PROTOCOL explanatory of certain provisions of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation between Great Britain and Honduras of January 21, 1887.-Signed at Guatemala, February 3, 1900. [See Vol. LXXXIX, page 1121, foot-note.] ACT of the Legislature of Victoria, for the Prohibition of the Exportation of Arms, Ammunition, and certain other Articles to China. [64 Vict., No. 1660.] [August 23, 1900.] Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows (that is to say): 1. This Act may be cited as "The Arms Exportation (China) Act, 1900," and shall be read and construed as one with "The Customs Act, 1890." 2. (1.) The following goods may, by Proclamation or Order in Council, be prohibited to be exported from Victoria to any part of the Chinese Empire, during any period specified in any such Proclamation or Order, or until such Proclamation or Order is revoked, namely: arms and ammunition, military stores, naval stores, and any articles which the Governor in Council shall judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of arms and ammunition, military stores, or naval stores of the said Empire. (2.) If any goods so prohibited be exported, or attempted to be exported, from Victoria, or carried coastwise to be water-borne to be so exported, they shall be forfeited, and the exporter, or his agent, and the shipper of any such goods shall, on conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding 1001. (3.) The prohibition contained in any Proclamation or Order under this section shall not apply to goods exported at any time to any part of the Chinese Empire with the consent of the Governor in Council. 3. Whilst any Proclamation or Order made under this Act is in force, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, the collectors, and all officers of Customs, shall have the same power with respect to any such goods, and the ship conveying the same, as they have for the time being with respect to any article prohibited to be exported 1 by the laws relating to customs and the ship containing the same, and the enactments for the time being in force relating to the customs, and any such article or ship, shall apply accordingly. 4. Every Proclamation or Order made in pursuance of this Act shall take effect as if it were enacted in this Act, and shall be published in the Government Gazette. 5. In any such Proclamation or Order the Governor in Council may specify and determine what article, or classes of articles, are military stores or naval stores within the meaning of this Act. BRITISH NOTIFICATION of Danish Law of April 7, 1900, respecting Illegal Trawling in Danish Territorial Waters.-London, May 1900.* SEA FISHERIES. Territorial Waters of Denmark. NOTICE is hereby given to British fishermen that a new Law has come into force in Denmark by which the penalty for illegal trawling in the territorial waters of that country has been increased. Translation of the Law is appended. It should be borne in mind that as regards the Danish coast bordering on the North Sea, south of Hanstholm Lighthouse, Articles II and III of the North Sea Fisheries Convention, 1882,† to which Denmark is a party, apply. These Articles are as follows : "Art. II. The fishermen of each country shall enjoy the exclusive right of fishery within the distance of 3 miles from low-water mark along the whole extent of the coasts of their respective countries, as well as of the dependent islands and banks. "As regards bays, the distance of 3 miles shall be measured from a straight line drawn across the bay, in the part nearest the entrance, at the first point where the width does not exceed 10 miles. "The present Article shall not in any way prejudice the freedom of navigation and anchorage in territorial waters accorded to fishingboats, provided they conform to the special police regulations enacted by the Powers to whom the shore belongs. * From the "London Gazette" of May 11, 1900. [1899-1900. XCII.] "Art. III. The miles mentioned in the preceding Article are geographical miles, whereof 60 make a degree of latitude.” Fisheries and Harbour Department, Board of Trade, May 1900. T. H. W. PELHAM, Assistant Secretary. Danish Law concerning an Increase of the Punishment fixed by the Law No. 56 of April 5, 1888,* section 58, as far as Illegal Trawl Fishery is concerned.