Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, and by virtue of the authority conferred upon him by "The Copyright Act, 1911," is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: The principal Order shall extend to Czechoslovakia as if that country were amongst the Foreign Countries of the Copyright Union therein named, subject to the following modifications: (a.) The provisions of Article 2, proviso (iii) (a) shall apply as if Czechoslovakia were included amongst the Foreign Countries named in those provisions. (b.) In the application of the provisions of Article 3 of the principal Order to works of which the country of origin is Czechoslovakia the date of this Order shall be substituted for the commencement of the Act and for the commencement of the principal Order. (c.) In the application to such works of Sections 1 (2) (d) and 19 of "The Copyright Act, 1911," the date of this Order shall be substituted for the commencement of the Act in Section 19 (7) and 19 (8) wherever that expression occurs, and the 22nd day of February, 1921, for the passing of the Act. (d.) In the application to such works of the provisions of Section 24 of "The Copyright Act, 1911," the date of this Order shall be substituted for the commencement of the Act wherever that expression occurs in Sub-Section (1) (a) and for the 26th July, 1910, and Sub-Section (1) (b). (e.) In the application of "The Copyright Act, 1911," to existing works, nothing in this Order shall derogate from any rights in literary or artistic works restored in favour of nationals of Czechoslovakia by virtue of Article 258* of the Treaty of Peace between the Allied and Associated Powers and Austria signed at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the 10th September, 1919. And the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury are to give the necessary orders accordingly. ALMERIC FITZROY. Vol. CXII, page 451. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL further postponing the coming into operation of " The Merchant Shipping (Convention) Act, 1914."-London, May 27, 1921.* At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 27th day of PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS on the 20th day of January, 1914, an International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, and for purposes incidental thereto, was duly entered into by His Majesty and the other Signatory Powers more especially referred to and set out in the said Convention; And whereas a Statute 4 & 5 Geo. V, c. 50, intituled "An Act to make such amendments of the law relating to Merchant Shipping as are necessary or expedient to give effect to an International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea" (being the Convention above referred to) was passed on the 10th day of August, 1914, the short title of which is The Merchant Shipping (Convention) Act, 1914 "‡; And whereas by Section 29, Sub-Section 5, of the said Act it was provided as follows: : "This Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1915: Provided that His Majesty may, by Order in Council, from time to time postpone the coming into operation of this Act for such period, not exceeding on any occasion of postponement one year, as may be specified in the Order "'; And whereas by divers Orders in Council the coming into operation of the said Act has been from time to time postponed, and now stands postponed, by virtue of an Order in Council of the 3rd day of December, 1920, § until the 1st day of July, 1921; And whereas His Majesty deems it expedient that the provisions of the said Act should be further postponed: Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, in pursuance of the powers vested in him by the above-recited provision, and of all other powers him thereunto enabling, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that the provisions of "The Merchant Shipping (Convention) Act, 1914," shall be postponed from coming into operation until the 1st day of January, 1922. ALMERIC FITZROY. * "London Gazette," June 3, 1921. + Vol. CVIII, page 283. Vol. CVIII, page 23. § Vol. CXIII, page 222. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL applying Part II of " The Medical Act, 1886," to the Union of South Africa.London, June 10, 1921.* At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. Lord President. Lord Chamberlain. Mr. Massey. Sir Robert Stout. WHEREAS by Section 17 of "The Medical Act, 1886," it is provided (amongst other things) that His Majesty may, from time to time, by Order in Council declare that the second part of the said Act shall be deemed, on and after a day to be named in such Order, to apply to any British Possession which in the opinion of His Majesty affords to the Registered Medical Practitioners of the United Kingdom such privileges of practising in the said British Possession as to His Majesty may seem just; and that from and after the day named in such Order in Council such British Possession shall be deemed to be a British Possession to which the said Act applies, within the meaning of the Second Part thereof, and that until such Order in Council has been made in respect of any British Possession the said Second Part of the said Act shall not be deemed to apply to any such Possession; And whereas on the 31st day of May, 1910, the Union of South Africa was established under the provisions of an Act