duced on their behalf, and give liberty to the other party to crossexamine the said witnesses [upon cross-interrogatories and viva voce] and the party producing the witness for examination liberty to reexamine him riva voce.

And I further have the honour to request that you will be pleased to cause [the answers of the said witnesses and all additional viva voce questions, whether on examination, cross-examination, or re-examination] the evidence of such witnesses to be reduced into writing and all books, letters, papers and documents produced upon such examination to be duly marked for identification, and that you will be further pleased to authenticate such examination by the seal of your tribunal or in such other way as is in accordance with your procedure and to return the same together with [the interrogatories and cross-interrogatories, and] a note of the charges and expenses payable in respect of the execution of this request, through the British Consul from whom the same was received for transmission to the Supreme Court of Judicature.

And I further beg to request that you will cause me, or the agents of the parties if appointed, to be informed of the date and place where the examination is to take place.

Dated the

day of

19.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL amending The Ottoman Order in Council, 1910," and The Egypt Order in Council, 1915."-London, November 21, 1922.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of
November, 1922.

PRESENT THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

Lord President.

Mr. Secretary Bridgeman.

Sir Frederick Ponsonby.

Sir Robert Sanders, Bt.

Hon. William Watson.

Sir John Gilmour, Bt.
Sir Samuel Roberts, Bt.
Sir Archibald Salvidge.
Sir William Sutherland.
Mr. W. Dudley Ward.

Lt.-Commander E. Hilton Young.

WHEREAS by treaty, capitulation, grant, usage, sufferance, or other lawful means, His Majesty the King has jurisdiction in Egypt;

And whereas provision is now made by "The Ottoman Order in Council, 1910 " (S. R. and O., No. 1184 (1910)) (in this Order referred to as "the Principal Order "), and "The Egypt Order in Council, 1915 " (in this Order referred to as "the Egypt Order ") (S. R. and O., No. 141 (1915)), for the exercise of such jurisdiction, and it is desirable to amend the said Orders:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise
London Gazette," January 2, 1923.

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Vol. CIX, page 209.

of the powers in this behalf by "The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict., c. 37), 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. This Order may be cited as "The Egypt (Amendment) Order in Council, 1922," and shall be read as one with the Principal Order and with the Egypt Order and with any Order amending the latter.

2. The following provision is substituted in Egypt for Article 81 (1) of the Principal Order :

"Where it is proved that there is reasonable ground to apprehend (a) that a British subject is about to commit a breach of the public peace, or that the acts or conduct of a British subject are or is likely to produce or excite to a breach of the public peace, or (b) that a British subject has been guilty of conduct which, or has done or committed such acts as if done or committed in the United Kingdom, would in the United Kingdom constitute an offence under The Dangerous Drugs Act, 1920' (10 & 11 Geo. V, c. 46), or under the Vagrancy Acts, or under The Criminal Law Amendment Acts, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict., c. 69) and 1912' (2 & 3 Geo. V, c. 20), the Court may, if it thinks fit, cause him to be brought before it and require him to give security to the satisfaction of the Court to keep the peace, or for his future good behaviour, as the case may require.

3.--(1.) This Order shall take effect as soon as it is first exhibited in the public office of the Supreme Court for Egypt.

(2.) For that purpose the Judge of the Supreme Court shall, on the receipt by him of a certified printed copy of the Order, cause the same to be affixed and exhibited conspicuously in that office. He shall also keep the same so affixed and exhibited during one month from the first exhibition.

(3.) A certified copy of this Order shall also be affixed and exhibited in the public offices of the Consular Courts at Cairo and Port Said at the same time as it is first exhibited at Alexandria, or as soon thereafter as circumstances admit.

(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 such provisions

ALMERIC FITZROY.

[This Order came into force on the 27th December, 1922. ]

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL making further provision for the peace, order and good government of the Protectorate of Nigeria.-London, November 21, 1922.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of
November, 1922.

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 treaty, grant, usage, sufferance and other lawful means His Majesty has power and jurisdiction within the territories known as the Protectorate of Nigeria;

And whereas by an Order in Council bearing date the 22nd day of November, 1913, and known as "The Nigeria Protectorate Order in Council, 1913,"‡ provision was made for the administration of the government of the territories therein defined and described as the Protectorate of Nigeria;

And whereas by a further Order in Council bearing date the 10th day of May, 1917, and known as The Nigeria Protectorate Order in Council, 1917,"S" The Nigeria Protectorate Order in Council, 1913," has been amended;

And whereas it is expedient to make further and other provision for the peace, order, and good government of the Protectorate of Nigeria:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers by "The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890,1 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. This Order may be cited as Order in Council, 1922.”

