4. In cases of attendances away from the Consular office or the Consular officer's residence (Parts III and IV), if the Consular officer finds it necessary to be accompanied by a clerk the fee will be increased by one-half. 5. The above fees, if not paid in British gold, are to be paid in Mexican dollars at the rate of 28. (two shillings) to 1 dollar, or at the rate of exchange fixed periodically by the Treasury. Change cannot be demanded. Form (A). This is to certify that in consideration of having undertaken, at my request and on my behalf, to transact certain business which a Consular officer is permitted, but is not bound, to undertake under the Consular Regulations. I have agreed to pay him, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, therefor the fee in such case provided by "The Consular Fees Order in Council, 1921." Section 111 of Table (viz.. for each hour, or fraction thereof, of attendance, £1, with a maximum per day of £8), in addition to any other fee properly chargeable under that Order in Council, and to travelling and other expenses. day of , 19 BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL fixing the date for the coming into operation of "The Treaties of Washington Act, 1922."-London, October 11, 1923.(1) At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of October, 1923. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. 66 WHEREAS it is provided by The Treaties of Washington Act, 1922 (2) (hereinafter referred to as the Act), that the Act shall come into operation on such day as may be fixed by Order of His Majesty in Council: Now, therefore, His Majesty 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 Treaties of Washington Order, 1923." 2. The 15th day of October, 1923, is hereby fixed as the day on which the Act shall come into operation. M. P. A. HANKEY. (1) "London Gazette," October 16, 1923. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL applying the provisions of Section 91 of "The Patents and Designs Acts, 1907 and 1919," to the Dominion of Canada.-London, October 11, 1923.(1) At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. The Patents and Designs WHEREAS by Section 91 of Acts, 1907 and 1919 "(2) (7 Edw. VII, c. 29, and 9 and 10 Geo. V, c. 80), it is, in regard to International and Colonial arrangements relating to the registration of patents, designs and trade-marks, provided, inter alia, as follows: (5.) Where it is made to appear to His Majesty that the Legislature of any British Possession has made satisfactory provision for the protection of inventions, designs or trademarks, patented or registered in this country, it shall be lawful for His Majesty, by Order in Council, to apply the provisions of this section to that Possession, with such variations or additions, if any, as may be stated in the Order": And whereas it is made to appear to His Majesty that the Legislature of the Dominion of Canada has made satisfactory provision for the protection of inventions, designs and trademarks, patented or registered in the United Kingdom: Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, by virtue and in pursuance of the provisions of the above-recited sub-section, and of every other power him thereunto enabling, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: 66 1. The provisions of Section 91 of The Patents and Designs Acts, 1907 and 1919," shall apply to the Dominion of Canada. 2. This Order shall take effect from the 1st September, 1923. 3. This Order may be cited as "The Patents, Designs. and Trade-Marks (Canada) Order, 1923." M. P. A. HANKEY. (1) "London Gazette," October 12 1923. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL applying Section 102 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," to the Commonwealth of Australia, as regards Certificates of Competency. -London, October 11, 1923.(1) At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of PRESENT THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS by Section 102 of "The Merchant Shipping Act. 1894 (2) (hereinafter referred to as "the Act of 1894 ''), it is enacted that where the Legislature of any British Possession provides for the examination of and grant of certificates of competency to persons intending to act as masters, mates, or engineers on board ships, and the Board of Trade report to His Majesty that they are satisfied that the examinations are so conducted as to be equally efficient with the examinations for the same purpose in the United Kingdom under the said Act, and that the certificates are granted on such principles as to show the like qualifications and competency as those granted under the said Act, and are liable to be forfeited for the like reasons and in the like manner, His Majesty may, by Order in Council (i.) Declare that the said certificates shall be of the same force as if they had been granted under the said Act; and (ii.) Declare that all or any of the provisions of the said Act which relate to certificates of competency granted under that Act shall apply to the certificates referred to in the said Order; and (iii.) Impose such conditions and make such regulations with respect to the said certificates and to the use, issue, delivery, cancellation and suspension thereof, as His Majesty may think fit, and impose fines not exceeding £50 for the breach of those conditions and regulations; 66 And whereas by Section 738 of the Act of 1894 it is (amongst other things) provided that upon the publication in the London Gazette of any such Order in Council as last aforesaid the Order shall, as from the date of the publication or any later date mentioned in the Order, take effect as if it were enacted by Parliament; And whereas the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Australia has, by "The Navigation Act, 1912-20," provided for the examination of and grant of certificates of competency to persons intending to act as masters, mates, or