And the Right Honourable the Earl of Kimberley, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

C. L. PEEL.

ACT of the Government of Victoria, to consolidate the Law relating to Aliens.

[28 Vict., No. 256.]

[May 9, 1865.]

3. NOTWITHSTANDING any law or usage to the contrary, every alien friend resident in Victoria may inherit or otherwise take by representation, acquire, and hold, either by grant from the Crown or otherwise, and may convey, assign, devise, bequeath, or otherwise dispose of every description of property, whether real or personal, in the same manner as if he were a natural-born subject of Her Majesty.

4. Every grant, conveyance, assignment, or will to or by any such alien friend, made prior to the coming into operation of this Act, shall be taken to be as valid and effectual as if it had been made to, or by, a natural-born subject of Her Majesty.

5. When any alien friend now residing in, or who shall hereafter reside within, Victoria, desires to be naturalized, if he be of good repute, and if he take the oath prescribed in the second Schedule hereto, the Governor in Council may, if he think fit, grant to him under the seal of the Colony letters of naturalization. Provided that no person to whom letters of naturalization have heretofore been, or shall hereafter be, granted, shall be capable of becoming a member of the Executive Council of Victoria, and that all such letters shall be, and be deemed to be, subject to the provisions of any laws now or hereafter to be in force relating to the qualifications of members of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Victoria, and to the qualifications and registrations of electors of members to serve in Parliament, and also subject to such conditions (if any) as the Governor may consider necessary or advisable.

6. When any alien woman in Victoria is married to any natural-born or naturalized subject of Her Majesty, such woman shall thereby become and be naturalized in and for Victoria.

9. When any person resident in Victoria has previously obtained any certificate of naturalization in any British Colony on the continents of Australia, Africa, or America, or in the Colony of Tasmania, or of New Zealand, and desires to be naturalized in Victoria, if he submit such certificate to the Governor in Council, and if he further state in his memorial as aforesaid that he is the person named in such certificate, and that the same has been obtained without any fraud or inten

tional false statement, and that the signature and the seal (if any) thereto are to the best of his belief and knowledge genuine, the Governor in Council may at his discretion grant the letters of naturalization without requiring from the applicant any further residence in Victoria, or (if the applicant has previously taken a similar oath) the oath prescribed by this Act.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, providing for the Appointment of an Assistant High Commissioner for the Western Pacific. Balmoral, September 6, 1880.

At the Court at Balmoral, the 6th day of September, 1880. PRESENT: THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the Western Pacific Order in Council of 1877* Her Majesty the Queen was pleased to create and constitute the office of High Commissioner in, over, and for certain islands and places in the Western Pacific Ocean, with such powers and jurisdiction as are in the said Order set forth:

And whereas by the Western Pacific Order in Council of 1879† Her Majesty was pleased, in Article 4 thereof, to order that whenever the High Commissioner has occasion to leave his ordinary place of official residence in order to visit any distant places within which he has jurisdiction as High Commissioner, he may appoint an Assistant High Commissioner to represent him during his absence:

And whereas it is expedient to amend and extend the provisions of Article 4 of the said Order of 1879:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by "The Pacific Islanders Protection Acts, 1872 and 1875," and by "The Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, 1843 to 1878," or otherwise, in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows:

Preliminary.

1. This Order may be cited as the Western Pacific Order in Council of 1880; and the Western Pacific Orders in Council of 1877, 1879, and this Order may be cited together as the Western Pacific Orders in Council of 1877 to 1880.

2. This Order shall be read as if it were part of the Western Pacific Orders in Council of 1877 to 1879.

* See Vol. 14. Page 871.

† See Vol. 14. Page 1245.

Assistant High Commissioner.

3. Article 4 of the Western Pacific Order in Council of 1879 is hereby revoked, but without prejudice to anything lawfully done thereunder.