-April 7, 1900. (Translation.) ILLEGAL fishery by means of trawl, in Danish territorial waters (see Law No. 56 of April 5, 1888, section 1, No. 2), is to be punished with fines of from 500 to 4,000 crowns, payable to the Treasury. In fixing the punishment regard is to be had to whether the illegal fishery has been carried out by means of steam, which is to constitute an aggravating circumstance. The illegal fishing instruments, including the hawser which has been used for the illegal fishery, as well as the captured fish on board, are to be forfeited to the Treasury. The vessel may be laid under embargo, in accordance with an eventual Decree to that effect, and sold to cover fines and costs. This Law is to take effect immediately. Confirmed, April 7, 1900. BRITISH NOTIFICATION prolonging the Commercial Treaty between Great Britain and Montenegro of January 21, 1882, until the 1st January, 1901.-London, July 6, 1900.† Foreign Office, July 6, 1900. THE Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation signed between Great Britain and Montenegro on the 21st January, 1882, which having been denounced by the Montenegrin Government§ (see "Gazette" of July 7, 1899), should have expired on the 13th ultimo, has been prolonged till the 1st January, 1901. * Vol. LXXXII, page 958. Vol. LXXIII, page 5. +"London Gazette," July 6, 1900. § Vol. XCI, page 123. BRITISH NOTIFICATION respecting a new Persian Passport Law.-London, May 28, 1900.* Foreign Office, May 28, 1900. HER Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received from Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Tehran a despatch stating that a new passport law has been put into force throughout Persia, which provides that every traveller must show his passport on entering Persian territory, and that if the passport is not furnished with the visa of a Persian Consular officer the holder must pay the fee for the visa, which is 12 krans 12 shahis (about 58.) ORDER of the Secretary of State with respect to Court Fees and Stamps in the Somaliland Protectorate.- London, November 20, 1900. In pursuance of the powers conferred upon me by Article 7 of "The Somaliland Order in Council, 1899,"t I hereby order that "The Court Fees Act, 1870" (Act VII of 1870), and "The Indian Stamp Act, 1899" (Act II of 1899), and every Act amending those Acts shall apply to the Somaliland Protectorate, subject to the following modifications, that is to say: 1. In the said Acts the Protectorate shall be substituted for British India. 2. The provisions of the said Acts exclusively applying to particular parts of or places in India shall not apply to the Protectorate. in any 3. Notifications required by either of the said Acts to be made Gazette shall, until a Gazette for the Protectorate is established, be published in such manner as the Consul-General shall direct. 4. The Consul-General shall be substituted for the Chief Revenue Controlling authority, and for the Collector; and the Protectorate Court shall be substituted for the High Court. 5. The powers of making rules under either of the said Acts conferred upon the High Court shall be exercised by the ConsulGeneral. 6. The powers of the Governor-General in Council, and of the * "London Gazette," June 5, 1900. + Vol. XCI, page 1114. Local Government, under the said Acts respectively, shall be exercisable by the Secretary of State, or, with his previous or subsequent assent, by the Consul-General. 7. Until further order adhesive stamps shall be used in all cases, and the provisions of the said Acts, or either of them, as to impressed stamps shall not apply. 8. Any instrument to which proviso (a) or proviso (b) to section 35 of "The Indian Stamp Act, 1899," applies, may be admitted in evidence with or without penalty, as the Court thinks fit in the circumstances of the case; but nothing herein shall authorize the admission in evidence of any instrument mentioned in proviso (a) until the same has been sufficiently stamped; and when the Court imposes a penalty under that section it shall be such as the Court thinks fit, not exceeding the penalty specified in respect of the instrument in question. 9. The fees leviable under "The Court Fees Act, 1870," shall be modified to the extent appearing in the Table annexed to this Order. 10. This Order shall have 'effect from and after such date as the Consul-General shall appoint, but not earlier than fourteen days after a copy of this Order shall have been publicly exhibited in the office of the Consulate-General at Berbera. Foreign Office, November 20, 1900. LANSDOWNE, Her Majesty's Principal TABLE OF MODIFICATIONS. 1. Plaint or memorandum of appeal presented to any Civil Court- R.. 0 3 The fees mentioned in Schedule I of "The Court Fees Act, 1870." 2. Copy of a judgment or order not being, or having the force of, a When such judgment or order is passed by a Civil Court other (a.) If the amount or value of the subject matter is 50 rupees or less than 50 rupees .. (b.) If such amount or value exceeds 50 rupees R. 9. 0 2 4 When such judgment or order is passed by the Protectorate 08 |