engineers on board ships; that the same Act shall be administered by the (1) "London Gazette," October 12, 1923. (2) Vol. LXXXVI, page 633. Minister for Trade and Customs; and that the Department of Trade and Customs shall be the Department to carry it into effect; And whereas the Board of Trade have reported to His Majesty that they are satisfied that the examinations to be held by the Department of Trade and Customs of the Commonwealth of Australia will be so conducted as to be equally efficient with the examinations for the same purpose in the United Kingdom under the Act of 1894 and "The Merchant Shipping (Certificates) Act, 1914, "(3) and that the certificates will be granted on such principles as to show the like qualifications and competency as those granted under those Acts: Now, therefore, His Majesty, in exercise of the powers vested in him by the Act of 1894, 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 Merchant Shipping (Australian Certificates of Competency) Order, 1923." 2. So much of the Order in Council made on the 9th day of May, 1891, as provides that certificates of competency issued by the Steam Navigation Board of Victoria, the Marine Board of South Australia, the Governor of Tasmania, the Marine Board of New South Wales and the Marine Board of Queensland shall be of the same force as if they had been granted in the United Kingdom under the Acts relating to merchant shipping, and the whole of the Order in Council made on the 23rd day of November, 1893, substituting for the purposes of the last-mentioned Order, the Marine Board of Victoria for the Steam Navigation Board of Victoria, are hereby revoked. 3. Certificates of competency as master, first mate and second mate of a foreign-going ship, as first-class and secondclass engineers, and as first-class and second-class motor engineers granted on and after the 1st day of October, 1923, by the Minister of Trade and Customs of the Commonwealth of Australia, shall be of the same force as if they had been granted in the United Kingdom under the Act of 1894 and The Merchant Shipping (Certificates) Act, 1914." 4. The provisions of the Act of 1894 which relate to certificates of competency for the foreign trade granted under that Act, except so much of the Section 470 as requires a Court cancelling or suspending a certificate to send the certificate cancelled or suspended to the Board of Trade, shall apply to such certificates of competency as are in Article 3 of this Order referred to; provided that Section 101 of the Act of 1894 shall for the purpose of its application to such certificates be construed as referring not to the Board of Trade or (3) Vol. CVIII, page 22. the Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen, but to the Minister of Trade and Customs of the Commonwealth of Australia. 5. The Regulations set out in the Schedule hereto shall take effect with respect to such certificates of competency as are in Article 3 of this Order referred to, and to the use, issue or delivery, cancellation and suspension thereof. M. P. A. HANKEY. SCHEDULE. Regulations with respect to the Use, Issue, Delivery, Cancellation and Suspension of Australian Certificates of Competency. 1. IN these Regulations-" Australian Certificate" means a certifi cate of competency as master, first mate or second mate of a foreigngoing ship, as first-class or second-class engineer or as first-class or second-class motor engineer granted by the Minister of Trade and Customs pursuant to the provisions of "The Navigation Act, 1912-20," of the Commonwealth of Australia and any Act amending the same. Minister' means the Minister of Trade and Customs of the Commonwealth of Australia. 66 Certificate of Imperial Validity means a certificate of competency which has been granted by the Board of Trade under The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," or has been declared by Order in Council pursuant to the provisions of Section 102 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," to be of the same force as if it had been granted under that Act. 66 2. An Australian Certificate shall have the words Commonwealth of Australia" inserted prominently on its face and back, but otherwise shall be as nearly as possible similar in shape and form to the certificate of competency of corresponding grade granted by the Board of Trade under The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894." 3. The Minister shall furnish the Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen in London from time to time with accurate lists of all such Australian Certificates as may be granted, or as may, for any cause whatsoever, be cancelled, suspended, renewed or re-issued; and shall also furnish him with duplicates of the applications for examination made by the persons to whom such certificates are granted. 4. An Australian Certificate shall not be granted to any person who may have had a certificate, whether granted by the Board of Trade or by the authority of a British Dominion, Colony or Possession, cancelled or suspended under the provisions of The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," or of any Act or Ordinance for the time being in force in any part of His Majesty's Dominions, unless (i.) In accordance with Regulation No. 5; or (ii) The same is a certificate of a lower grade than the one so cancelled or suspended, and is issued upon the recommendations of the Court or authority which cancelled or suspended the original certificate; or (iii.) The period of suspension has expired; or (iv.) Intimation has been received from the Board of Trade or the authority by whom the cancelled or suspended certificate was originally granted, to the effect that no objection to the grant of such Australian Certificate is known to exist. Before a certificate is returned in accordance with sub-division (iii) any certificate which may have been granted temporarily or pending |