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thereupon revoked, but without prejudice to anything lawfully done thereunder, and any Proclamation theretofore issued under the said Orders shall continue in operation until repealed or altered by any Proclamation of the High Commissioner under this Order.

12. Her Majesty may from time to time revoke, alter, add to, or amend this Order.

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

"Her Majesty" includes Her Majesty's heirs and successors. "Secretary of State" means one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.

"High Commissioner

meaus Her Majesty's High Commis

sioner for the time being for South Africa.

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Treaty" includes any existing or future Treaty, Convention, or Agreement between Her Majesty and any civilized Power, or any native tribe, people, Chief, or King, and any Regulation appended to any such Treaty, Convention, or Agreement.

"Gazette" means any official Gazette published by authority of the High Commissioner, and until such Gazette is instituted, means the Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette.

C. L. PEEL.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, amending the Order in Council of May 9, 1891,* respecting British Jurisdiction in certain Territories of South Africa, north of British Bechuanaland.-Osborne, July 30, 1891.

At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 30th day of July, 1891.

PRESENT THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

Archbishop of York.

Lord President.

Lord Privy Seal.

Lord Arthur Hill.

WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the 5th and 6th sections of the Order of Her Majesty in Council of the 9th May, 1891, providing for the exercise of Her Majesty's jurisdiction in certain territories of South Africa which are under the protection of Her Majesty ;

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers of "The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890,"t or otherwise in

* Page 809.

† Vol. LXXXII, page 656.

Her Majesty vested, is pleased by and with the advice of her Privy Council to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1. The 5th and 6th sections of the said Order in Council of the 9th May, 1891, are hereby revoked, but without prejudice to anything lawfully done thereunder.

2. In lieu of the sections so revoked, the following two sections shall be taken to be part of the said Order, and shall be read as if they were the 5th and 6th sections thereof :

"5. Every Proclamation of the High Commissioner shall be published in the Gazette, and shall, from and after a date to be mentioned in such Proclamation, and thereafter until disallowed by Her Majesty or repealed or modified by any subsequent Proclamation, have effect as if contained in this Order."

"6. Her Majesty may disallow any such Proclamation wholly or in part, and may signify such disallowance through a Secretary of State, and upon such disallowance being publicly notified by the High Commissioner in the Gazette the provisions so disallowed shall, from and after a date to be mentioned in such notification, cease to have effect, but without prejudice to anything theretofore lawfully done thereunder."

3. This Order shall be published in the Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette, and shall thereupon commence and come into operation; and the High Commissioner shall take such measures as he thinks proper for giving due publicity thereto within the limits of the said Order.

C. L. PEEL.

DISCOURS du Roi de la Roumanie, à l'Ouverture de la Session Extraordinaire des Corps Législatifs.-Bucarest, le 11 Mai,

1891.

(Traduction.)

MM. LES SENATEURS, MM. LES DÉPUTÉS,

Je me sens toujours heureux quand je me trouve au milieu des représentants de la nation, et j'ai la conviction que le corps électoral, en renouvelant une des deux Assemblées de notre Parlement, a assuré une majorité qui mettra le Gouvernement en position de diriger avec autorité et profit les intérêts de l'Etat.

Les travaux commencés pendant l'ancienne Législature se sont trouvés arrêtés par la convocation des collèges électoraux pour la Chambre, de sorte que les plus importants besoins de l'État sont restés en souffrance.

Cette Session Extraordinaire est appelée à donner une prompte satisfaction à ces besoins.

Il est à désirer que le Budget de l'État soit voté sans retard, afin que vos efforts puissent spécialement se porter sur l'étude et le vote du Tarif Douanier, destiné à règler nos relations commerciales internationales et que le pays attend avec une légitime impatience.

Les travaux de défense du pays sont confiés, comme toujours, à votre patriotisme, afin que leur exécution soit continuée sans interruption.

Mon Gouvernement vous présentera encore, dans cette Session, quelques autres Projets de Loi étroitement liés au Budget de l'État.

Cette Session sera ainsi profitable au pays, et vous, menant à bonne fin les travaux qui vous sont soumis, vous prouverez que vous êtes animés d'un esprit sage et patriotique, dont la nation vous sera reconnaissante.

Que Dieu bénisse vos travaux.

La Session Extraordinaire des Corps Législatifs est ouverte.

SPEECH of the King of Sweden and Norway, on the Opening of the Swedish Diet.-Stockholm, January 19, 1891.

(Translation.)

GENTLEMEN,

I BID you welcome this day to the weighty business to which your fellow-citizens' choice has called you.

