5. This Order is supplemental to the Orders in Council of the 11th day of March, 1915, and the 10th day of January, 1917,* for restricting the commerce of the enemy. ALMERIC FITZROY. BRITISH LETTERS PATENT, passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, providing for the further Definition and Administration of certain Islands and Territories as Dependencies of the Colony of the Falkland Islands.--Westminster, March 28, 1917. GEORGE V by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India: To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting. WHEREAS doubts have arisen as to the limits of the groups of islands known as South Georgia, the South Orkneys, the South Shetlands, and the Sandwich Islands, and the territory of Graham Land otherwise known as Graham's Land; and whereas it is expedient that provision should be made for the government, not only of these islands and territory but also of certain other our islands and territories adjacent thereto as Dependencies of our Colony of the Falkland Islands: 1. Now we do hereby declare that from and after the publication of these our Letters Patent in the Government Gazette" of our Colony of the Falkland Islands, the Dependencies of our said Colony shall be deemed to include and to have included all islands and territories whatsoever between the 20th degree of west longitude and the 50th degree of west longitude which are situated south of the 50th parallel of south latitude; and all islands and territories whatsoever between the 50th degree of west longitude and the 80th degree of west longitude which are situated south of the 58th parallel of south latitude. 2. And we do hereby vest in the Governor and Commander-in-chief of our Colony of the Falkland Islands all such powers and authorities in and over the lands hereby included in the Dependencies of our said Colony as are exercised by him over the Dependencies in virtue of certain • Page 1. Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster the 21st day of July, 1908.* 3. We do hereby reserve to ourselves, 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. 4. 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.t In witness whereof we have caused these our Letters to be made Patent. Witness ourselves at Westminster, the 28th day of March, in the 7th year of our reign. By Warrant under the King's Sign Manual. SCHUSTER. BRITISH NOTIFICATION of Belgian Declaration relative to the Liquidation by Germany of Firms in Belgian Occupied Territory.-London, March 28, 1917.1 Foreign Office, March 28, 1917. THE Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received from the Belgian Government the text of a declaration, which was published on the 19th March, 1917, of which the following is a translation: An order of the German Governor, dated the 29th August, 1916, prescribes, in violation of the principles of international law, the forced liquidation of certain concerns in the parts of Belgium occupied by the enemy. Further, according to reliable information, the German Government have ordered certain establishments to hand over to the Reichsbank the balances of current accounts standing in the names of French and British nationals. Belgian legislation, in which are incorporated The Hague Conventions, recognises neither the validity of the powers given by the occupying authorities to the sequestrators named by them for the purposes of liquidating nor the validity of the actual liquidations themselves. Consequently, after the liberation of the country, persons adversely affected by any abuse which the sequestrators or other authorities Vol. CI, page 76. + The Letters Patent were published in the Falkland Islands "Gazette," July 2, 1917. "London Gazette," March 30, 1917. concerned with the liquidation may make of their powers, will have a legal remedy against such authorities or sequestrators and against their estates. All agreements or juridical acts involving anything beyond mere custody and maintenance will be liable to be annulled. The same applies to any alienation of real or personal property, transfers of credit, and in general to all acts disposing of property. Representatives, domiciled outside of the occupied parts of Belgium, of Belgian or foreign firms or companies placed under sequestration by the German authorities would run the risk of incurring, besides civil claims against them, the infliction of the penalties provided for by the law of the 10th December, 1916, if they should carry out instructions given them by sequestrators or other authorities concerned in a liquidation. In denouncing to neutral and allied Powers these latest abuses of the German occupation, the Belgian Government beg them to warn their nationals against the possible legal consequences of entering into any transactions with agents whose powers are not valid. BRITISH NOTIFICATION NOTIFICATION of Additions to and Modifications in the Italian List of Contraband.— London, March 30, 1917.* Foreign Office, March 30, 1917. THE Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received from His Majesty's Ambassador at Rome the following translation of certain additions to and modifications in the list of goods declared by the Italian Government to be contraband of war on the 27th February, 1916. The decree proclaiming the present alterations is dated the 22nd February, 1917, and was published in the Italian "Official Gazette on the 17th March, 1917. The following additions are made to the list of articles of absolute contraband attached to the decree of the 27th February, 1916: Under No. 8, after "sulphur" add "sulphate of barium." Under No. 9, oxalic acid and the oxalates, formic acid and the formiates, phenolates; sulphites and metallic hyposulphites; soda-lime and bleaching powder; strontium salts; lithium salts and their compounds. "London Gazette," April 3, 1917. ↑ Vol. CX, page 213, Under No. 33, after vanadium," add "add "titanium," 'uranium "; after nickel" add zinc "; after steel containing tungsten or molybdenum" add or titanium or uranium. Under No. 35, alloys of aluminium. 66 Under No. 40, ferro-titanium and ferro-uranium. Under No. 44, bone black. Under No. 45, quillaia bark. 58. Zirconium, cerium, thorium, and all their alloys and compounds; zirconia and monazite sands. 59. Silk cocoons. 60. Uncut diamonds for industrial uses. 61. Platinum (ore metal and salts) and similar ores (iridium, osmium, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, etc.), and their salts and alloys. The following modifications are made in the abovementioned list of absolute contraband: No. 4 is modified as follows: emery, corundum, carborundum in all their forms, and all other abrasive materials, whether natural or artificial, and articles made of these materials." In No. 8 replace "ethyl alcohol, methyl alcohol," by the following: "alcohols, including fusel oil and wood spirit, and their derivatives and preparations." In No. 41, replace "wolframite, scheelite, molybdenite ?? by "tungsten, molybdenum, vanadium, titanium, and uranium ores. No. 50 is replaced by the following: gold; silver; paper representing money; shares; negotiable instruments of credit; cheques; drafts; money orders; coupons; letters of credit, authorisation or advice, advices of credit or debit or other documents which on being filled in or used by the receiver authorise, confirm or render effective the transfer of money, credits or shares. The following additions are made to the list of articles of conditional contraband attached to the Decree of the 27th February, 1916: Under No. 5, after fuel other than mineral oils" add "including charcoal." 17. Raw and dressed sponges. 18. Glues, gelatines, and substances used in their preparation. 19. Empty barrels and cases of all kinds and their component parts. The present decree comes into force on the day of its publication. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL relative to the exercise of War Powers in China.-London, March 30, 1917.* At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 30th day of March, WHEREAS by treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, and other lawful means His Majesty the King has jurisdiction in China: Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by "The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890," 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: " 1. This Order may be cited as "The China (War Powers) Order in Council, 1917," and shall be read as one with the "China Order in Council, 1904 " (hereinafter called the Principal Order "), and with any Order amending the same. 2. Where in the opinion of the Minister there are reasonable grounds for believing that any British subject has acted, is acting, or is about to act in a manner prejudicial to the public safety, or to the defence, peace, or security of His Majesty's Dominions or of any part of them, the Minister may by order in writing direct that such person (a.) Shall not enter, reside, or remain in any area specified in the Order. (b.) Shall reside or remain in any area so specified. (c.) Shall conduct himself in such manner, or abstain from such acts, or take such order with any property in his possession or under his control, as may be specified in such Order. (d.) Shall be detained in custody in such place as may be specified in the Order; and the person so detained shall be deemed for all purposes to be in legal custody. 3. If any person in respect of whom an order is made under paragraph (a), (b), or (c) of the preceding article fails to comply with any of the provisions of the Order, he shall |