like powers and authorities as are hereinafter expressed, it shall be lawful for His Majesty by Order in Council to direct, and from and after publication of such Order in the London Gazette it shall be and is hereby enacted, that whenever any subject of such Foreign State shall die within the dominions of His Majesty and there shall be no person present at the time of such death who shall be rightfully entitled to administer to the estate of such deceased person, it shall be lawful for the Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent of such Foreign State within. that part of His Majesty's Dominions where such Foreign subject shall die to take possession and have the custody of the personal property of the deceased, and to apply the same in payment of his or her debts and funeral expenses, and to retain the surplus for the benefit of the persons entitled thereto; but such Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent shall immediately apply for and shall be entitled to obtain from the proper Court letters of administration of the effects of such deceased person, limited in such a manner and for such time as to such Court shall seem fit.

And whereas a Convention between His Majesty the King and His Majesty the Emperor of Japan was made on the 26th April, 1900, and ratified on the 25th October, 1900, whereby it is provided

I. That whenever a subject of one of the High Contracting Parties shall die within the dominions of the other and there shall be no person present at the time of such death who shall be rightly entitled to administer the estate of such deceased person, the following Rules shall be observed:

(1) When the deceased leaves, in the above-named circumstances, heirs of his or her own nationality only, or who may be qualified to enjoy the civil status of their father or mother, as the case may be, the Consul-General, Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent of the country to which the deceased belonged, on giving notice to the proper authorities, shall take possession and have custody of the property of the said deceased, shall pay the expenses of the funeral, and retain the surplus for the payment of his or her debts, and for the benefit of the heirs to whom it may rightly belong.

But the said Consul-General, Consul, Vice-Consul or Consular Agent shall be bound immediately to apply to the proper Court for letters of administration of the effects left by the deceased, and these letters shall be delivered to him with such limitations and for such time as to such Court may seem right.

(2) If, however, the deceased leaves in the country of his or her decease and in the above-named circumstances, any heir or universal legatee of other

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nationality than his or her own, or to whom the civil status of his or her father or his or her mother, as the case may be, cannot be granted, then each of the two Governments may determine whether the proper Court shall proceed according to law, or shall confide the collection and administration to the respective Consular Officers under the proper limitations. When there is no Consul-General, Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent, in the locality where the decease has occurred (in the case contemplated by the first rule of this Article) upon. whom devolves the custody and administration of the estate, the proper authority shall proceed in these acts until the arrival of the respective Consular Officers.

II. That the stipulations of the Convention shall be applicable, so far as the laws permit, to all the Colonies and foreign possessions of His Majesty, excepting to those hereinafter named, that is to say, except to India, The Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, The Cape, Natal, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, and New Zealand; provided always that the stipulations of the Convention shall be made applicable to any of the above-named Colonies or foreign possessions, on whose behalf notice to that effect shall have been given to the Japanese Government by His Majesty's Representative at Tokyo, within two years from the date of the exchange of ratifications of the Convention.

III. That the Convention shall remain in force until the 17th July, 1911.

And whereas within the period prescribed by Article II. the stipulations of the Convention have been made applicable to the Colonies of The Cape, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia, and to India:

Now therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that whenever any subject of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan shall die during the currency of the Convention within any of the dominions of His Majesty the King to which the stipulations of the Convention are applicable, and there shall be no person present at the time of such death who shall be rightfully entitled to administer to the estate of such deceased person, it shall be lawful for the Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent, of the Japanese Government within that part of His Majesty's Dominions where such Japanese subject shall die, to take possession and have the custody of the personal property of the deceased, and to apply the same in payment of his or her debts and funeral expenses, and to retain the surplus for the

benefit of the persons entitled thereto; but such Consul, ViceConsul or Consular Agent shall immediately apply for and shall be entitled to obtain from the proper Court letters of administration of the effects of such deceased person, limited in such manner and for such time as to such Court shall seem fit.

A. W. FitzRoy.

ADULTERATION.

Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs.

THE FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS (GENERAL) REGULATIONS, 1906. DATED DECEMBER 27, 1906.

