arriving in Aden at any other place otherwise than by reason of the perils of the sea or other unavoidable accident,

the master and the owner shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be punishable with fine which may extend to 1,000 rupees, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with both.

10. (1.) Where the owner or master of a vessel is charged with any offence punishable under section 7, section 8, or section 9, the Resident may, by order in writing, direct such vessel to be detained, and where such owner or master is sentenced to pay a fine for any such offence, and the fine is not paid at the time and in the manner prescribed by the order of payment, the Court may, in addition to any other means prescribed by law for enforcing payment, direct that the amount remaining unpaid be levied by distress and sale of such vessel, and the tackle, apparel and furniture thereof, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

(2.) Where the owner or master is convicted of any offence punishable under section 8, the Resident may further, by order in writing, direct that the vessel be confiscated.

11. The Resident, with the previous sanction of the Governor of Bombay in council, may, on or near such public or private wharves or other landing places as he may deem expedient, establish searching-posts at which all boxes, bales, and packages landed or in transit may be detained and searched for arms, ammunition, military stores and explosives by any officer appointed by the Resident in this behalf.

12. (1.) Subject to the control of the Governor of Bombay in council, the Resident may make rules to provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—

(a.) Prohibiting the master or owner of a native vessel trading from and to Aden to and from ports in the British protectorates of Aden and Somaliland from carrying any arms on such vessel, except under a licence and in the manner and to the extent permitted by such licence.

(b.) Determining the officers by whom, the form in which, and the terms and conditions on and subject to which any such licence shall be granted; and

(c.) Generally, the carrying out of the purposes and objects of this Regulation.

(2.) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, the rules under clause (b) of sub-section (1) may

(a.) Fix the fee to be charged for any such licence;

(b.) Limit the time during which any such licence is to continue in force;

(c.) Provide for the renewal of any such licence, and its cancellation or suspension in the case of any breach of the terms and conditions on and subject to which it is granted;

(d.) Provide for ascertaining the quantity and description of any arms on board any native vessel;

(e.) Provide for the marking for the purpose of identification, and the registering, of any arms covered by any such licence;

(f) Require the person holding or acting under any such licence to produce the same, and to produce or account for the arms covered by the same when called upon by an officer of Government so to do; and

(g.) Provide for the deposit and custody on shore of any arms covered by any such licence while the vessel is in port.

(3.) In making any rule under this section the Resident may direct that a breach of it shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to 300 rupees, or with both.

(4.) All rules under this section shall be published locally in such manner as the Resident, subject to the control of the Governor of Bombay in council, may direct.

Explanation. For the purposes of this section "native vessel" means a vessel fulfilling one of the two following conditions, namely:

(a.) It must present the outward appearance of native build or rig; or

(b.) It must be manned by a crew of whom the master and the majority of the seamen belong by origin to a country having a sea-coast on the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, or the Persian Gulf.

13. Subject to the control of the Governor of Bombay in council, the Resident may declare that all or any of the provisions of this Regulation shall not apply in the case of any vessel or class of vessels, and may from time to time alter or vary any such declaration.

14. "The Aden Sea Traffic in Arms Regulation, 1902," is hereby repealed.

I assent to this Regulation.

June 14, 1910.

MINTO,
Viceroy and Governor-General.

PROCLAMATION by the Acting Governor-General of the Soudan announcing that the Administration of the Lalo Enclave has been taken over by the Soudan Government and laying down the Boundaries of the Territory.-Khartoum, August 4, 1910.*

PROCLAMATION.

I, COLONEL JOSEPH JOHN ASSER, Acting Governor-General of the Soudan, hereby proclaim and order as follows:

That the territory known as the Lado Enclave, with the

* "Soudan Gazette," No. 181, August 10, 1910.

exception of a strip of territory 25 kilom. in breadth stretching from the watershed between the Nile and the Congo up to the western shore of Lake Albert and including the port of Mahagi, has been transferred to the Soudan Government from the 16th June, 1910.

The said territory is bounded by a line drawn from a point situated on the west shore of Lake Albert, 25 kilom. to the north of Mahagi, to the nearest point of the watershed between the Nile and the Congo basins, thence along the watershed up to its intersection from the north with the 30th meridian east of Greenwich, and then along that meridian up to its intersection with the parallel 5° 30' of north latitude, whence it runs along that parallel of latitude to the Nile; thence it follows the Nile southward to Lake Albert, and closes at the point above indicated north of Mahagi.

The whole of the territory is attached to and is to be administered with the Mongalla province.

As from the 16th June, 1910, the inhabitants of the said territory owe allegiance to the Soudan Government, and shall pay to the Soudan Government such taxes as the Soudan Government shall prescribe.

Khartoum, this 4th day of August, 1910.