of Parliament, passed in the 9th year of His late Majesty's reign shortly entitled, "The South Africa Act, 1909," and the Colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony are now provinces forming parts of the Union established as aforesaid; And whereas the said Union of South Africa is a British Possession within the meaning of the said Medical Act, and in the opinion of His Majesty affords to the Registered Medical Practitioners of the United Kingdom such privileges of practising in the said Union of South Africa as to His Majesty seem just: Now, therefore, His Majesty doth hereby, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, order and declare that the Second Part of The Medical Act, 1886," shall be deemed to apply to the Union of South Africa from the date of this Order. ALMERIC FITZROY. "London Gazette," June 17, 1921. + Vol. CII, page 5. BRITISH NOTIFICATION of the Denunciation by Great Britain of the Anglo-Argentine Agreement respecting Postal Packets, signed at Buenos Aires, June 10, 1884.— London, June 18, 1921.* Foreign Office, June 18, 1921. ON the 17th February last His Majesty's Minister at Buenos Aires, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, gave notice of denunciation of the Agreement between the Governments of Great Britain and the Argentine Republic, signed at Buenos Aires, June 10th, 1884, for increasing the limits of weight and the dimensions of packets of patterns of merchandise exchanged through the post between the two countries. The Agreement referred to will accordingly cease to have effect from February 17th, 1922. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL under "The Consular Salaries and Fees Act, 1891," establishing Tables of Consular and Marriage Fees.-London, June 27, 1921.‡ At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 27th day of June, 1921. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS by The Consular Salaries and Fees Act, 1891," His Majesty the King is authorised by Order in Council to fix the fees to be taken in respect of any matter or thing done by a Consular officer in the execution of his office, and to vary such fees by way of increase or decrease, and to abolish fees, and to create new fees; And whereas by "The Foreign Marriage Act, 1892," by The Marriage with Foreigners Act, 1906," and by "The Foreign Marriages Order in Council, 1913," it is provided that certain things may or shall be done on payment of the proper fee, and those Acts further provide that the proper fee shall be such fee as may for the time being be fixed under "The Consular Salaries and Fees Act, 1891," and that the fee so fixed as respects a Consul shall be the fee which may be taken by any Marriage officer; 66 And whereas it is expedient that the tables of fees fixed by The Consular Fees (General) Order in Council, 1906,"S "The China (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1906," and "The Japan (Consular and Marriage Fees) "London Gazette," June 21, 1921. + Vol. LXXV, page 24. "London Gazette," July 8, 1921. § Vol. XCIX, page 514. Vol. XCIX, page 522. Order in Council, 1906,"* should in certain respects be amended, and that the whole of the fees to be taken by Consular officers and Marriage officers should be fixed by an Order in Council made under the provisions of "The Consular Salaries and Fees Act, 1891": Now, therefore, His Majesty, in pursuance of the beforementioned Acts, is pleased by and with the advice of his Privy Council to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: 1. This Order may be cited as "The Consular Fees Order in Council, 1921." 2. The several fees set forth in the tables annexed to this Order are hereby established, and the said tables and notes thereto shall be construed as part of this Order. The fees specified in column 1 of the tables are to be paid and taken in all foreign countries other than China and Japan; the fees specified in column 2 are to be paid and taken in Japan; and the fees specified in column 3 are to be paid and taken in China. 3. The fees to be paid and taken in respect of matters arising under "The China and Corea (Shipping Registry) Order in Council, 1904,"t shall be the fees contained in tables annexed to this Order numbered 1 to 9H respectively. The fees to be paid and taken in respect of matters arising under "The China (Passenger-ships Fees) Order in Council, 1908,"‡ and The China (Consular Fees) Order in Council, 1909,''§ shall be the fees contained in Part V of the tables annexed to this Order, numbered 114 to 117 and 118 to 120 respectively. The fees to be paid and taken in respect of matters arising under "The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order in Council, 1921," are the fees set out under No. 77 of the tables annexed to this Order. 4. This Order shall come into operation forthwith. 5. On and after the day on which this Order comes into operation in any place to which this Order applies, the Orders in Council mentioned in the second Schedule to this Order shall be repealed as to that place, but this repeal shall not affect any right or liability existing at the commencement of this Order in any place. And the Right Honourable George Nathaniel, Earl Curzon of Kedleston, K.G., one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein. ALMERIC FITZROY. * Vol. XCIX, page 531. + Vol. XCVII, page 137. § Vol. CII, page 50. | Page 35. |