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BRITISH NOTIFICATION of the Raising of the British Blockade of the German East African Coast.—London, July 26, 1919.*

Foreign Office, July 26, 1919. NOTICE is hereby given that the blockade of the coast of German East Africa, which was announced in the "London Gazette of the 26th February, 1915, was raised as from noon on the 15th July last.

BRITISH NOTE relative to the Denunciation by Great Britain, on behalf of the Queen of Tonga, of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between the United States of America and Tonga, signed at Nukualofa, October 2, 1886.-London, July 28, 1919.

The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the United States Ambassador in London.

Your Excellency,

Foreign Office, July 28, 1919. I HAVE the honour to advert to your Excellency's note of the 28th May last (No. 370) and previous correspondence respecting the desire of the United States Government to abrogate Article 10 of the Treaty of Commerce of the 2nd October, 1886, between the United States and Tonga. His Majesty's Government regret the delay which has occurred in answering your predecessor's note on the subject, and which has been largely due to circumstances caused by the war and difficulties of communication with Tonga.

I have now the honour to state that, inasmuch as the Treaty in question makes provision only under Article 14 for its entire abrogation (save in respect of Article 6), it is deemed that the desire of the United States Government will best be met by giving notice of denunciation in accordance with the terms of that article. His Majesty's Government, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of Tonga, by the present note therefore give notice of denunciation of the Treaty of the 2nd October, 1886, as provided for in Article 14, and I shall be glad if your Excellency will be good enough so to inform the United States Government.

I have, &c.

CURZON OF KEDLESTON.

"London Gazette," July 29, 1919.

+ Vol. CIX, page 214.

Vol. LXXVIII, page 778.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL altering the Scale, Rules and Exemptions set out in Schedule 2 of "The Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act, 1898" (Light Dues).-London, July 30, 1919.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 30th day of July, 1919.

PRESENT THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Section 5 of "The Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act, 1898,"* it is, amongst other things, enacted as follows:

5.-(1.) On and after the commencement of this Act, the general lighthouse authorities shall levy light dues with respect to the voyages made by ships or by way of periodical payment, and not with respect to the lights which a ship passes or from which it derives benefit, and the dues so levied shall take the place of the dues now levied by those authorities.

"(2.) The scale and rules set out in the Second Schedule to this Act shall have effect for the purpose of the levying of light dues in pursuance of this Act, but Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, alter, either generally or with respect to particular classes of cases, the scale or rules and the exemptions therefrom ";

And whereas by divers Orders in Council the said scale was altered by reducing each of the dues thereby authorised to be levied by the respective amounts referred to in the respective Orders in Council, but by Order in Council dated the 30th March, 1916, the respective Orders in Council referred to were repealed for the purpose of once more giving full effect to the scale and rules set out in the Second Schedule to the Act above referred to;

And whereas it has been made to appear to His Majesty that the scale, rules and exemptions set out in the said Second Schedule should be altered in manner hereinafter appearing:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the hereinbefore recited section, and by and with the advice of his Privy Council, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that each of the dues authorised to be levied by the said scale shall, as from the 1st day of January, 1919, be subject to an increase of 40 per cent. beyond the amount of the dues specified in the said scale and the said + Vol. CX, page 170.

Vol. XC, page 194.

dues as so increased shall be levied and the rules construed accordingly.

And His Majesty, in exercise of his said powers, and by and with the advice aforesaid, is further pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the exemptions in the said Second Schedule shall, as from the said 1st day of January, 1919, be altered in the following way, namely, by reading therein instead of the words "His Majesty's ships" and the words "ships belonging to foreign Governments" the words. "ships belonging to His Majesty or to a foreign Government unless carrying cargo or passengers for freight or fares." and that the Schedule shall be altered and read accordingly. ALMERIC FITZROY.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL extending the Boundaries of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony to include Christmas Island.-London, July 30, 1919.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 30th day of July, 1919.

PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

Lord Chamberlain.

Lord Newton.

Sir Frederick Ponsonby.
Sir Horace Marshall.

WHEREAS by The Colonial Boundaries Act, 1895," it is provided that, where the boundaries of a Colony have, either before or after the passing of that Act, been altered by order in Council or by Letters Patent, the boundaries as so altered shall be, and be deemed to have been, from the date of the alteration, the boundaries of the Colony:

And whereas it is expedient that the boundaries of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony should be altered so as to include the island in the Pacific Ocean known as Christmas Island:

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Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers by The Colonial Boundaries Act, 1895," or otherwise in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

"London Gazette," November 28, 1919.
+ Vol. LXXXVII, page 967.

From and after the proclamation of this Order by publication in the Western Pacific High Commission Gazette " the boundaries of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony shall be extended so as to include Christmas Island.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

ACT of the British Parliament to grant certain duties of Customs and Inland Revenue, including Excise, to alter other duties, and to amend the Law relating to Customs and Inland Revenue, including Excise, and the National Debt, and to make further provisions in connection with Finance.

[9 & 10 Geo. V, c. 32.]

Most Gracious Sovereign,

[July 31, 1919.]

WE, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary supplies to defray your Majesty's public expenses, and making an addition to the public revenue, have freely and voluntarily resolved to give and grant unto your Majesty the several duties hereinafter mentioned; and do therefore most humbly beseech your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

PART I.-Customs and Excise.

1. The following duties of customs, imposed by Part I of "The Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915,'* shall, subject as hereinafter provided, continue to be charged, levied, and paid, in the case of the new import duties until the 1st day of May, 1920, and in the case of any other duties until the 1st day of August, 1920, that is to say:

Duty.

Increased duty on tea

Additional duties on dried fruit
Additional duty on motor spirit
New import duties

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2. The additional duties of excise imposed by Section 11 of "The Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915," upon medicine liable to duty shall continue to be charged, levied and paid until the 1st day of August, 1920.

3.-(1.) In lieu of the duties of customs payable on spirits imported into Great Britain or Ireland, there shall, as from the 1st day of May, 1919, be charged, levied and paid, subject as hereinafter provided, the duties specified in Part I of the First Schedule to this Act, together with the additional duties specified in Part II of that Schedule.

(2.) In lieu of the excise duty payable for every gallon computed at proof of spirits distilled in Great Britain or Ireland there shall, as from the 1st day of May, 1919, be charged, levied and paid an excise duty of 21. 10s., together with the additional duties specified in Part III of the First Schedule to this Act.

And so in proportion for any less quantity.

4.-(1.) In lieu of the duties of customs payable on beer of the descriptions called or similar to mum, spruce or black beer, or Berlin white beer, or other preparations, whether fermented or not fermented, of a similar character imported into Great Britain or Ireland, there shall, as from the 1st day of May, 1919, be charged, levied and paid the following duties (that is to say):

For every 36 gallons of beer where the worts thereof are, or were before fermentation, of a

£

8. ë.

specific gravity

Not exceeding 12150

Exceeding 12150

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(2.) In lieu of the duties of customs payable on every description of beer other than that specified in the preceding sub-section imported into Great Britain or Ireland there shall, as from the 1st day of May, 1919, be charged, levied and paid the following duty (that is to say):

For every 36 gallons where the worts thereof
were before fermentation of a specific

gravity of 10550

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£ s. d.

3 10 6

(3.) In lieu of the customs drawback now payable there shall be allowed and paid on the exportation, shipment for use as stores, or removal to the Isle of Man of beer imported into Great Britain or Ireland, on which it is shown that the increased customs duty charged by this Act has been paid, a drawback calculated according to the original gravity thereof (that is to say):—

For every 36 gallons of an original gravity
of 10550 the drawback of

£ s. d.

3 10 3

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