Commissioner shall give directions for the publication of this Order at such places, and in such manner and for such time or times as he thinks proper for giving due publicity thereto within the New Hebrides and the islands of the Pacific Ocean.

A. W. FITZROY.

SCHEDULE I.

PART I.

Convention between the United Kingdom and France concerning the New Hebrides of October 20, 1906.

[See Vol. XCIX, page 229.]

SCHEDULE II.

PART II.

Exchange of Notes on August 29, 1907, under Art. X, section 4, of the Contention of October 20, 1906.

[See page 499.]

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL applying Section 238 (1) of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, in the case of Seamen deserting from Roumanian Merchant Ships in British Waters.-London, November 2, 1907.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 2nd day of November, 1907.

PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by subsection (1) of section 238 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,† it is provided that where it appears to His Majesty that due facilities are or will be given by the Government of any foreign country for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British ships in that country, His Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilites are or will be given, declare that that section shall apply in the case of such foreign country, subject to any limitations, conditions, and qualifications contained in the Order:

And whereas it has been made to appear to His Majesty that the Government of His Majesty the King of Roumania will give due facilities for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British ships in that country:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue of the power vested > "London Gazette," November 5, 1907. † Vol. LXXXVI, page 633.

in Him by the hereinbefore recited subsection (1) of section 238 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare that from and after the publication of this Order in the London Gazette, seamen not being slaves, and not being British subjects, who desert within His Majesty's Dominions from merchant ships belonging to subjects of His Majesty the King of Roumania, shall be liable to be apprehended and conveyed on board their respective ships, in accordance with the provisions of the section above mentioned. A. W. FITZROY.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL constituting as Crown Lands certain lands in Swaziland.-London, November 2, 1907.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 2nd day of November,

WHEREAS by Treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, or other lawful means His Majesty the King has power, jurisdiction, and authority within the territory known as Swaziland:

And whereas it is intended that portions of certain lands in the said territory, the subject of concessions or grants made by the paramount chiefs of Swaziland, and confirmed by the chief Court constituted under section 4 of the Swaziland (Organic) Proclamation, 1890,† shall be set apart and demarcated for the exclusive use and occupation of natives of the territory, and the remaining portions of such lands shall be granted or leased to European persons claiming rights under and by virtue of such concessions, or shall be held by His Majesty's High Commissioner for South Africa:

And whereas it is expedient that such remaining portions be vested as Crown Land in the said High Commissioner on behalf of His Majesty:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue of the powers by "The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890," or otherwise in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

"London Gazette," December 10, 1907. + Vol. LXXXII, page 958. Vol. LXXXII, page 656.

(1) For the purpose of this Order the expression "Crown Lands" shall mean

(a) any land in the said territory not being land set apart and demarcated by or on the authority of His Majesty's High Commissioner for South Africa for the sole and exclusive occupation of natives of the said territory, which may be proclaimed by the High Commissioner as Crown Lands;

(b) any land within the said territory lawfully transferred to or expropriated by the High Commissioner in exercise of the powers in him vested by Proclamation or otherwise for the peace, order, and good government of the said territory.

(2) All the rights of His Majesty in or in relation to any Crown Lands shall vest in and may be exercised by His Majesty's High Commissioner for South Africa for the time being on behalf of His Majesty.

(3) The High Commissioner may make such grants or leases of Crown Lands according to any law in force in the said territory relating to the disposal of Crown Lands on such terms and conditions as he may think fit, subject to any directions received from one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.

(4) This Order shall be published in the Gazette of the High Commissioner for South Africa, and shall thereupon commence and come into operation, and the High Commissioner shall give directions for the publication of this Order at such places and in such manner and for such time or times as he thinks proper for giving due publicity thereto within Swaziland.

(5) His Majesty may at any time add to, alter, or amend this Order.

(6) This Order may be cited for all purposes as "The Swaziland Crown Lands Order in Council, 1907."

