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costs that may be ordered by the High Court of Bombay on the appeal to be paid by the appellant, and shall comply with such terms and conditions and take such steps as shall be prescribed by Rules of Court.

58. This Order shall commence and have effect as follows:(1) As to the making of any warrant or appointment under this Order, immediately from and after the date of this Order.

(2) As to the framing of Rules of Procedure or Regulations, and the approval thereof by the Secretary of State, immediately from and after the date of this Order.

(3) As to all other matters and provisions comprised and contained in this Order immediately from and after the expiration of one month after this Order is first exhibited in the public office of the Court, for which purpose the Judge is hereby required forthwith, on receipt by him of a copy of this Order, to affix and exhibit the same conspicuously in the public office of the Court, and he is also hereby required to keep the same so affixed and exhibited during one month from the first exhibition thereof; and notice of the time of such first exhibition shall, as soon thereafter as practicable, be published in Zanzibar in such manner as the Court directs; and notwithstanding anything in this Order, the time of the expiration of the said month shall be deemed to be the time of the commencement of this Order.*

(4) Proof shall not in any proceeding or matter be required that the provisions of this Article have been complied with, nor shall any act or proceeding be invalidated by any failure to comply with any of such provisions.

59. A copy of this Order shall be kept exhibited conspicuously in the Court at Zanzibar.

Printed copies shall be provided and sold at such reasonable. prices as the Court directs.

And the Right Honourable Sir Edward Grey, Baronet, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein.

A. W. FitzRoy.

Sub-Article (3) was repealed by St. R. & O., 1906, No. 964, printed below.

THE ZANZIBAR ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1906 (No. 2).

1906. No. 964.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of
December, 1906.
PRESENT,

The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

Whereas by Treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, and other lawful means, His Majesty the King has jurisdiction within the dominions of His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar;

And whereas an Order in Council providing for the exercise of such jurisdiction, intituled "The Zanzibar Order in Council, 1906, was duly enacted by His Majesty in Council on the 11th day of May, 1906;

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And whereas it was provided by the said Order that as to certain matters and things the said Order should commence and have effect immediately from and after the expiration of one month after the said Order was first exhibited in the public. office of His Majesty's Court for Zanzibar, for which purpose the Judge of the said Court was required on receipt by him of a copy of the said Order forthwith to exhibit the same in the public office of the said Court;

And whereas it is desirable to postpone the commencement of the said Order as to such matters and things:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by " The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890," or otherwise in His Majesty vested, is pleased by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:

1. (1.) The Zanzibar Order in Council, 1906, shall, except as to the making of any warrant or appointment, or the framing of rules of procedure or regulations, and the approval thereof by the Secretary of State, commence and have effect on such day as the Secretary of State shall appoint.†

(2.) A notice shall be published at Zanzibar by His Majesty's Agent and Consul-General, specifying the date on which the Secretary of State has appointed that the said Order shall com

mence.

* Printed at p. 193, above.

The day has not yet (Dec. 31, 1906) been appointed.

(3.) From and after the issue of such notice the Judge of the Court for Zanzibar shall, on receipt of a copy of the said Order, affix the same in a conspicuous place in the public office of the said Court, and keep the same exhibited until the day appointed by the Secretary of State for the commencement of the Order.

2. Article 58, Sub-Article (3) of "The Zanzibar Order in Council, 1906" is hereby repealed.

3. This Order may be cited as "The Zanzibar Order in Council, 1906, No. 2."

And the Right Honourable Sir Edward Grey, Baronet, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein.

A. W. Fitzroy.

(c.) British West Africa.

(i.) Gold Coast, Northern Territories of the.

THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1906.

1906. No. 807.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of October, 1906.

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Whereas by an Order of His Majesty in Council bearing date the 26th day of September 1901 and known as the Northern Territories Order in Council 1901,* certain territories of West Africa by virtue and in exercise of the powers by the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890,† or otherwise in His Majesty vested, were defined and delimited and were named the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast and provision was made for the Administration thereof;

And whereas by an Order of His Majesty in Council of even date therewith and known as the Ashanti Order in Council

* Printed St. R. & O. Rev., 1904, "Foreign Jurisdiction," p. 146.
† 53-4 V. c. 37.

1901 the territories therein described were annexed to and became part of His Majesty's dominions and were to be known as Ashanti;

And whereas by an Order of His Majesty in Council of even date herewith certain territories included within the limits of the Northern Territories Order in Council 1901 have been annexed to His Majesty's dominions and have been included within Ashanti;

And whereas it is expedient to further define the limits of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast;

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Majesty's Privy Council, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:-

1. The Northern Territories of the Gold Coast shall be the territories which are bounded as follows, namely:

On the south by Ashanti, on the west and north by the line of the frontier between the British and French possessions, and on the east by the line of the frontier between the British and German Possessions.

2. The territories so bounded shall be known as the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast.

3. Article II. of the Northern Territories Order in Council 1901 is hereby revoked.

4. This Order shall be published in the Gold Coast Government Gazette and shall thereupon come into operationt and the Governor of the Gold Coast shall give directions for the publication of this Order at such places and in such manner, and for such time or times as he thinks proper for giving due publicity thereto within the Northern Territories.

5. His Majesty may from time to time revoke, add to, or amend this Order.

6. This Order may be cited as the Northern Territories Order in Council, 1906.

And the Right Honourable the Earl of Elgin, K.G., one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

* Printed St. R. & O. Rev., 1904, " Ashanti," p. 1.

A. W. Fitzroy.

This Order has not yet (Dec. 31, 1906) been brought into operation.

(ii.) Northern Nigeria Protectorate.

THE NIGERIA COINAGE ORDER, 1906. DATED
JULY 28, 1906.

1906. No. 600.

[This Order in Council is printed at p. 41, above, under the title "Coin, Colonies (and Protectorates)."]

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At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 16th day of February, 1906.

PRESENT:

The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

Whereas by the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890,* it is, amongst other things enacted, that it shall be lawful for His Majesty the King to hold, exercise, and enjoy any jurisdiction which His Majesty now has or may at any time hereafter have within a foreign country in the same and as ample a manner as if His Majesty had acquired that jurisdiction by the cession or conquest of territory:

And whereas by certain Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster the 13th day of January 1886,† the Settlement of Lagos was constituted a Colony, under the title of the Colony of Lagos, and a Legislative Council was appointed for the said Colony, with certain powers and authority, to legislate for the said Colony, as in the said Letters Patent is more fully set forth:

And whereas His Majesty has this day, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, been pleased to direct that Letters Patent be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom

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