ORDINANCE of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago to amend "The Commissioners of Affidavits Ordinance, 1908 (No. 22)," and to provide for the Recognition of Notarial Acts done by British Diplomatic and Consular Officers.

[No. 40.]

I assent,

J. R. CHANCELLOR,

Governor.

December 11, 1916.

[December 11, 1916.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Trinidad and Tobago with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof as follows:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as The Commissioners of Affidavits (Amendment) Ordinance, 1916."

2. (1.) Every British Ambassador, Envoy, Minister, Chargé d'Affaires, and Secretary of Embassy or Legation exercising his functions in any foreign country, and every British ConsulGeneral, Consul, Vice-Consul, Pro-Consul, and Consular Agent exercising his functions in any foreign place, may, in that country or place, administer any oath and take any affidavit, and also do any notarial act which any notary public can do within the Colony; and every oath, affidavit and notarial act administered, sworn or done by or before any such person shall be as effectual as if duly administered, sworn or done by or before any lawful authority in any part of the Colony.

(2.) Any document purporting to have affixed, impressed or subscribed thereon or thereto the seal and signature of any person authorised by this section to administer an oath in testimony of any oath, affidavit, or act being administered, taken or done by or before him, shall be admitted in evidence without proof of the seal or signature being the seal or signature of that person, or of the official character of that person.

3. Whoever forges, counterfeits or fraudulently alters the seal or signature of any person authorised by or under this Ordinance to administer an oath, or tenders in evidence, or otherwise uses, any affidavit having any seal or signature so forged or counterfeited, or fraudulently altered, knowing the same to be forged, counterfeited, or fraudulently altered, is guilty of felony, and is liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding seven years.

4. Where any offence under this Ordinance is alleged to have been committed with respect to any affidavit, a Judge of any

Court before whom the affidavit is produced may order the affidavit to be impounded and kept in such custody and for such time and on such conditions as he thinks fit.

Passed in Council this 24th day of November, in the year of Our Lord 1916.

J. M. FARFAN,

Acting Clerk of the Council.

ACT of the State of Victoria to prohibit the Manufacture and Sale of Matches made with White Phosphorus and for other purposes in connection therewith.

[No. 2845.]

[November 6, 1916.]

Be it enacted by the King'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 White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act, 1916," and shall be read and construed as one with "The Factories and Shops Act, 1915," which Act and this Act may be cited together as the " Factories and Shops Acts."

2. Division 14 of Part III of "The Factories and Shops Act, 1915," is hereby repealed.

3. In this Act "white phosphorus" means the substance usually known as white or yellow phosphorus.

4. (1.) Any person who manufactures or causes to be manufactured any matches in the manufacture of which white phosphorus is used shall be liable to a penalty of not more than Iol.

(2.) The Court by which any such person is convicted may in addition to imposing any such penalty forfeit any white phosphorus or any matches made with white phosphorus which are apparently in his possession; and any white phosphorus or matches so forfeited shall be destroyed or otherwise dealt with as the Court thinks fit.

5.-(1.) Any factory in which white phosphorus is used in the manufacture of matches shall be deemed to be a factory not kept in conformity with "The Factories and Shops Act, 1915.”

(2.) The occupier of any factory in which the manufacture of matches is carried on shall allow any inspector under "The Factories and Shops Act, 1915," at any time to take for analysis sufficient samples of any material in use or mixed for

use; and if he refuses to do so he shall be guilty of obstructing the inspector in the execution of his duties under that Act:

Provided that the occupier may at the time when the sample is taken and on providing the necessary appliances require the inspector to divide the sample so taken into two parts, and to mark, seal, and deliver to him one part.

6. Any person who sells, offers, or exposes for sale, or has in his possession for sale, any matches made with white phosphorus may on complaint to a Court of Petty Sessions be ordered to forfeit any such matches in his possession; and any matches so forfeited shall be destroyed or otherwise dealt with as the Court thinks fit.

PROCLAMATION by the British Resident in Zanzibar applying "The Fugitive Criminals Surrender Decree, 1910, "to Guatemala.-Zanzibar, February 26, 1916.

It is hereby notified for general information that under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon me by section 2 of "The Fugitive Criminals Surrender Decree, 1900," I hereby direct that the said Decree shall apply in the case of Guatemala during the continuance of the arrangement made between His Majesty the King and the President of the Republic of Guatemala for the extension to Zanzibar of the Treaty of the 4th July, 1885, between Great Britain and Guatemala as modified by the Protocol concluded on the 30th May, 1914.‡ Zanzibar, 26th February, 1916.

F. B. PEARCE, British Resident.

PROCLAMATION by the Acting British Resident in Zanzibar applying "The Fugitive Criminals Surrender Decree, 1910," to Paraguay.-Zanzibar, November 26, 1916.

It is hereby notified for general information that under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon me by section 2 of "The Fugitive Criminals Surrender Decree, 1910," I hereby direct that the said Decree shall apply in the case of Paraguay during the * Vol. CIII, page 1048. ↑ Vol. LXXVI, page 72.

Vol. CVII, page 405.

continuance of the arrangement made between His Majesty the King and the President of the Republic of Paraguay for the extension to Zanzibar of the Treaty of the 12th September, 1908,* between Great Britain and Paraguay.

Zanzibar, 26th November, 1916.

JOHN H. SINCLAIR,

Acting British Resident.

ACCESSIONS AND WITHDRAWALS of British Colonies, etc., to the International Convention for the Publication of Customs Tariffs.-Signed at Brussels, July 5, 1890. t

THE following withdrew on March 31st, 1898:

ACCESSION to the International Conventions for the Unification of certain Rules of Law respecting (1) Collisions between Vessels; and (2) Assistance and Salvage at Sea.-Signed at Brussels, September 23, 1910. ‡

ACCESSIONS, &c., to the International Radiotelegraph Convention.-Signed at London, July 5, 1912.*

RATIFICATIONS of the Additional Protocol to the International Copyright Convention of November 13, 1908. Signed at Berne, March 20, 1914.†

THE ratification of the following State has been deposited on the date mentioned :France February 2, 1916.

AGREEMENT between Great Britain and Belgium respecting the Boundary between the British and Belgian Territories in East Africa, from Mount Sabinio to the Congo-Nile Watershed.-London, February 3, 1915.‡

[Ratifications exchanged at London, October 20, 1919.]

HIS Britannic Majesty's Government and the Government of His Majesty the King of the Belgians, being desirous of concluding an Agreement fixing a definite boundary between their Possessions in East Africa from the volcano district northeast of Lake Kivu to the Congo-Nile watershed north of Lake Albert, the Undersigned, duly authorised by their respective Governments, have agreed upon the following articles :

:

ART. I. The boundary between the Uganda Protectorate and the Belgian Colony of the Congo begins at the highest point of Mount Sabinio and follows, as far as the highest point * Vol. CV, page 219. ↑ Vol. CVII, page 353. Signed also in the French language.