And whereas the Special Plenipotentiary of the United States has, by my direction, given assurance to the Chargé d'Affaires of the German Empire at Washington that this action of the Government of the German Empire in granting exemption of duties to the products and manufactures of the United States of America on their importation into Germany is accepted as a due reciprocity for the action of Congress as set forth in section 3 of said Act:

Now, therefore, be it known that 1, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of America, have caused the above stated modifications of the tariff laws of the German Empire to be made public for the information of the citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington, this 1st day of February, 1892, and of the Independence of the United States of America the 116th.

By the President :

JAMES G. BLAINE, Secretary of State.

(L.S.) BENJ. HARRISON.

PROCLAMATION by the President of the United States, giving effect to a Commercial Arrangement with AustriaHungary.- Washington, May 26, 1892.

WHEREAS, pursuant to section 3 of the Act of Congress, approved the 1st October, 1890, entitled "An Act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports, and for other purposes," the attention of the Government of Austria-Hungary was called to the action of the Congress of the United States of America, with a view to secure reciprocal trade, in declaring the articles enumerated in said section 3 to be exempt from duty upon their importation into the United States of America;

And whereas the Minister Plenipotentiary of Austria-Hungary at Washington has communicated to the Secretary of State the fact that, in view of the Act of Congress above cited, the Government of Austria-Hungary has, by due legal enactment, authorized the admission, from and after the 25th May, 1892, into AustriaHungary of all the articles of merchandize, the product of the United States of America, named in the Commercial Treaties which Austria-Hungary has celebrated with Germany and other nations on the terms stated in said Treaties;

And whereas the Secretary of State has, by my direction, given assurance to the Minister Plenipotentiary of Austria-Hungary at Washington that this action of the Government of Austria-Hungary, in granting exemption of duties to the products and manufactures of the United States of America on their importation into Austria-Hungary, is accepted as a due reciprocity for the action of Congress as set forth in section 3 of said Act:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of America, have caused the above stated modifications of the tariff laws of Austria-Hungary to be made public for the information of the citizens of the United States of America.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington, this 26th day of May, 1892, and of the Independence of the United States of America the 116th. (L.S.) BENJ. HARRISON.

By the President:

WILLIAM F. WHARTON, Acting Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION by the President of the United States, extending the privileges of the Copyright Act, 1891, to Italian Subjects.-Washington, October 31, 1892.

WHEREAS it is provided by section 13 of the Act of Congress of the 3rd March, 1891, entitled "An Act to amend Title 60, chapter 3, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to Copyrights," that said Act "shall only apply to a citizen or subject of a foreign State or nation when such foreign State or nation permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as its own citizens; or when such foreign State or nation is party to an international Agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which Agreement the United States of America may, at its pleasure, become a party to such Agreement;"

And whereas it is also provided by said section that "the existence of either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States by Proclamation from time to time as the purposes of this Act may require;"

And whereas satisfactory official assurances have been given that in Italy the law permits to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to the subjects of Italy:

Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of America, do declare and proclaim that the first of the conditions specified in section 13 of the Act of the 3rd March, 1891, now exists and is fulfilled in respect to the subjects of Italy.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington, this 31st day of October, 1892, and of the Independence of the United States the 116th.

By the President :

JOHN W. FOSTER, Secretary of State.

(L.S.) BENJ. HARRISON.

* Vol. LXXXIII, page 97.

ORDINANCE of the Government of British Guiana, relating to the Legal Condition of Aliens and British Subjects.

[No. 7.]

[April 2, 1891.] Be it enacted by the Governor of British Guiana, with the advice and consent of the Court of Policy thereof, as follows:1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as "The Naturalization Ordinance, 1891."

Status of Aliens.

2. Movable and immovable property of every description may be taken, acquired, held, and disposed of by an alien in the same manner in all respects as by a natural-born British subject; and a title to movable and immovable property of every description may be derived through, from, or in succession to an alien in the same manner in all respects as through, from, or in succession to a natural-born British subject: Provided that this section shall not

(1.) Confer any right on an alien to immovable property situate out of this Colony, and shall not qualify an alien for any office or for any legislative franchise, but a person shall not be deemed to be disqualified for the office of interpreter by reason of his being an alien; or

(2.) Entitle an alien to any right or privilege as a British subject, except such rights and privileges in respect of property as are hereby expressly given to him; or

(3.) Affect any estate or interest in movable or immovable property to which any person has or may become entitled, either mediately or immediately, in possession or expectancy, in pursuance of any disposition made before the coming into force of this Ordinance, or in pursuance of any devolution by law on the death of any person dying before the coming into force of this Ordinance;

or

(4.) Affect the liability of an alien to serve on juries under the provisions of any Ordinance for the time being in force relating to juries.

Naturalization.

3.-(1.) Au alien who has resided in this Colony, or has been in the service of the Crown, for a term in either case of not less than three years, and who intends, when naturalized, either to reside in this Colony or to serve under the Crown, may apply to the Government Secretary for a certificate of naturalization.

(2.) The applicant shall adduce in support of his application such evidence of his residence or service, and of his intention to

Amended by Ordinance No. 27 of 1891, page 99.

reside or serve, as the case may be, as the Government Secretary may require. The Government Secretary shall, if satisfied with the evidence adduced, take the case of the applicant into consideration, and may, with or without assigning any reason, give or withhold a certificate, as he may think most conducive to the public good, and no appeal shall lie from his decision. No such certificate shall take effect until the applicant has taken the oath of allegiance, and until such certificate and oath have been recorded in the office of the Registrar of British Guiana. Such oath shall be taken within two months after the date of the certificate, and such oath and certificate shall be recorded in a register book, to be kept for that purpose in the office of the Registrar, within three months after the date of the certificate; and if default is made in complying with either of these requirements, the certificate shall be void and of no effect. A notice of the recording of every such certificate and oath shall forthwith be published by the Registrar in the official Gazette.

(3.) An alien to whom a certificate of naturalization is granted shall in this Colony be entitled to all political and other rights, powers, and privileges, and be subject to all obligations, to which a natural-born British subject is entitled or subject in this Colony, with this qualification, that he shall not, when within the limits of the foreign State of which he was a subject previously to obtaining his certificate of naturalization, be deemed to be a British subject, unless he has ceased to be a subject of that State in pursuance of the laws thereof, or in pursuance of a Treaty to that effect.

4.* The Government Secretary may, in manner aforesaid, grant a special certificate of naturalization to any person with respect to whose nationality as a British subject any doubt may exist, and such certificate shall contain a statement that it is granted for the purpose of quieting doubts as to the right of such person to be deemed a British subject, and the grant of such certificate shall not be deemed to be any admission that the person to whom it was granted was not previously a British subject.

5. The oath herein before referred to as the oath of allegiance shall be in the form set forth in "The Promissory Oaths Ordinance, 1870," and the provisions as to affirming in lieu of swearing contained in the said Ordinance shall apply in the same manner as if they were enacted in this Ordinance.

6. Where the father, or the mother, being a widow, has obtained a certificate of naturalization in this Colony, every child of such father or mother who during infancy has become resident with such father or mother in this Colony shall within this Colony be deemed to be a naturalized British subject.

* Amended by Ordinance No. 27 of 1891, page 99.