4. (1.) Whenever the High Commissioner has occasion to leave his ordinary place of official residence in order to visit any distant places within which he has jurisdiction as High Commissioner, or at any other time, with the previous sanction of Her Majesty conveyed through the Secretary of State, he may, by an instrument under his hand and official seal, appoint a Judicial Commissioner, or some one of Her Majesty's Deputy Commissioners for the Western Pacific, to represent him in his Office of High Commissioner; and the person so appointed shall be styled the Assistant High Commissioner, and may, so long as his appointment remains in force, exercise all the powers and authorities of the High Commissioner, or so much. thereof as is specified in the instrument appointing him.

(2.) Such appointment shall not affect the right of the High Commissioner to exercise his full power and authority in any place within his jurisdiction.

(3.) The High Commissioner may revoke any such appointment by a similar instrument; and every such appointment, if made on account of the absence of the High Commissioner, shall cease on his return to his ordinary place of official residence.

5. In this Order, and in the Western Pacific Orders in Council of 1877 and 1879, unless inconsistent with the context, the High Commissioner includes the person for the time being exercising any of the powers and authorities of the High Commissioner under the provisions of this Order, or of the Western Pacific Order in Council of 1877 or of 1879.

6. This Order shall commence and have effect on the 15th day of November, 1880, and shall be published in the "Royal Gazette of Fiji," and in such other manner as the High Commissioner thinks fit.

And the Right Honourable Earl Granville, Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter, and the Right Honourable the Earl of Kimberley, two of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain. C. L. PEEL.

VOL. XV.

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HAYTI.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, extending the British System of Tonnage Measurement to Haytian Vessels. Windsor, May 3,

1882.

At the Court at Windsor, the 3rd day of May, 1882. PRESENT: THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862" [cap. 63, § 60], it is enacted:

[See Vol. 11. Page 338.]

And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant-ships now in force under "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854,"* have been adopted in Hayti by the Haytian Govern、

ment:

Her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council to direct that the ships of Hayti, the certificates of Haytian nationality and registry, or the certificates of measurement of which are dated on or after the 26th day of January, 1882, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in the said certificates of Haytian nationality and registry or certificates of measurement.

C. L. PEEL.

HONDURAS.

DECREE of the Republic of Honduras, respecting the Rights and Privileges of Aliens. Comayagua, March 6, 1866.

(Translation.)

ART. 1. IT is conceded to all strangers who wish to live in Honduras to enjoy the same rights as the natives, in conformity with the laws to which all emigrants are subjected from the moment in which they acquire landed property.

2. The foreigner who, in five years from the date of his obtaining his letter of naturalization, has cultivated positively national land, establishing in it settled farms, shall hold it as his own property, having the right to take from other national

* 17 & 18 Vict., cap. 104, §§ 20-29. See Vol. 14. Page 696.

lands which may be contiguous the things necessary for the improvement (aprovechamientos) of his farm.

3. Foreigners shall enjoy the privilege of exemption from military service for a period of 10 years, excepting in the case of the repelling of an invasion in a national war, and for four years they shall not be molested by any civil office or employ

ment.

4. Foreigners who profess religions differing from the established and dominant one may exercise privately their services and form cemeteries for the burial of their dead.

5. Immigrants will not be liable during eight years to extraordinary taxes or levies, or to pay property tax for the introduction of machines, tools, or books for the practice of their

sciences or industries.

6. The Executive Power will give exclusive privileges to foreign inventors and introducers of machines or useful means of transport not in use in the country.

7. Strangers free from responsibility shall always be able to dispose of their interests and leave the country according to their pleasure.

8. Foreigners who take lands or private "fincas" shall not pay a greater price or rent than that which is customary with the natives.

Comayagua, March 6, 1866.

FRANCISCO CRUZ, Secretary of State.

JOSÉ MARIA MEDINA.

INDIA.

[No. 3.]

ACT of the Governor-General of India in Council, to give the Government certain powers with respect to Foreigners. [February 12, 1864.] 1. THE following words and expressions in this Act shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction, that is to say:

The words "British India" shall denote the territories which are or may become vested in Her Majesty by the Statute 21 and 22 Victoria, cap. 106, entitled "An Act for the better government of India.'

The words "Local Government" shall denote the persons authorized to administer the Executive Government in any part of British India, or the chief executive officer of any part

* See Vol. 10. Page 1092.