaration, and also for fraud or such other crime or offence.

11. Nothing in this Ordinance contained shall extend or apply to any declaration referred to in, or made under the provisions of "The Transfer Duty Act, 1884," of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.

12. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Oaths and Declarations Ordinance, 1893."

God save the Queen!

Given at 19, St. Swithin's Lane, in the city of London, the head office of the Company, this 11th day of September, 1893.

(Seal.)

HERBERT CANNING, Secretary.

GIFFORD,

GEORGE CAWSTON, Directors.

I, A. B., of

,

SCHEDULE.

do solemnly and sincerely declare [kere insert

the matter to be declared]. And I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be true.

Declared at

this

day of

Before me.

Approved :

RIPON.

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ORDINANCE of the British South Africa Company, amending the Act of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, No. 22 of 1877, commonly called "The Trade-Marks Registration Act, 1877,"* which, together with "The Merchandize Marks Act, 1888" (No. 12 of 1888), and "The Merchandize Marks Amendment Act, 1889" (No. 14 of 1889), is in force in Mashonaland, by virtue of Article 19 of the Proclamation of the 10th June, 1891,† made by Her Majesty's High Commissioner for South Africa, under the provisions of Her Majesty's Order in Council dated the 9th day of May, 1891,‡ and published on the 4th day of June, 1891, in the "Government Gazette" of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. [No. 5.] [September 11, 1893.] In pursuance of the powers for making Ordinances conferred on the British South Africa Company by or under Her Majesty's Charter of the 29th day of October, 1889,§ and of every other power enabling the British South Africa Company in this behalf:

It is hereby ordained by the British South Africa Company as follows:

1. The limits of this Ordinance shall be Mashonaland, that is to say, Fort Tuli and an area of 10 miles round that fort and the territories north of the South African Republic, but excluding the territory known as the "Disputed Territory," lying between the Shashi and Macloutsie Rivers, and all territories belonging to the Chief Khama of the Bamangwato and the territory known as the district of the Tati.

2. In the Act of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope No. 22 of 1877, commonly called "The Trade-Marks Registration Act, 1877" (hereinafter called "the principal Act"), the expression "the Governor" shall mean the Administrator.

3. The part of section 7 of the principal Act, commencing with the words "Any rules made in pursuance," and ending with the words "before the date of such resolution," is hereby expunged.

4. In section 9 of the principal Act the meaning given to the expression "the Court" is hereby expunged, and in place thereof the expression "the Court" shall mean the Court of the Chief Magistrate, or any Court which may be declared a Court for the purpose of the principal Act and this Ordinance, by general rules made in pursuance of that Act and this Ordinance.

5. For the purposes of the principal Act a trade-mark must henceforth consist of or contain at least one of the following essential particulars :--

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Vol. LXXXIII, page 809.

+ Vol. LXXXIV, page 828.
§ Vol. LXXXI, page 617.

(a.) A name of an individual or firm printed, impressed or woven in some particular and distinctive manner; or

(b.) A written signature or copy of a written signature of the individual or firm applying for registration thereof as a trademark; or

(c.) A distinctive device, mark, brand, heading, label, ticket, or fancy word or words not in common use.

And there may be added to any one or more of these particulars any letters, words, or figures, or combination of letters, words, or figures, or any of them: Provided also that any special and distinctive word or words, letter, figure, or combination of letters or figures or of letters and figures used as a trade-mark before the 8th day of August, 1877, may be registered as a trade-mark under the principal Act.

6. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Trade-Marks Registra tion Amendment Ordinance, 1893," and so much of the principal Act or any other law as may be repugnant to or inconsistent with this Ordinance is hereby repealed, and the principal Act and this Ordinance may be cited together as "The Trade-Marks Registration Laws, 1877 and 1893."

God save the Queen!

Given at 19, St. Swithin's Lane, in the city of London, the head office of the Company, this 11th day of September, 1893.

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PROCLAMATION by the Governor of Gibraltar, prohibiting the Exportation of Arms, Ammunition, and Gunpowder. Gibraltar, October 11, 1893.

(L.S.) ROBERT BIDDULPH, General and Governor.

By his Excellency Sir Robert Biddulph, R.A., General of Her Majesty's forces, K.C.M.G., C.B., Governor, Vice-Admiral, and Commander-in-chief of the city, garrison, and territory of Gib raltar, &c.

WHEREAS by "The Exportation of Arms Ordinance, 1878,"* it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by Proclama* Vol. LXIX, page 461.

on to be made by him and published in the "Gibraltar Chronicle," in such other manner as Government Notices are usually pubshed, to prohibit the exportation or removal from the port and ty of Gibraltar of arms, ammunition, and gunpowder:

Now I, Sir Robert Biddulph, the Governor of the city and arrison of Gibraltar, in the exercise of the power so vested in e in that behalf, and all other powers me enabling, do by these resents promulgate, proclaim, and make known to all whom it ay concern, as follows (that is to say) :

From and after this 11th day of October, 1893, the exportation or removal from the port and city of Gibraltar of arms, ammunition nd gunpowder is hereby prohibited.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal at braltar, this 11th day of October, 1893.

By command,

CAVENDISH BOYLE, Colonial Secretary.

BRITISH NOTIFICATION of the Accession of the IndoEuropean Telegraph Company to the International Telegraph Convention of July 22, 1875.*-Berlin, April 21, 1890.

M. LE BARON,

Berlin, April 21, 1890. I HAVE the honour to inform your Excellency that I have been directed by the Marquess of Salisbury to notify to the Imperial Government, in accordance with the second paragraph of Article XVIII and Regulation LXXXVI, paragraph 2, of the International Telegraph Convention (the last International Telegraph Conference having been held in Berlin), the adhesion of the Indo-European Telegraph Company to the International Telegraph Convention, and I have the honour to inform your Excellency that the Company is anxious that the formal announcement of accession may precede the meeting of the Conference which is to open at Paris on the 15th proximo. I have, &c. Baron Marschall.

E. B. MALET.

* Vol. LXVI, page 19.