entitled "Of the Naturalization of Aliens," the Act 63 Victoria, session 2, cap. 7, entitled "An Act to confer certain rights on Aliens," and the Act 8, Edward VII, cap. 3, entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 145 of the Consolidated Statutes (2nd Series)," entitled "Of the Naturalization of Aliens,"† are hereby repealed.

The Commonwealth of Australia (including for the purposes of this Act the territory of Papua and Norfolk Island).

The Dominion of New Zealand.

The Union of South Africa.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Oath of Allegiance.

"I, A.B., swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty George V, his heirs and successors, according to law."

ACT of the Government of New South Wales to prohibit the Use of White Phosphorus in the Manufacture of Matches; to prohibit the Sale of Matches made with White Phosphorus; to amend "The Factories and Shops Act, 1912"; and for purposes consequent thereon or incidental thereto. [No. 1.]

[Assented to February 9, 1915.]

Be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1. This Act may be cited as "The White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act, 1915," and shall come into operation on the 1st day of June, 1915.

2. In this Act, "white phosphorus' means the substance usually known as white or yellow phosphorus.

This definition shall be inserted at the end of section 3 of "The Factories and Shops Act, 1912."

3. If any person manufactures or causes to be manufactured any matches in the manufacture of which white phosphorus is used he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 207. Such * Vol. XCII, page 1295. + Vol. CI, page 822,

penalty may be recovered in a Court of Petty Sessions, and such Court may, in addition to imposing any such penalty, forfeit any white phosphorus, or any matches made with the same, which are apparently in the possession of the said person.

4. If any person sells, or offers or exposes for sale, or has in his possession for the purposes of sale, any matches made with white phosphorus, he may, on complaint to a Court of Petty Sessions, be ordered to forfeit any such matches in his possession. Any matches so forfeited shall be destroyed or otherwise dealt with as the Court may think fit.

5. "The Factories and Shops Act, 1912," is amended

(a.) In section 1 by the insertion after the words " DIVISION 3.-Sanitary arrangements, &c.—ss. 20, 30" of the words DIVISION 3 A.-White Phosphorus-ss. 30 A-30 в”; and

(b.) By the insertion next after section 30 of the following short heading and sections:

DIVISION 3 A.- White Phosphorus.

30 A. Any factory in which white phosphorus is used in the manufacture of matches shall be deemed to be a factory not kept in conformity with this Act.

30 B. The occupier of a factory in which the manufacture of matches is carried on shall allow an inspector at any time to take for analysis sufficient samples of any material therein in use or mixed for use, and if he refuses to do so he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 201.:

Provided that the inspector, at the request of the said occupier, shall divide any such sample into two parts, to be then and there separated, and shall label or mark and seal or fasten up each part in such manner as its nature will permit, and shall deliver one of the said parts to the said occupier, or his agent or servant, and shall retain the other part for analysis.

ORDINANCE of the Government of the Colony of Seychelles to provide for the Recognition of Notarial Acts, &c., done by British Diplomatic and Consular Officers.

[No. 16.]

[August 3, 1915]

I assent,

(L.S.) C. R. M. O'BRIEN,

Lieutenant-Colonel, Governor.

3rd August, 1915.

BE it enacted by the Governor of the Colony of Seychelles by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows;—

1. When any document executed in any foreign country or place is produced before any Court in Seychelles purporting to have affixed, impressed, or subscribed thereon or thereto the seal and signature of any British Ambassador, Envoy, Minister, Chargé d'Affaires, Secretary of Embassy or Legation, British Consul-General, Consul, Vice-Consul, Acting Consul, Pro-Consul. Consular Agent, Acting Consul-General, Acting Vice-Consul, or Acting Consular Agent, duly authorized by section 6, subsection (1), of "The Commissioners for Oaths Act, 1889," of the Imperial Parliament as amended by section 2 of "The Commissioners for Oaths Act, 1891," of the Imperial Parliament to administer an oath in testimony of any oath, affidavit, or act being administered, taken, or done by or before any such officer, such document shall be admitted in evidence without proof of the seal or signature being the seal or signature of any such officer and without proof of the official character of any such officer, and the Court shall presume that such seal or signature is genuine, and that the officer signing any such document held at the time when he signed it the official character which he claims, and the document shall be admissible for the same purpose for which it would be admissible in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in accordance with the English law of evidence for the time being.

2. Provided always that anything herein contained shall not be deemed or taken to render inadmissible as evidence in the Courts in this colony any deed, writing, act, or thing which before the passing of this Ordinance would have been admissible or would by law have been taken judicial notice of.

3. In this Ordinance, and for the purposes of this Ordinance"Oath" includes affirmation and declaration;

"Affidavit" includes affirmation, statutory or other declaration, acknowledgment, examination, and attestation or protestation of honour.