The Nigeria Protectorate

2. This Order shall apply to the territories of Africa which are bounded on the south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west, north, and north-east by the line of the frontier between the British and French territories, and on the east by the territories known as the Cameroons :

Provided always that such parts of the territories so bounded as are within that portion of His Majesty's Dominions which is known as the Colony of Nigeria shall not be included within the limits of this Order. The territories

within the limits of this Order shall be known and described as the Protectorate of Nigeria.

3. In this Order, unless the subject or context otherwise requires-

His Majesty" includes His Majesty's heirs and

successors.

Secretary of State means one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.

"Treaty" includes any treaty, convention, agreement, or arrangement made by or on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, of His late Majesty King Edward the Seventh, or of His Majesty, with any civilised Power, or with any native tribe, people, chief, or king, and any regulation appended to any such treaty, convention, agreement or arrangement.

Governor means the Governor and Commander-inChief for the time being of the Colony of Nigeria and includes every person for the time being administering the government of the said Colony.

"Colony" means the Colony of Nigeria.

"Nigeria," used without qualification, means the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria.

4. The Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the time being of the Colony of Nigeria (hereinafter called "the Governor') shall be the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Protectorate of Nigeria, and he is hereby authorised, empowered and commanded to exercise on His Majesty's behalf all such powers and jurisdiction as His Majesty at any time before or after the passing of this Order had or may have within the said territories, and to that end to take or cause to be taken all such measures and to do or cause to be done all such matters and things therein as are lawful and as in the interest of His Majesty's service he may think expedient, subject to such instructions as he may from time to time receive from His Majesty or through a Secretary of State.

5. The Protectorate shall be divided into two or more portions, each under the immediate administration of a Lieutenant-Governor appointed by His Majesty: provided that every Lieutenant-Governor shall be under the control and authority of the Governor and subject to such instructions as he may from time to time receive from him.

And provided further that it shall be within the discretion of the Governor, subject always to the approval of a Secretary of State, to transfer a Lieutenant-Governor from the administration of one portion of the Protectorate to another portion, and to vary the limits of the area administered by a Lieutenant-Governor.

6. Every person appointed to fill the office of Governor shall, with all due solemnity, before entering on any of the

duties of his office, cause the Commission appointing him to be read and published at the seat of Government, in the presence of the Chief Justice or some other Judge of the Supreme Court, and of such members of the Executive Council of the Colony and Protectorate as can conveniently attend, which being done, he shall then and there take before them the oath of allegiance in the form provided by an Act passed in the session holden in the thirty-first and thirtysecond years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled, "An Act to amend the law relating to Promissory Oaths"; and likewise the usual oath for the due execution of the office of Governor and for the due and impartial administration of justice, which oaths the said Chief Justice or Judge, or, if they be unavoidably absent, the senior member of the Executive Council then present, is hereby required to administer.

7. The Executive Council of the Colony of Nigeria shall be and be deemed to be the Executive Council of the Protectorate.

8. On and after a date to be fixed by the Governor by Proclamation in the "Nigeria Gazette, there shall be a Legislative Council constituted in such manner and consisting of the Governor and such persons as are directed by His Majesty by an Order in his Privy Council bearing even date herewith and known as "The Nigeria (Legislative Council) Order in Council, 1922,"* or by any Order in Council amending or substituted for the same, or by any Instructions under his sign manual and signet or through a Secretary of State.

9. The persons who shall from time to time compose the said Legislative Council shall have full power and authority, subject always to any conditions, provisos and limitations. prescribed by the said Order in Council, or by any other Order in Council, or by any Instructions under His Majesty's sign manual and signet, to establish such Ordinances, and to constitute such Courts and officers, and to make such provisions and regulations for the proceedings in such Courts, and for the administration of justice, as may be necessary for the peace, order, and good government of that portion of the Protectorate of Nigeria known as the Southern Provinces:

Provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor by Proclamation issued with His Majesty's approval signified through a Secretary of State to add to or otherwise vary the territories defined as the Southern Provinces for the purposes of this Order.

The Governor shall have a negative voice in the making and passing of all such Ordinances.

10. It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, by Ordinance, to provide for the administration of justice,