1906. No. 944.

The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906,* hereby make the following Regulations:

COMMENCEMENT.

1. These Regulations shall take effect on the 1st day of January, 1907, and remain in force until altered or revoked by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.

DEFINITIONS.

2. In these Regulations

The Act" means the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906.

"Purchaser" and "seller" include their respective agents.

"Fertiliser " means any article used for fertilising the soil. "Feeding stuff" means any article used as food for cattle (as defined by the Act, i.e., bulls, cows, oxen, heifers, calves, sheep, goats, swine, or horses) or poultry. Other expressions have the same respective meanings as in the Act.

* 6 Edw. 7, c. 27.

FORMS OF CERTIFICATE OF AGRICULTURAL ANALYST (s. 3 (4) (b)).

3. The certificate of an Agricultural Analyst, in the case of a sample which has been divided into parts as in the Act provided, shall be in such one of the Forms A and B set forth in the schedule hereto as may be applicable to the case, with such variations as the circumstances require.

ANALYST'S REPORT.

4. Every Agricultural Analyst shall, as soon as may be after the 31st day of March, the 30th day of June, the 30th day of September, and the 31st day of December in each year, report to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries the results of all analyses made by him under section 3 (4) (b) of the Act during the three calendar months ending on such dates respectively; and he shall also forthwith report to the said Board the result of any such analysis in any case in which any provision of the Act appears to him to have been infringed.

CITRIC ACID SOLVENT (s. 10 (1)).

5. When in an invoice relating to basic slag or basic superphosphate it is specified that a certain percentage of the phosphate contained in the basic slag or basic superphosphate is soluble in citric acid, this shall be taken to mean that it is capable of being dissolved to the extent of such percentage when 5 grams of the fertiliser and 500 cubic centimetres of water, containing 10 grams of citric acid, are continuously agitated in a flask or bottle of about 1 litre capacity for the period of half an hour at the ordinary temperature.

REVOCATION.

6. The Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Regulations, 1897,* are hereby revoked as from the time at which these Regulations take effect.

SHORT TITLE.

7. These Regulations may be cited as the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs (General) Regulations, 1906.

In witness whereof the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have hereunto set their official seal, this twenty-seventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and six.

(L.S.)

T. H. Elliott,

Secretary.

* Printed St. R. & O. Rev., 1904, "Adulteration," p. 20.

The Schedule.

FORM A.

Certificate for Fertiliser.

I, the undersigned, Agricultural Analyst for the (1)

in

pursuance of the provisions of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906, hereby certify that I received on the

19 from (3)

day of

two parts of a sample of (3)

for analysis; which parts were duly sealed and fastened up and marked (*) and were accompanied by the annexed (5) (copy of an) invoice, and also by the annexed (5) circular and advertisement, and that at the request of (6) I have analysed one of the

said parts and declare the result of my analysis to be as follows:

I am of opinion that the said part contained the following percentages :

(1) Here insert the name of the county, borough, or district.

(3) Here insert the name of the person delivering the sample, and if so "by post."

(3) Here insert the name of the article as stated on the invoice.

(*) Here insert the distinguishing mark on the sample.

(5) The invoice or copy invoice, and any circular or advertisement given to the Analyst, will be initialed by the Analyst for purposes of identification and annexed to this certificate.

(*) Here insert name of the person requesting the analysis.

The Analyst may, in his discretion, add a statement of the amount of ammonia to

which the amount of nitrogen stated in the certificate is equivalent.

()The phosphates in both cases to be given in terms of tribasic phosphate of lime, and in accordance with the definitions of "soluble" and "insoluble" contained in s. 10 (1) of the Act.

(") The potash to be given in terms of potassium oxide, K2O.

(16) Here state:

(a.) The percentages of chemical and other ingredients present, when any statement of such percentages is contained in the invoice, or in any accompanying circular or advertisement descriptive of the article.

(b.) In what respect, if any, the invoice or the description of the article contained in any such circular or advertisement, is false in any material particular to the prejudice of the purchaser.