46. Every Coolie immigrant shall be entitled to a free passage back to India who shall have resided 10 years in the colony, and during the said 10 years shall have completed an industrial residence of five years: Provided always, that no such free passage shall be granted unless applied for within three years of the term at which it shall have become due.

52. It shall not be lawful for any Coolie immigrant introduced into this colony at the public expense, to depart from this colony without a licence in writing, signed by the Immigration Agent; and every master, or other person in charge of any vessel, who shall knowingly receive or harbour on board such vessel, or agree to receive on board such vessel, with the intention of carrying out of the colony, any such Coolie immigrant whose name shall appear in such register, and who shall not have obtained such licence, shall, on conviction thereof before a Resident Magistrate, forfeit and pay the sum of 201. sterling for each and every such Coolie immigrant, whom he shall have received, or harboured, or agreed to receive, with said intention as aforesaid.

53. No license to leave this colony shall be delivered by the Immigration Agent to any such Coolie immigrant until he shall have completed an industrial residence of five years within this colony, as hereinbefore provided, unless the Lieutenant-Governor shall make an order, in writing under his hand, for the return of any such Coolie immigrant to the place whence he may have come, before the expiration of the said term of five years.

72. This Law shall commence and take effect from and after the promulgation thereof in the "Government Gazette," and may for all purposes be cited as the "Coolie Law Consolidation Law, 1869."

SCHEDULE B.

Contract with the Government of Natal, entered into under requisition from the Coolie Immigration Agent at Natal.

We, the undersigned, emigrants from

to Natal, hereby engage to serve the employer to whom we may respectively be allotted by the Government of Natal, during the period of five years from the date of our allotment in Natal; provided that we shall receive monthly, in money, the wages stated hereunder opposite our respective names, and the allowances following.

[Set out scale of rations and allowances here.]

Provided, also, that proper lodging and medical care shall be supplied to us during the time of our service.

And we further agree that if the estates on which we shall become bound to serve, under the aforesaid allotment, be sold, alienated, or transferred to other persons, or succeeded to by other persons before the expiration of our service, we shall serve such other persons according to the conditions of our respective contracts, and until their expiration, our said new employers being held bound towards us in all the stipulations and obligations incumbent upon the employers to whom we shall previously have been allotted.

The above contract was explained in my presence to the said emigrants, and signed by them before me this

day

A.B., Natal Emigration Agent.

SCHEDULE C.

Special contract for Natal, entered into under Requisition No.

We the undersigned, emigrants from

engage to serve as in the county of

, hereby on the estate called in the colony of Natal, for the period of five years from the date of the registration of this contract by the Coolie Immigration Agent at Natal: Provided that we shall receive monthly in money the wages stated hereunder opposite to our respective names, and the allowances following:

[Here specify allowances.]

Provided also that proper lodging and medical care shall be supplied to us: And we further agree that if the abovementioned estate be sold, alienated, or transferred to another person, or succeeded to by another person, before the expiration of our service, we shall serve such other person according to the terms of this contract; such new employer being held bound towards us in all the stipulations and obligations incumbent upon the employer so replaced by him.

[Here follows table similar to that included in Schedule B.] On behalf of of Natal, I accept the services of the above-mentioned emigrants on the terms and conditions here stipulated.

A.B., Special Agent.

The above contract was fully explained to the above-mentioned emigrants [and when there is a Special Agent, to A.B., the special agent] in my presence this signed by them before me.

and

C.D., Natal Emigration Agent.

LAW of the Government of Natal, to facilitate the carrying out in that Colony of the provisions of the Imperial Statute styled "The Foreign Deserters Act, 1852 ”* (Publication of Orders in Council in "Natal Gazette").

[No. 4.]

[September 6, 1871.]

