"(b.) Where a marriage is intended to be solemnised or contracted in that part of His Majesty's Dominions between a British subject resident in that part and a British subject resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, a certificate for marriage may be issued in England by a Superintendent Registrar, or in Scotland or Ireland by a Registrar, in the like manner as if the marriage was to be solemnised or contracted under circumstances requiring the issue of such a certificate, and as if both such British subjects were resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, as the case may be";

And whereas by section 2 of the said Act it is enacted that His Majesty may, by Order in Council, extend the said Act to any British Protectorate, and on the making of any such Order the said Act shall, subject to the provisions of the Order, have effect as if the Protectorate were part of His Majesty's Dominions;

And whereas His Majesty is satisfied that due provision is made in respect of all the matters referred to in the hereinbefore-recited section 1 of the said Act by the law in force in the British Protectorates hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers by the above-recited Act in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

Section 1 of The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1915," shali apply to the British Protectorates hereunder mentioned ::

The Nyasaland Protectorate.

Zanzibar.

And the Right Honourable Walter Hume Long, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

ALMERIC FITZROY.
RIC

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL applying to the Island of Jamaica and the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony the provisions of Section 1 of "The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilitics) Act, 1915."-London, July 17, 1917.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of July,

1917.

PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn.

Archbishop of Canterbury.

Lord Chancellor.

Prime Minister.

Lord President.

Earl of Rosebery.

Mr. A. Fisher.

Mr. G. N. Barnes.

Mr. W. P. Schreiner.

Lieutenant-General J. C. Smuts.

WHEREAS by section 1 of "The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1915, "t it is (amongst other things) enacted as follows:

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Where His Majesty is satisfied that the law in force in any part of His Majesty's Dominions outside the United Kingdom makes due provision for the publication of banns or for the giving of notice in respect of marriages between British subjects intended to be solemnised or contracted in the United Kingdom, and for the recognition of certificates for marriage issued by Superintendent Registrars in England, and of certificates for marriage issued by Registrars, and certificates of proclamation of banns, in Scotland, and of certificates for marriage issued by Registrars in Ireland, as sufficient notice in respect of marriages between British subjects intended to be solemnised or contracted in that part of His Majesty's Dominions, His Majesty may, by Order in Council, declare that this section shall apply to that part of his Dominions, and in such case:

"(a.) Where a marriage is intended to be solemnised or contracted in the United Kingdom between a British subject resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, and a British subject resident in that part of His Majesty's Dominions, a certificate of notice of marriage issued in accordance with such law shall in England have the same effect as a certificate for marriage issued by a Superintendent Registrar, and in Scotland and Ireland have the same effect as a certificate for

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marriage issued by a Registrar in Scotland and Ireland respectively; and

(b.) Where a marriage is intended to be solemnised or contracted in that part of His Majesty's Dominions between & British subject resident in that part and a British subject resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, a certificate for marriage may be issued in England by a Superintendent Registrar, or in Scotland or Ireland by a Registrar, in the like manner as if the marriage was to be solemnised or contracted under circumstances requiring the issue of such a certificate, and as if both such British subjects were resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, as the case may be ";

And whereas by section 1 of "The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act, 1916, "* it is enacted as follows:

"If His Majesty is satisfied that, for the purposes of a marriage to be solemnised or contracted in any part of his Dominions outside the United Kingdom between a British subject resident in that part and a British subject resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, no notice of the marriage is, under the law in force in that part of his Dominions, required on the part of the person resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, His Majesty may, by Order in Council, declare that section 1 of The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1915,' shall apply to that part of his Dominions, notwithstanding that the law in force in that part does not make provision for the recognition of certificates for marriage issued in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and, of certificates of proclamation of banns issued in Scotland, as sufficient notice in respect of such marriages as aforesaid, provided that the other conditions required by that section are fulfilled";

And whereas His Majesty is satisfied that, for the purposes of a marriage to be solemnised or contracted in the parts of his Dominions outside the United Kingdom hereinafter mentioned between a British subject resident therein and a British subject resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, no notice of the marriage is under the law in force in those parts of his Dominions required on the part of the person resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, and that under the said law the other conditions required by the hereinbefore-recited section 1 of "The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1915," are fulfilled:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers by the above-recited Acts in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Section 1 of "The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1915," shall apply to the parts of His Majesty's Dominions outside the United Kingdom hereunder mentioned:

The Island of Jamaica.

The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony.

And the Right Honourable Walter Hume Long, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

ALMERIC FITZROY.
RIC

BRITISH PROCLAMATION declaring that the Name of Windsor is to be borne by His Majesty's Royal House and Family and relinquishing the use of all German Titles and Dignities.- London, July 17,

1917.*

GEORGE R.I.

WHEREAS We, having taken into consideration the name and title of our Royal House and Family, have determined that henceforth our House and Family shall be styled and known as the House and Family of Windsor;

And whereas we have further determined for ourselves and for and on behalf of our descendants and all other the descendants of our Grandmother Queen Victoria of blessed and glorious memory to relinquish and discontinue the use of all German titles and dignities;

And whereas we have declared these our determinations in our Privy Council:

Now, therefore, we, out of our Royal Will and Authority, do hereby declare and announce that as from the date of this our Royal Proclamation our House and Family shall be styled and known as the House and Family of Windsor, and that all the descendants in the male line of our said Grandmother Queen Victoria who are subjects of these Realms, other than female descendants who may marry or may have married, shall bear the said name of Windsor:

And do hereby further declare and announce that we for ourselves and for and on behalf of our descendants and all other the descendants of our said Grandmother Queen Victoria who are subjects of these Realms, relinquish and enjoin the discontinuance of the use of the degrees, styles, dignities, titles and honours of Dukes and Duchesses of

* "London Gazette," July 17, 1917.

Saxony and Princes and Princesses of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and all other German degrees, styles, dignities, titles, honours and appellations to us or to them heretobefore belonging or appertaining.

Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this 17th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1917, and in the 8th year of our Reign. God save the King.

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 provision in connection with Finance.

[7 & 8 Geo. V, c. 31.]

MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,

[August 2, 1917.]

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 continue to be charged, levied, and paid until the 1st day of August, 1918, that is to say :