3. In cases of attendances (Parts III and IV), the fee per day is to cover a period not exceeding twelve hours. 4. In cases of attendances away from the Consular Office or the Consular officer's residence (Parts III and IV), if the Consular officer finds it necessary to be accompanied by a clerk the fee will be increased by one-half, or if a clerk only is sent, half the fees are to be charged. 5. The above fees, if not paid in British gold, are to be paid in China in Mexican dollars at the rate of exchange fixed periodically by the Treasury; in Corea, in Japanese currency at the rate of 10 yen to the £ sterling. FORM (A). This is to certify that in consideration of having undertaken, at my request and on my behalf, to transact certain business which a Consular officer is permitted, but is not bound, to undertake under the Consular Regulations, I have agreed to pay him, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, therefor the fee in such case provided by the China and Corea (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1906, section 107 of Table (viz., for each hour, or fraction thereof, of attendance, 103., with a maximum per day of £4), in addition to any other fee properly chargeable under that Order in Council, and to travelling and other expenses. Dated at the day of 19 BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL establishing new Tables of Consular and Marriage Fees in Japan.-London, December 21, 1906* At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of December, 1906. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS by the Consular Salaries and Fees Act, 1891,† His Majesty the King is authorised by Order in Council to fix the fees to be taken in respect of any matter or thing done by a Consular officer in the execution of his office, and to vary such fees by way of increase or decrease, and to abolish fees, and to create new fees; And whereas by the Foreign Marriage Act, 1892, and by the Foreign Marriages Order in Council, 1892,§ made in pursuance of that Act, it is provided that certain things may or shall be done on payment of the proper fee, and that Act further provides that the proper fee shall be such fee as may for the time being be fixed under the first recited Act, and that the fee so fixed as respects a Consul shall be the fee which shall be taken by any Marriage officer; And whereas it is expedient that the table of fees fixed by the Japan (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1900,|| London Gazette," December 28, 1906. + Vol. LXXXIII, page 132. § Vol. LXXXIV, page 318. (M 81) Vol. LXXXIV, page 253. should, in certain respects, be amended, and that the whole of the fees to be taken by Consular officers and Marriage officers in Japan should be fixed by an Order in Council made under the provisions of the Consular Salaries and Fees Act, 1891; Now, therefore, in pursuance of the before-mentioned Acts, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows :— 1. This Order may be cited as "The Japan (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1906." 2. The several fees set forth in the tables annexed to this Order are hereby established, and the said tables and notes thereto shall be construed as part of this Order. 3. This Order shall come into force on the 1st day of March, 1907, or at such later day as in the case of any particular Consular jurisdiction, or part thereof, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, by any general or particular instructions, may from time to time direct. 4. On and after the day on which this Order comes into operation in any place in Japan, the Japan (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1900, shall be repealed as to that place, but this repeal shall not affect any right or liability existing at the time when this Order so comes into operation. 5. In this Order the expression "Consular jurisdiction" means and includes the district, place, or places for which a Consular officer acts. 6. This Order shall extend to all places in Japan. And the Right Honourable Sir Edward Grey, Baronet, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein. A W. FITZROY. SCHEDULE. TABLES OF CONSULAR AND MARRIAGE FEES. To be taken in Japan, in pursuance of the Consular Salaries and Fees Act, 1891, the Foreign Marriage Act, 1892, the Foreign Marriages Order in Council, 1892, and the Japan (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1906. PART I. Fees to be taken in respect of Matters in which the Interposition of a Consular Officer is required by Law. MATTER IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE FEE IS TO BE TAKEN. Merchant Shipping. 1. For every declaration taken or recorded under the Merchant Shipping Act, with a view to the registry, transfer and transmission of ships, interests in ships, or mortgages on ships £ 8. d. .... 0 5 0 6. For recording the discharge of a mortgage of a ship, or shares in a ship.... 7. For every sale of a ship, or shares in a ship, made before a Consular officer.... 2. For indorsing a memorandum of change of master upon the certificate of registry, and initialling his signature on agree. ment with crew, if required .... 3. For granting a provisional certificate of registry (this fee to be exclusive of fees on declarations) 4. For recording a mortgage of a ship, or shares in a ship 5. For recording the transfer of a mortgage of a ship, or shares in a ship .... .... .... 0 0 22 22 20 0 20 8. For inspection of the register book of transactions in ships, kept in pursuance of the Merchant Shipping Act.... 9. For certified copy of extract from register book of transactions in ships.... 10. For every seaman engaged before a Consular officer.... 