"The expression labour exchange' means a labour exchange established or assisted under the Labour Exchanges Act, 1909." ALMERIC FITZROY. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL amending "The China Order in Council, 1904."-London, February 6, 1917.* At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 6th day of February, 1917. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. Lord President. Lord Privy Seal. Lord Chamberlain. Lord Colebrooke. WHEREAS by treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, and other lawful means, His Majesty the King has jurisdiction in China: Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this 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 China (Amendment) Order in Council, 1917," and shall be read as one with "The China Order in Council, 1904," and with any Order amending the same. 2. If at any time, owing to absence or illness, or other cause, there shall be in the Consular district of Shanghai no Judge of the Supreme Court available for duty, the Registrar shall, during such period, have all the power and authority of an Assistant Judge: Provided that such power and authority shall not extend to the hearing of criminal cases on a charge, or of civil actions with a jury, or of Admiralty actions, or of appeals, and shall cease and determine on the return to duty of a Judge; but nothing herein shall deprive the Registrar of the power of determining any matter which may have been part heard by him under the provisions hereof at the time of the return to duty of a Judge. 3. When an appeal is pending before the Supreme Court, and there is only one Judge available for the purpose of * “London Gazette," February 6, 1917. ✦ Vol. LXXXII, page 656. Vol. XCVII, page 150. hearing and determining the same, such Judge may, by writing under his hand and seal, appoint any fit person, approved by the Minister, to sit with him to hear and determine such appeal; and for such purpose the person so apointed shall have all the power and authority of an Assistant Judge of the Supreme Court. 4. And the Right Hon. Arthur James Balfour, Ó.M., one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein. ALMERIC FITZROY. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL applying the Provisions of Section 1 of "The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1915," to the Bermudas Islands and the Colony of British Honduras.— London, February 6, 1917.* At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 6th day of February, 1917. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. Lord President. Lord Privy Seal. Lord Chamberlain. Lord Colebrooke. WHEREAS by the 1st Section of "The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1915,"t it is (amongst other things) enacted as follows: Where His Majesty is satisfied that the law in force in any part of His Majesty's Dominions outside the United Kingdom makes due provision for the publication of banns or for the giving of notice in respect of marriages between British subjects intended to be solemnised or contracted in the United Kingdom, and for the recognition of certificates for marriage issued by Superintendent Registrars in England, and of certificates for marriage issued by Registrars, and certificates of proclamation of banns, in Scotland, and of certificates for marriage issued by Registrars in Ireland, as sufficient notice in respect of marriages between British subjects intended to be solemnised or contracted in that part of His Majesty's Dominions, His Majesty may, by Order in Council, declare that this section shall apply to that part of his Dominions, and in such case: * "London Gazette," February 9, 1917. + Vol. CIX, page 4. "(a) Where a marriage is intended to be solemnised or contracted in the United Kingdom between a British subject resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, and a British subject resident in that part of His Majesty's Dominions, a certificate of notice of marriage issued in accordance with such law shall in England have the same effect as a certificate for marriage issued by a Superintendent Registrar, and in Scotland and Ireland have the same effect as a certificate for marriage issued by a Registrar in Scotland and Ireland respectively; and (b.) Where a marriage is intended to be solemnised or contracted in that part of His Majesty's Dominions between a British subject resident in that part and a British subject resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, a certificate for marriage may be issued in England by a Superintendent Registrar, or in Scotland or Ireland by a Registrar, in the like manner as if the marriage was to be solemnised or contracted under circumstances requiring the issue of such a certificate, and as if both such British subjects were resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, as the case may be "; And whereas His Majesty is satisfied that due provision is made in respect of all the matters referred to in the hereinbefore-recited Section of the said Act by the law in force in the parts of His Majesty's Dominions outside the United Kingdom hereinafter mentioned: Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers by the above-recited Act in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: The 1st Section of "The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1915," shall apply to the parts of His Majesty's Dominions outside the United Kingdom hereunder mentioned: The Bermudas or Somers Islands. The Colony of British Honduras. And the Right Honourable Walter Hume Long, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. ALMERIC FITZROY. