The Mauritius Almanac and Colonial Register

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E.Dupuy & P. Dubois, 1878

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Page 106 - British possession of this Act, or of any part thereof, so far as it relates to such foreign state, and so long as such law or ordinance continues in force there, and no longer ; or direct that such law or ordinance, or any part thereof, shall have effect in such British possession, with or without modifications and alterations, as if it were part of this Act.
Page 104 - The income and property of the Association, whencesoever derived, shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the objects of the Association as set forth in this Memorandum of Association ; and no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly, by way of dividend, or bonus, or otherwise howsoever by way of profit, to the persons who at any time are or have been members of the Association, or to any of them, or to any person claiming through any of them.
Page 106 - ... by the police magistrate and the Secretary of State, or either of them, in relation to the surrender of a fugitive criminal, may be done by the governor of the British possession alone...
Page 106 - Act by the Legislature of any British possession, provision is made for carrying into effect within such possession the surrender of fugitive criminals who are in or suspected of being in such British possession, Her Majesty may, by the Order in Council applying...
Page 189 - If any articles of foreign manufacture, and any packages of such articles, bearing any names, brands, or marks being or purporting to be the names, brands, or marks of manufacturers resident in the United Kingdom, shall be imported into any of the British possessions abroad, the same shall be forfeited.
Page 189 - British possessions abroad, except where otherwise expressly provided for by the said Acts, or limited by express reference to the United Kingdom or the Channel Islands, and except also as to any such possession as shall by local Act or ordinance have provided, or may hereafter, with the sanction and approbation of Her Majesty...
Page 104 - Provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent the payment in good faith of remuneration to any officers or servants of the Association, or to any Member of the Association, or other person, in return for any services rendered to the Association...
Page 25 - In 1878, there will be two Eclipses of the Sun and two of the Moon.
Page 189 - The Commissioners of Customs shall cause to be made and to be publicly exposed at the Custom Houses in the several ports in the United Kingdom lists of all books wherein the Copyright shall be subsisting, and as to which the proprietor of such Copyright, or his agent, shall have given notice in writing to the said Commissioners that such Copyright exists, stating in such notice when such Copyright expires...
Page 188 - Act in the case of any foreign state, or by any subsequent Order, either suspend the operation within any such British possession of this Act, or of any part thereof, so far as it relates to such foreign state, and so long as such law or ordinance...

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