11. For every alteration in agreement with seamen made before a Consular officer 12. For every seaman discharged or left behind with the sanction 17. For examination of provisions or water, to be paid by the 19. For making indorsement on ship's papers, as required by (To include the fee for inspection of ship's papers. See No. 46.) N.B. A payment of £5 shall free the ship from the 20. For receiving notice of an intended marriage.... 22. For every marriage solemnized by or in the presence of a Marriage officer, and registered by him 23. For certificate by Marriage officer of notice having been given and posted up (Article 6 of the Foreign Marriages Order in Council, 1892) 24. For registration by a Consular officer of a marriage solemnized in accordance with the local law, in addition to the fee for attendance (Fee No. 92) (see Article 8 of the Foreign Marriages Order in Council, 1892) 050 0 10 0 PART II. Fees to be taken in respect of Matters in which the Interposition of a Consular Officer is to be given when required by the Parties interested. MATTER IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE FEE IS TO BE TAKEN. 25. For noting a marine protest and furnishing one certified copy if required 26. For every other copy £ 8. d. 0 7 6 0 2 6 0 10 0 100 27. For filing a request for survey and issuing order of survey. 28. For receiving report of survey, filing original in archives if not exceeding 200 words, and furnishing, if required, one certified copy of request, order, and report of survey 29. For extending marine protest, if not exceeding 200 words, filing original, and furnishing one certified copy if required. This is to be exclusive of fee for oaths or declarations (see No. 51), or for drawing, if required, the body of the protest (see No. 96) 30. For any other protest (except bill of exchange (see No. 50)), if not exceeding 200 words, filing original, and furnishing one certified copy, if required. This to be exclusive of fee for drawing, if required, the body of the protest (see No. 96).... 1 0 0 31. If the protest or report of survey exceeds 200 words, for every additional 100 words or fraction thereof .... 32. For attesting average, bottomry, or arbitration bond, each copy (see No. 95) 33. For preparing a fresh agreement with the crew of a British vessel on new Articles of Agreement being opened at a foreign port, and for furnishing the copy which the Merchant Shipping Act requires should be made accessible to the crew 34. Bill of health 35. Certifying to a foreign bill of health 1 0 0 0 2 6 37. Certificate of due landing of goods exported from a British port 050 36. Certificate of origin of goods and filing copy 38. For application addressed to local authorities for arrest or imprisonment of a seaman, if granted pursuant to the request of the master 39. Ditto, for release of a seaman 40. For each certificate granted as to the number of the crew of a vessel, or as to any other matter required by local authorities for the clearance inwards and outwards of a vessel (see Nos. 19 and 41) N.B.-A payment of £5 shall free the ship from the payment of Fees Nos. 19 and 40 at every port in Japan during the following three months. 41. For drawing up, in form and language required by local authorities, a muster-roll or detailed list, giving the names, &c., of each member of the crew of a vessel (to be charged in addition to No. 40) 42. For affixing Consular signature, and seal if required, to a ship's manifest.... 43. For affixing Consular seal or signature to any entry in the official log-book of a British vessel, if not required by the Merchant Shipping Act 44. For attesting the execution of a bill of sale of a ship, or shares in a ship... 45. For any document required from a Consular officer by foreign authorities as a preliminary to the engagement of a British seaman, in a foreign vessel, including official seal and signature .... 0 1 0 46. For inspecting ship's papers when their production is required to enable a Consular officer to perform any specific service on the ship's behalf N.B. This fee is not to be charged when Fee No. 19 47. For granting any certificate not otherwise provided for, if not 48. If exceeding 100 words, for every additional 100 words, or fraction thereof.... 49. For noting a bill of exchange 50. For protest of a bill of exchange and copy £ 8. d. 026 050 050 0 5 0 51. For administering an oath, or receiving a declaration or affirmation without attestation of signature.... 026 52. For administering an oath, or receiving a declaration or affirmation with attestation of signature 050 53. For each Consular signature attached to an exhibit referred to in an affidavit or declaration 54. For each alteration or interlineation initialled by a Consular officer in any document not prepared by him 55. For each signature to a transfer of shares or stock attested by a Consular officer 56. For each signature to a transfer of shares or stock attested N.B.-When more than four persons execute a power at the same time, a fee of £1 only is to be charged. 58. For attesting the execution of a will of any person not being a British seaman (see Nos. 15 and 102) 59. For each execution of a deed, bond, or conveyance under seal, attested by a Consular officer, where the value of the property in question does not exceed £1 Ditto, ditto, £5 Ditto, exceeds £5. N.B.-When more than four persons execute an instru- 60. For each signature to an application for a patent attested 61. For attaching Consular signature, and seal if required, to quarterly or monthly declarations for Government pay, half-pay, or pension 63. Ditto, if drawn up by a Consular officer 64. For certificate of a person's identity 65. For attesting the signature of a foreign authority 66. For each signature attested by a Consular officer in any document not otherwise provided for N.B-No fee is to be charged for attesting a signature 67. For registration of a birth or death (except the death of a se aman).... |