Parliament meets in the midst of universal peace abroad, and our relations with all foreign Powers are satisfactory. Within our own

land that calm reigns which lawful freedom insures. The affairs of the world will, however, doubtless, in the future as in the past, give full cause for serious reflection. The lesson they teach is unchangeably that "unity gives strength."

May my beloved peoples, whose fates are united, ever bethink themselves of what that truth means, of what it requires of them both.

And may that people, to whose representatives I especially speak this day, never let political differences of opinion obscure their regard for the weal of all.

The Giver of ali good things has blest our land with a plenteous

harvest.

The financial estimates which are laid before you are drawn up under such very favourable circumstances that, notwithstanding a proposed vigorous prosecution of railway construction and a provision

for other weighty State objects, I do not need to suggest the raising of a loan, but, on the contrary, an increased contribution to the National Debt Sinking Fund and a further strengthening of the State Cash Balance Fund.

I have watched with satisfaction the rising zeal for the strengthening of our defensive forces which has shown itself in many parts of the country, and I see therein a growing support for my constant endeavours in the same direction.

An Army Organization Bill is being prepared.

Proposals for new Maritime Laws will be laid before you, as also proposals for the encouragement of agriculture and the fishing industry and Bills for Workmen's Accident Insurance and Sick Clubs.

Calling down God's blessing upon you and your work, I pronounce this Parliament open, and ever remain, Gentlemen, with all Royal grace and favour, well disposed towards you.

SPEECH of the Queen Regent of Spain, on the Opening of the Cortes.-Madrid, March 2, 1891.

(Translation.)
SENATORS AND DEPUTIES,

THIS solemn ceremony is a pleasing and consolatory one for me, as meeting the representatives of the nation collected round the throne mitigates the bitter recollections of grief, and affords wellfounded hopes of good fortune.

The free and orderly exercise of the franchise has given clear proof how solid are the constitutional bases on which the general tranquillity and public freedom rest. You will proceed now to verify the results of this first trial of the new electoral system by examining the returns with perfect impartiality.

My Government does not propose to lay before you any restrictions of the political and juridical reforms which were carried out during the first years of the Regency, and which constitute a legal status worthy of all respect.

Such an opportunity as now presents itself will allow you to devote your whole attention to the economic administrative and fiscal requirements of the country which my Government is desirous of satisfying, by developing a system of effective protection of all branches of national industry and a continuous policy for balancing the Estimates of the State.

The prevailing peace and tranquillity permit me to realize the sincere wish, which I have always had at heart, to propose to you an

amnesty for the small number of Spaniards who are under indictment for political offences, without restriction except so far as is required by military discipline.

I have the greatest pleasure in announcing to you that the relations of Spain with all other nations in both hemispheres are most friendly; my Government has recognized the Republic of Brazil, and is carrying on cordial negotiations with France for the settlement of the frontiers of the territories in the Gulf of Guinea.

The bonds which unite us to the Holy See continue to be such as correspond with the Catholic sentiment of our fatherland and with the filial devotion which I feel for the venerable Pontiff who fills the See of St. Peter.

The representations which have been made to the Emperor of Morocco with regard to the events which occurred near Melilla, as well as those previous ones which were already being dealt with, have been met in a most satisfactory spirit, and as a proof of friendship towards my august son and of sympathy for the Spanish nation, His Shereefian Majesty has decided to send an Extraordinary Embassy to Madrid, which I shall shortly receive.

The Government of the French Republic having communicated its resolution that the Treaty of Commerce in force should cease on the 1st February, 1892, it becomes necessary to establish the economic relations of Spain with other nations on a new footing, since that Treaty, as you know, was the basis of our mercantile system. My Government has therefore denounced the Treaties which limited our sovereign rights over the Customs, and they are about to negotiate others, bearing in mind the great interests of production and commerce, and the legitimate aspirations which made themselves heard at the public inquiry recently held.

Important reforms will be brought to your notice which are demanded by necessity and public opinion; they relate to the Penal Code, the Organic Law of the Tribunals, the civil and criminal procedure, the legislation respecting penal settlements and the "Registro Civil."

My Government has likewise already adopted various Resolutions which show their zeal for the general interests of the army, and now in the same spirit they have drafted several Bills with the following objects: to organize recruiting and substitution on the basis of compulsory military instruction; to hasten the completion of the most urgent works for the defence of our coasts and frontiers; to ameliorate the material conditions of our officers without imposing any new charges on the Public Exchequer; to correct the inequalities which exist in the ancient legislation of Montepio; to put on a proper footing the service of the annual manoeuvres; finally, to establish a division of zones which may serve as mobilizing centres for

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