(b) two tables showing the effect of the Statutory Rules and Orders of the year: Table A shows their effect upon Acts of Parliament and Church Assembly Measures, Table B their effect upon previous Rules and Orders of a public and general character; and

(c) an index to the whole volume.

Numbering and Arrangement.-Under the Treasury Regulations of 1894 all statutory rules sent to the King's Printer are to be numbered consecutively as nearly as may be in the order in which they are received. The numbering runs in a separate series for each calendar year. Rules and orders relating only to Scotland also bear a second number with the letter "S" prefixed. Those relating to procedure or fees in courts in England or Wales bear a second number with the letter "L" prefixed, indicating that they belong to the legal series. The public and general rules and orders forming the text of this volume are grouped under an alphabetically arranged series of headings of law these headings so far as possible are identical with those adopted in the annual "Index to the Statutes in Force," and in the Index to Statutory Powers and Rules and Orders in Force." (a) One advantage of this uniform system is that under the same title in the various official publications there may be found in respect of any subject of law the statutory enactments, the legislative powers delegated by Parliament to Government departments, the extent to which these powers have been exercised, and the text of the delegated legislation.

Citation and Identification.-Rules and orders are cited by their number and year in accordance with section 3 (2) of the Act of 1893, already quoted above; for example, the Order printed on the first page of this volume is to be cited as "S.R. & O. 1928 No. 496." In addition it is usual and convenient for the rulemaking authority to give each set of rules or orders a short title, as is done in the case of Acts of Parliament. A statutory rule referred to merely by its number or date can be traced by looking under the appropriate heading of law in the Index to Statutory Powers and Rules and Orders in Force, (a) or by recourse to the sale lists of Stationery Office Publications (issued monthly, quarterly and yearly) wherein the statutory rules and orders of the year are listed in numerical order.

An edition of "Statutory Rules and Orders Revised " containing all those of a public and general character in force on December 31, 1903, was published in 1904. It superseded the annual volumes of Rules and Orders for the years 1890 to 1903, but has now itself been largely superseded by subsequent Acts of Parliament and by the Rules and Regulations contained in the annual volumes of the past twenty-five years.

(a) The latest edition of the Index to Statutory Powers and Rules and Orders in Force was published in 1927; it shows the rules and orders in force on August 31, 1927.

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Evidence.-Under section 2 of the Documentary Evidence Act

of 1868

Prima facie evidence of any proclamation, order or regulation issued ... by Her Majesty or by the Privy Council, also of any proclamation, order or regulation issued . . . by or under the authority of any such department of the Government or officer as is mentioned in the first column of the schedule hereto, may be given in all courts of justice and in all legal proceedings whatsoever. . . by the production of a copy of such proclamation, order or regulation purporting to be printed by the Government printer. . .

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Corrections.-This volume is edited by the Editor of Revised Statutes, Statutory Rules and Orders, &c. (Mr. Cecil T. Carr, Barrister-at-law) in succession to Mr. Alexander Pulling, C.B., Barrister-at-law, who edited the annual volumes from 1890 to

1922.

Any suggestions or corrections respecting the volume should be sent to the Editor of Revised Statutes, &c., c/o Statute Law Committee, Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, S.W.1.

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ADMINISTRATION

ORDER IN COUNCIL APPLYING THE COLONIAL PROBATES ACT, 1892 (55 & 56 VICT. c. 6), TO THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES.

1928, No. 496.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of June, 1928.

PRESENT,

The King's Most Excellent Majesty.

Lord Mildmay of Flete.
Secretary Sir W. Joynson-
Hicks.

Hon. Sir Lancelot Carnegie.

Sir Frederick Ponsonby.

Mr. G. Locker-Lampson.
Sir Colville Barclay.

Whereas by the first section of the Colonial Probates Act, 1892, it was enacted as follows:

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Her Majesty the Queen may, on being satisfied that the Legislature of any British Possession has made adequate provision for the recognition in that Possession of all Probates and Letters of Administration granted by the Courts of the United Kingdom, direct by Order in Council that this Act shall, subject to any exceptions and modifications specified in the Order, apply to that Possession, and thereupon while the Order is in force, this Act shall apply accordingly":

And whereas by Section 1 of the Colonial Probates (Protected States and Mandated Territories) Act, 1927, (a) it was enacted as follows:

"The power of His Majesty to apply the Colonial Probates Act, 1892, to British Possessions shall include a power to apply the said Act to any territories, being either territories under His Majesty's protection or territories in respect of which a mandate on behalf of the League of Nations has been accepted by His Majesty, to which it cannot be applied by virtue of the provisions of the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, 1890 and 1913, (b) and the said Act shall accordingly have effect as if references therein to British Possessions included references to such territories as aforesaid ":

And whereas on the sixth day of December, 1922, the Irish Free State was established under the provisions of an Act of

(a) 17-8 G. 5. c. 43.

(b) 53-4 V. c. 37 and 3-4 G. 5. c. 16.

Parliament shortly entitled The Irish Free State Constitution Act, 1922 (Session 2)(a)

And whereas the territories hereinafter mentioned are territories under His Majesty's protection to which the said Colonial Probates.Act, 1892, cannot be applied by virtue of the provisions of the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, 1890 and 1913:

And whereas His Majesty the King is satisfied that the Legislature of the territories hereinafter mentioned has made adequate provision for the recognition in these territories of Probates and Letters of Administration granted by the Courts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland :

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers by the above recited Acts 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. The Colonial Probates Act, 1892, shall apply to the territories hereunder mentioned:

The Federated Malay States.

2. Nothing in this Order shall affect the sealing in the Irish Free State of any probate or letters of administration in pursuance of the said Act.

M. P. A. Hankey.

ADVERTISEMENTS, REGULATION OF,

SCOTLAND.

ORDER, DATED AUGUST 31, 1928, MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER SECTION 3 (1) AS READ WITH SECTION 6 OF THE ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION ACT, 1907 (7 Edw. 7. c. 27) AND WITH SECTION 1 (3) OF THE SECRETARIES OF STATE ACT, 1926 (16 & 17 GEO. 5. c. 18), DIRECTING MODE OF PUBLICATION OF BYELAWS. (b)

In pursuance of Section 3 (1) as read with Section 6 of the Advertisements Regulation Act, 1907, and with Section 1 (3) of the Secretaries of State Act, 1926, the Secretary of State

(a) 13 G. 5. sess. 2. c. 1.

(b) No corresponding Order has yet been made for England in S.R. & O.

form.