1. It shall and may be lawful for the Lieutenant-Governor, if, and when, and in such cases as he shall deem it necessary or advisable so to do, to direct the publication in the "Natal Government Gazette" of any Orders in Council of Her Majesty, made under the authority of the said above-recited Imperial Statute; and such publication shall be, and is hereby declared to be, sufficient publication for Natal, and shall in so far as regards this Colony be deemed equivalent to publication thereof in the "London Gazette;" and during such time as any such Order in Council remains in force, and subject to such limitations and qualifications, if any, as may be contained therein, every Resident Magistrate, Assistant Resident Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, or other other officer having jurisdiction in the case of seamen who desert from British ships in Natal, shall, on application being made by a Consul of the foreign Power to which such Order in Council relates, or his deputy or representative, aid in apprehending any seaman or apprentice who deserts from any merchant-ship belonging to a subject of such Power, and

* See Vol. 9. Page 347.

may for that purpose, upon complaint on oath duly made, issue his warrant for the apprehension of any such deserter, and, upon due proof of the desertion, order him to be conveyed on board the vessel to which he belongs, or to be delivered to the master or mate of such vessel, or to the owner of such vessel or his agent, to be so conveyed; and thereupon it shall be lawful for the person ordered to convey such deserter, or for the master or mate of such vessel, or the owner or his agent (as the case may require), to convey him on board accordingly.

LAW of the Government of Natal, to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Law No. 8, 1874,* "For further facilitating the Naturalization of Persons of European birth or descent."

[No. 23.]

[September 30, 1874.]

1. Law No. 8, 1874, entituled "Law for further facilitating the Naturalization of Persons of European birth or descent," as well as any Law or Ordinance heretofore in force in this Colony, which may be repugnant to or inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Law, are hereby repealed, save and except as to anything already done and any letters of naturalization already granted thereunder in this Colony, all which letters of naturalization shall be of the same force and effect as letters of naturalization authorized to be granted under this Law, and save also and except so far as regards all applications for certificates of naturalization already made, all which applications shall be considered as made under this Law.

2. Any alien of European parentage or descent who shall have attained the age of 21 years, and who shall have resided within the Colony for a period of two years, and who shall have taken an oath of allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen, or her successors, as hereinafter provided, shall be entitled to apply to the Lieutenant-Governor for a certificate of naturalization upon the payment of a registration fee of 58. to the Colonial Treasurer: Provided that no person who shall have been convicted of any infamous crime or offence shall be entitled to such certificate of naturalization, unless such applicant shall have received a free pardon from the Sovereign or Ruler of the State or country in which such offence was committed.

3. The applicant shall adduce, in support of his application, such evidence of residence as the Lieutenant-Governor may require.

4. The Governor in Council shall take the case into con

* See Vol. 14. Page 912.

sideration, and may give or withhold a certificate of naturalization to such applicant.

5. Any alien to whom a certificate of naturalization shall have been granted in the Colony of Natal, shall, after the date of taking the oath of allegiance in this Law mentioned, be entitled to all political and other rights, powers, and privileges, and be subject to all obligations to which any British subject, born in the United Kingdom and resident in Natal, is entitled or subject in Natal: provided that any such certificate of naturalization which may be obtained by a person who, by reason of his having been previously convicted of any infamous crime or offence, is not entitled thereto, shall be null and void, unless such applicant shall have received such free pardon as aforesaid.

6. Any magistrate of the district in which the alien has resided, or Justice of the Peace within this Colony, shall be competent to administer the oath of allegiance.

7. When and as soon as such oath of allegiance has been taken, the Resident Magistrate or Justice of the Peace shall transmit to the Master of the Supreme Court a certificate signed by himself, setting forth the name, birth-place, age, profession, trade, or calling, and present place of residence of the alien, and such Master of the Supreme Court shall publish the same in the "Government Gazette."

8. Upon the publication of the said notice in the "Government Gazette," and upon application being made, the Lieutenant-Governor shall cause to be issued to the said applicant letters of naturalization.

9. This Law may be cited for all purposes as "the Naturalization Law, 1874."

LAW of the Government of Natal, to control Recruiting in that Colony for the Service of Foreign States.

[No. 21.]

HENRY BULWER, Lieutenant-Governor.

[December 17, 1875.]

2. IF any person is, within the limits of this Colony, obtaining or attempting to obtain recruits for the service of any foreign State in any capacity, the Lieutenant-Governor may, by an order signed by the Colonial Secretary, either prohibit such person from so doing, or permit him to do so subject to any conditions which he thinks fit to impose.

3. The Lieutenant-Governor may from time to time, by notice in the "Government Gazette," either prohibit recruiting

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