A. W. FITZROY.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL providing for the removal of doubts as to the application of the Law of England to the Nyasaland Protectorate.-London, December 21, 1907.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of December, 1907.

PRESENT:

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the territories of Africa now known as the Nyasaland Protectorate are under the protection of His Majesty the King:

And whereas by Treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, and other

lawful means, His Majesty has power and jurisdiction within the said Protectorate:

And whereas by an Order of His Majesty in Council, bearing date the 11th day of August, 1902, and entitled "The British Central Africa Order in Council, 1902,"* provision was made for the exercise of His Majesty's jurisdiction within the said Protectorate:

And whereas by an Order of His Majesty in Council, bearing date the 6th day of July, 1907, and known as "The Nyasaland Order in Council, 1907," it was provided that the territories theretofore known as the British Central Africa Protectorate should be known as the Nyasaland Protectorate, and that wherever in the British Central Africa Order in Council, 1902, or any other Order in Council, ordinances, laws, proclamations, rules, or regulations relating to the said territories the name British Central Africa occurs the name Nyasaland should be read in place thereof:

And whereas by section 15 of the said British Central Africa Order in Council, 1902, it was ordered that there should be a Court of Record in the Protectorate with full jurisdiction, civil and criminal, over all persons and over all matters in the Protectorate, and that such civil and criminal jurisdiction should be exercised in conformity with the substance of the law for the time being in force in England:

And whereas doubts have arisen respecting the extent to which the law of England is in force in the Protectorate and it is expedient to remove such doubts :

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers on that behalf by the Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890 or otherwise, 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. This Order may be cited as "The Nyasaland Order in Council, 1907 (No. 2)."

2. Subsection (2) of section 15 of the British Central Africa Order in Council, 1902, is hereby revoked, without prejudice to anything lawfully done thereunder, and in place of the said subsection the following shall be substituted :

"(2) Such civil and criminal jurisdiction shall, so far as circumstances admit, be exercised in conformity with the substance of common law, doctrines of equity, and statutes of general application in force in England on the 11th day of August, 1902, and with the powers vested in and according to the procedure and practice observed by and before Courts of Justice and Justices of the Peace in England according to their respective jurisdictions and authorities at that date, save in so far as the same may at any time before the commencement of this Order have been, or hereafter may be, modified Vol. XCV, page 646. † See page 94. Vol. LXXXII, page 656.

or amended by or under the authority of any Order of His Majesty in Council, or by any Ordinance or Ordinances passed in and for the Protectorate."

3. His Majesty, his heirs and successors, in Council may at any time revoke, alter, or amend this Order.

4. This Order shall be published in the Nyasaland Government Gazette, and shall thereupon commence and come into operation.

And the Right Honourable the Earl of Elgin, K.G., one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein.

A. W. FITZROY.

KING'S REGULATIONS under Article 155 of " The China and Corea Order in Council, 1904," respecting the Veto by His Majesty's Consuls on action of British Municipal Councils in China.-Peking, January 2, 1907.

[Approved by the Secretary of State.]

Notice.

THE following Regulations, made by me and allowed by His Majesty the King, are published for general information.

Peking, January 2, 1907.

[No. 1 of 1907.]

J. N. JORDAN,

His Majesty's Minister.

1.-(i) When, in the opinion of the Consul, any action by the Municipal Council is liable to impair the friendly relations subsisting between His Majesty's Government or British subjects on the one hand, and the Chinese Government or local authorities or Chinese subjects on the other hand, he may by writing under his hand :

(a) Call upon the Municipal Council for an explanation of their action;

(b) Veto any such action on the part of the Municipal Council, either at once or after such explanation has been furnished to him.

The Municipal Council shall on such demand forthwith furnish to the Consul the required explanation, and, upon communication to them of the veto on their action, forthwith discontinue such action.

(ii) When the Consul has imposed a veto on any action of the Municipal Council he shall forthwith report the whole matter to the Minister, and the Municipal Council, if aggrieved by the action of the Consul, may appeal to the Minister.