And whereas by "The Foreign Marriage Act, 1892, "(3) by "The Marriage with Foreigners Act, 1906, "(4) 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 Order in Council, 1921 (6) (hereinafter called "the principal Order "), should, so far as it is applicable to China, be amended in certain respects: 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: 66 1. This Order may be cited as The Consular Fees (Amendment) Order in Council, 1923," and shall be read as one with The Consular Fees Order in Council, 1921." 2. The several fees set forth in the table annexed to this Order are hereby substituted for the several fees specified in column 3 of the tables annexed to the principal Order. The notes set forth in the table annexed to this Order are hereby substituted for the notes set forth in the tables annexed to the principal Order. The said table and notes thereto shall be considered as part of this Order. 3. This Order shall come into operation forthwith. And the Most Honourable George Nathaniel Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, K.G., one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein. M. P. A. HANKEY. SCHEDULE. Table of Consular and Marriage Fees in China. Part I.-Fees to be taken in respect to matters in which the interposition of a Consular officer is required by law. MERCHANT SHIPPING. 1 For every declaration taken or recorded under the Merchant Shipping Act, with a view to the registry, transfer and transmission of ships, interests in ships, or mortgages on ships ... £8. d. 0 12 0 (3) Vol. LXXXIV, page 253 (5) Vol. CVI, page 589. 2 For endorsing a memorandum of change of master upon the certificate of registry, and initialling his signature on agreement with crew, if required 3 For granting a provisional certificate of registry (this fee to be exclusive of fees on declarations) 4 For recording a mortgage of a ship, or shares in a ship 5 For recording the transfer of a mortgage of a ship, or shares in a ship £ 8. d 080 2 15 0 2 15 0 2 15 0 6 For recording the discharge of a mortgage of a ship, or shares in a ship 2 15. 0 7 For every sale of a ship, or shares in a ship, made before a Consular officer 8 For inspection of the register book of transactions in ships, kept in pursuance of the Merchant Shipping Act ... 9 For certified copy of extract from register book of 9A Certificate of registry 9B Certificate of sale or mortgage 9c Endorsing ownership on certificate of registry 9D Transfer of registry to another port 9 Pass for ship 9F Alteration in register of name, rig or tonnage 15 tons, and under 500 tons, gross tonnage 500 tons, and under 1,000 tons, gross tonnage 1,000 tons, and under 2,000 tons, gross tonnage 2,000 tons, and under 3,000 tons, gross tonnage 3,000 tons, and under 4,000 tons, gross tonnage 4,000 tons, and under 5,000 tons, gross tonnage 5,000 tons, and under 10,000 tons, gross tonnage 10,000 tons and upwards 9H For the inspection of the berthing or sleeping For each visit to the ship (b.) When the accommodation is inspected at For the inspection of light and fog signals : For each visit made to the ship on the Provided that the aggregate amount of fees for [CXVII] 9H For the inspection of the marking of a ship (a.) The aggregate amount of the fees for any (When the marking of a ship is inspected 10 For every seaman engaged before a consular officer ... 12 For every seaman discharged or left behind with the 13 For every desertion certified by a Consular officer 15 For attesting the execution of a seaman's will (see No. 106) 040 16 For certification of form of claim for wages, &c., of a deceased seaman 020 17 For examination of provisions or water, to be paid by the party who proves to be in default, in addition to costs of survey ... 18 For every salvage bond made in pursuance of 66 66 N.B. A payment of £13 shall free the ship from payment of Fees Nos. 19 and 40 at every port in China during the following three months. Marriage Fees to be taken by Marriage Officers acting under The Foreign 20 For receiving notice of an intended marriage 21 For receiving notice of a caveat 22 For every marriage solemnised by, or in the presence 24 For registration by Consular officer of a marriage 150 4 0 0 07 0 0 12 0 150 1 5 0 070 15 0 Part II.-Fees to be taken in respect of matters in which the interposition of a Consular officer is to be given when required by the parties interested. 25 For noting a marine protest and furnishing one certified copy if required 26 For every other copy 27 For filing a request for survey and issuing order of 28 For receiving report of survey, filing original in 31 If the protest or report of survey exceeds 200 words, ... 33 For preparing a fresh agreement with the crew of a 28. for each man, with minimum of £1 and maxi- 34 Bill of health 35 Certifying to a foreign bill of health 36 Certificate of origin and/or of interest in, or of cost of For consignments not exceeding £20 in value ... 37 Certificate of due landing of goods exported from a British port ... 38 For application addressed to local authorities for arrest or imprisonment of a seaman, if granted pursuant to the request of the master : For each seaman, if more than one is concerned... £ 8. d. 39 Ditto. for release of a seaman : For each seaman, if more than one is concerned... 40 For each certificate granted as to the number of the crew of a vessel, or as to any other matter required by local authorities for the clearance inwards and outwards of a vessel (see Nos. 19 and 41) 0 10 0 N.B.-A payment of £13 shall free the ship from the payment of Fees Nos. 19 and 40 at every port in China during the following three months. 41 For drawing up, in form and language required by local authorities, a muster-roll or detailed list, giving the names, &c., of each member of the crew of a vessel (to be charged in addition to No. 40) ... 42 For affixing Consular signature, and seal if required, to a ship's manifest [CXVII] 0 12 0 070 0 12 0 E 4 43 For affixing Consular seal or signature to any entry in 45 For any document required from a Consular officer 46 For certifying the engagement or discharge of, or the leaving behind of, or for certifying any alteration in the agreement made under Section 115 of "The Indian Merchant Shipping Act, 1859," with a lascar seaman by the master of a foreign ship, or for certifying the death of, or the desertion of his ship by, any such seaman 47 For certifying the transfer of one or more lascar seamen, with their agreements, from one foreign ship to another foreign ship, per man N.B. The fee under 47 is inclusive of, and not additional to, the engagement and discharge fee in 46, and should be divided equally between the two ships concerned. The total maximum fee charged to both ships should not exceed £10. 48 For inspecting ship's papers when their production is required to enable a Consular officer to perform any specific service on the ship's behalf ... N.B. This fee is not to be charged when Fee No. 19 is leviable or commuted, nor in addition to Fee 19, unless the agreement has been withdrawn from the Consular office in the interval. 49 For granting any certificate not otherwise provided for, if not exceeding 100 words, exclusive of fee for drawing (No. 99) 50 If exceeding 100 words, for every additional 100 words, or fraction thereof 51 For noting a bill of exchange £ s. d. 0 10 0 0 12 0 040 0 4 0 0 8 0 070 0 12 0 ... 070 070 52 For protest of a bill of exchange and copy 150 070 030 55 For each Consular signature attached to an exhibit 040 010 58 For each signature to a transfer of shares or stock attested by a Consular officer when executed in the presence of one or more witnesses besides the Consular officer ... 59 For each execution of a power of attorney attested by a Consular officer (see No. 108) N.B. When more than four persons execute a power at the same time, a fee of £2 only is to be charged. 60 For attesting the execution of a will of any person not being a British seaman (see Nos. 15 and 105) 070 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 0 |