J. ASSER, Acting Governor-General.

AGREEMENT between Great Britain and France respecting the Exchange of Insured Letters between the Colonies of Southern Nigeria and Dahomey.-Signed at Porto-Novo, October 1, 1910.

THE colonies of Southern Nigeria and Dahomey, being desirous of establishing a system of exchange of insured letters, agree as follows:

ART. 1. The maximum amount of the insurance shall not exceed 3,000 fr. (1207.).

II. The charges for letters containing insured articles must be prepaid. Each Administration will fix its own charges, which it will communicate to the other Administration. The charges will be retained by the despatching offices.

III. The sender of a packet containing insured articles may, as in the case of a registered letter, obtain an acknowledgment of the delivery of the packet.

IV. All fraudulent declarations of value greater than the real value of the contents of a letter are prohibited.

In the event of a fraudulent declaration of this nature, the sender loses all right to compensation.

It is forbidden to enclose in insured letters: coin, articles subject to customs duty;

Gold and silver manufactured, stones, jewellery, and other precious articles, articles of which the admission or circulation in the country of destination is prohibited.

Articles which have been improperly forwarded must be returned to the office of origin.

V. Except in cases beyond control, when a letter containing insured articles has been lost or damaged, or its contents abstracted, the sender, or, at his request, the addressee, is entitled to an indemnity corresponding with the actual amount of the loss, damage or abstraction, unless the damage has been caused by the fault or negligence of the sender, or arises from the nature of the article, and with the restriction that this indemnity must not exceed in any case the sum for which the article has been insured.

The obligation of paying the indemnity rests with the Administration to which the despatching office is subordinate.

Until the contrary be shown, the responsibility rests with the Administration which, having received the packet without making any observation, cannot prove its delivery to the addressee.

The payment of the indemnity by the despatching office ought to take place as soon as possible, and at the latest within a year of the date of the application.

Applications for indemnity are only entertained if made within a year of the posting of an insured article; after this term the applicant has no right to any indemnity.

The Administrations cease to be responsible for insured articles contained in packets of which the owners have accepted delivery and given a receipt.

VI. This Agreement shall come into operation from the time it is approved by the two Governments concerned.

Either Government has power to terminate this Agreement by giving one year's notice of its intention to do so to the other Government.

Porto-Novo, October 1, 1910.

Read and approved-

MALAN.

J. J. THORBURN.

BRITISH NOTIFICATION of the Denunciation by Japan of the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce of July 16, 1894; of the Convention and Tariff of July 16, 1895 ; and of the Convention respecting the Property of Deceased Subjects of April 26, 1900.-London, July 30, 1910.*

Foreign Office, July 30, 1910. His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received a note from the Japanese Ambassador in London, stating

* "London Gazette," August 5, 1910.

that the Japanese Government have denounced the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United Kingdom and Japan of the 16th July, 1894;* the Supplementary Convention and Tariff of the 16th July, 1895;† and the Convention for the protection of the property of deceased persons, of the 26th April, 1900. These instruments will accordingly, in virtue of the provisions laid down therein, terminate on the 17th July, 1911.

CONVENTION respecting the Exchange of Money Orders between Norway and the Commonwealth of Australia; with Detailed Regulations.-Signed at Christiania, December 13, 1909, and at Melbourne, April 27, 1910.

ART. I. There shall be a regular exchange of money orders between Norway and the Commonwealth of Australia.

II. The exchange of money orders shall be performed exclusively through such exchange offices as the Contracting Parties shall mutually decide upon.

III.-1. Money orders from Norway to the Commonwealth of Australia shall be made out in English money and those from the Commonwealth of Australia to Norway in Norwegian money (kroner), and the money paid in by the remitters shall be in the currency of the country of issue. For this purpose the issuing country shall itself decide the rate at which amounts shall be converted from its own currency to that of the country of destination.

The paying in and out of money orders shall be made according to the gold value of the issuing and paying countries respectively, in the legal monetary values of such countries.

2. The Contracting Parties will communicate to each other the rate of conversion fixed by them, as well as the changes which they may make therein hereafter.

IV.-1. The maximum amount of every money order issued in the Norwegian post-offices and intended for the Commonwealth of Australia shall be fixed at 40l., and in the reverse direction at 726 kroner.

2. In the issue of money orders no account shall be taken of fractions of a penny or öre.

V.-1. Each Administration shall fix the amount of commission to be charged on Money Orders issued at its offices.

Each Contracting Party shall notify to the other the rates of commission charged by it on money orders, and any later alterations to such rates.

2. The money order commission shall belong to the issuing Administration, but the latter shall credit to the paying Administration one-half of 1 per cent. of the amount of orders issued by its offices and paid by the other Administration.

* Vol. LXXXVI, page 39.

+ Vol. LXXXVII, page 32. Vol. XCII, page 34.