4. This Ordinance may be cited as The Consular Evidence Ordinance, 1915.”

Passed in the Legislative Council at a meeting held on the 3rd August, 1915.

G. C. DU BOULAY,
Clerk to Legislative Council.

Published by command of his Excellency the Governor in "Gazette" No. 38 of 7th August, 1915.

G. C. DU BOULAY,

Clerk to Governor.

NOTIFICATION of the Commissioner for the Somaliland Protectorate under "The Fugitive Criminals Surrender Ordinance, 1908."-Berbera, February 15, 1915.

It is hereby notified for general information that under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon me by section 2 of "The Fugitive Criminals Surrender Ordinance, 1908,"* I hereby direct that the said Ordinance shall apply in the case of the Netherlands during the continuance of the arrangements made between His Britannic Majesty and Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands under which the Protectorate of Somaliland is to surrender fugitive criminals to that State. G. F. ARCHER,

Berbera, 15th February, 1915.

His Majesty's Commissioner.

PROCLAMATION by the High Commissioner for South Africa regulating Immigration into Northern Rhodesia. [No. 15.]

[August 4, 1915.]

WHEREAS it is desirable to regulate immigration and to prevent the entry of undesirable persons into Northern Rhodesia, and to provide for the removal from the territory of prohibited immigrants;

Now therefore, under and by virtue of the powers in me vested, I do hereby declare, proclaim, and make known as follows:

1. "The Immigration Restriction Regulations, 1907 (NorthEastern Rhodesia)," and "The Immigration Restriction Procla mation, 1908 (North-Western Rhodesia)," are hereby repealed, but all rules, regulations, and appointments made thereunder shall remain of full force and effect until rules, regulations, and appointments made under this Proclamation have been substituted therefor.

2. Any such person as is described in any sub-section of this section who enters or having entered after the commencement of this Proclamation is found within the territory, shall be a prohibited immigrant, that is to say:

(1.) Any person or class of persons deemed by the Adminis urator, with the sanction of the High Commissioner, on economic grounds or on account of standard or habits of life to be undesirable inhabitants.

(2.) Any person who is unable, by reason of deficient educa * Vol. CI, page 844.

† Vol. C, page 668.

Vol. CI, page 884.

tion, to read and write any European language to the satisfaction of an Immigration Officer, or, in the case of an appeal to a Magistrate's Court, to the satisfaction of such Magistrate; for the purposes of this sub-section, Yiddish shall be regarded as European language.

(3.) Any person who is likely, if he entered the territory, to become a public charge, by reason of infirmity of body or mind, or because he is not in possession for his own use of sufficient means to support himself and such of his dependants as he shall bring with him into the territory.

(4.) Any person who from information received from any Government, whether British or foreign, through official or diplomatic channels, is deemed by the Administrator to be an undesirable inhabitant of or visitor to the territory.

(5.) Any prostitute, or any person, male or female, who lives or has lived on or knowingly receives or has received any part of the earnings of prostitution, or who procures or has procured women for immoral purposes, or who receives or has received any rent in respect of premises known by him to be used for purposes of prostitution.

(6.) Any person who has been convicted in any country of any of the following offences (unless he has received a free pardon therefor), namely, murder, rape, incest, sodomy, bestiality, arson, theft, receiving stolen goods knowing the same to have been stolen, fraud, forgery or uttering forged documents knowing the same to have been forged, counterfeiting coin or uttering coin knowing the same to be counterfeit, housebreaking with intent to commit an offence, burglary, robbery with violence, threats by letter or otherwise with intent to extort, fraudulent bankruptcy, selling, bartering, giving or otherwise supplying intoxicating liquor or fire-arms to any coloured person or native, dealing in or being in possession of unwrought precious metal or rough or uncut precious stones in contravention of any law, or of any attempt to commit any such offence, and by reason of the circumstances connected with the offence is deemed by the Administrator, or by an Immigration Officer acting pursuant to directions from the Administrator, to be an undesirable inhabitant of or visitor to the territory.

(7.) Any idiot or epileptic, or any person who is insane or mentally deficient, or any person who is deaf and dumb, or deaf and blind, or dumb and blind, or otherwise physically afflicted, unless in any such case he or a person accompanying him or some other person gives security to the satisfaction of the Administrator for his permanent support in the territory, or for his removal therefrom whenever required by the Administrator.

(8.) Any person who is afflicted with leprosy, or with any such infectious, contagious, or loathsome or other disease (other than tuberculosis) as is defined by regulation; and any person who is afflicted with tuberculosis, unless he is in possession of a permit to enter the territory issued upon conditions prescribed by regulation.