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL increasing the Dues to be levied in respect of the Great and Little Basses Lighthouses and the Minicoy Lighthouse.-London, February 6, 1917.* At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 6th day of February, 1917. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS by section 670 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," it is enacted that when any lighthouse, buoy, or beacon has either before or after passing of that Act been erected or placed on or near the coast of any British Possession by or with the consent of the Legislature of that Possession, His Majesty may, by Order in Council, fix such dues (in that Act referred to as colonial light dues '') to be paid in respect of that lighthouse, buoy, or beacon by the owner or master of every ship which passes the same and derives benefit therefrom as His Majesty may deem reasonable, and may by like Order increase, diminish or repeal such dues, and those dues shall from the time mentioned in the Order be leviable throughout His Majesty's Dominions, and further that Colonial light dues shall not be levied in any British Possession unless the Legislature of that Possession has, by address to the Crown or by Act or Ordinance duly passed, signified its opinion that the dues ought to be levied; And whereas the Great Basses Lighthouse, the Little Basses Lighthouse and the Minicoy Lighthouse are lighthouses which have been duly erected under and pursuant to the said section; And whereas by Orders in Council, dated respectively the 22nd day of May, 1883, the 9th day of May, 1892, the 29th day of June, 1896, and the 10th day of August, 1903, the dues leviable in respect of the said lighthouses for the classes of ships therein respectively mentioned were duly fixed; And whereas oy Order in Council, dated the 21st day of October, 1912, § His Majesty directed that, as from the 1st day of April, 1913, or from the time of the receipt of notice of that Order, if that be later, by the officers authorised to collect light dues, the dues thenceforth to be levied should be as follows, that is to say, in respect of the Great Basses Lighthouse and the Little Basses Lighthouse, three-sixteenths of one penny per ton, and in respect of the Minicoy * "London Gazette " February 9, 1917. + Vol. LXXXVI, page 633. Vol. XCVI, page 231. § Vol. CV, page 162. Lighthouse one-sixteenth of one penny per ton, of the burden of every ship on every voyage in which she passes or derives benefit from the said lights respectively, subject in each case to a reduction of 25 per cent.; And whereas it has been made to appear to His Majesty that the said dues should be altered in manner hereinafter appearing: Now, therefore, His Majesty, in exercise of the powers so vested in him by the above-recited provisions, and by and with the advice of his Privy Council, doth by this Order.in Council order, and it is hereby ordered, that as from the 1st day of April, 1917, or from the time of the receipt of this Order, if that be later, by the officers authorised to collect light dues, the dues thenceforth to be levied shall be as follows, that is to say, in respect of the Great Basses Lighthouse and the Little Basses Lighthouse, three-eighths of one penny per ton, and in respect of the Minicoy Lighthouse oneeighth of one penny per ton of the burden of every ship on every voyage in which she passes or derives benefit from the said lights respectively. ALMERIC FITZROY. SPEECH of the King on the Opening of the British Parliament. Westminster, February 7, 1917. My Lords and Gentlemen, FOR the third time in succession I summon you to your deliberations in the midst of war. Certain overtures, of which you are aware, have been made by the enemy with a view to the opening of peace negotiations. Their tenour, however, indicated no possible basis for peace. In My people throughout the Empire and my faithful and heroic Allies remain steadfastly and unanimously resolved to secure the just demands for reparation and restitution in respect of the past and the guarantees for the future which we regard as essential to the progress of civilisation. response to an invitation from the President of the United States of America, we have outlined, so far as can be done at present, the general objects necessarily implied by these. The threats of further outrages upon public law and the common rights of humanity will but serve to steel our determination. aims. During the winter months my Navy has maintained unchallenged its ceaseless watch on the seas and has enforced |