unprovoked repetition. Its spokesmen refuse any obligations for themselves, while denying the rightful liberties of others.

Until a recognition is offered of the only principles on which an honourable peace can be concluded, it is our duty to prosecute the war with all the vigour that we possess. I have full confidence that my forces in the field, in close co-operation with those of my faithful Allies, will continue to display the same heroic courage and my people at home the same unselfish devotion that have already frustrated so many of the enemy's designs and will ensure the ultimate triumph of a righteous cause.

Gentlemen of the House of Commons,

You will be asked to make suitable provision for the requirements of the combatant services and for the stability of our national finance.

My Lords and Gentlemen,

The struggle on which we are engaged has reached a critical stage, which demands more than ever our united energies and resources. I confidently commend to your patriotism the measures which will be submitted to you, and I pray that the Almighty may bestow His blessing on your labours.

BRITISH NOTIFICATION of the German Ordinance, dated January 18, 1918, modifying the German List of Contraband of War.*--London, February 20, 1918. t

Foreign Office, February 20, 1918. THE following is a translation of an Ordinance of the German Government modifying this list:

In further retaliation for the regulations issued by England and her Allies inconsistent with the Declaration of London of February 26, 1909, I approve the application during the present war of the following modifications of the Prize Ordinance of the 30th September, 1909, and of the supplements thereto dated the 18th October, the 23rd November and the 14th December, 1914, the 18th April, 1915, the 3rd June and the 22nd July, 1916, and the 9th January, the 25th June and the 16th July, 1917:

The complete German List of Contraband, which had not undergone any further modification until the issue of the above Ordinance, was published in the "London Gazette" of August 4, 1917, see page 78,

"London Gazette," February 26, 1918.

1. Article 21 [List of absolute contraband], section 3. add: paper and cardboard of every kind and in every form and the refuse thereof; wood-pulp and cellulose.

2. In Article 27 [List of goods which cannot be declared contraband] omit section 5.

This Ordinance comes into force on the day of its promulgation.

Given at Grand Headquarters, the 18th January, 1918. WILHELM.

VON CAPELLE.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL amending the Rules regulating the procedure on Appeals from the Supreme Court of Ceylon to the King in Council.—London, March 22, 1918.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of March,

1918.

PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

Lord President.
Lord Steward.

Sir George Buchanan.
Sir Frederick Ponsonby.

WHEREAS by an Ordinance enacted by the Governor and Legislative Council of Ceylon shortly entitled "The Appeals (Privy Council) Ordinance, 1909," provision was made for regulating the procedure on appeals from the Supreme Court of Ceylon to His Majesty in Council;

And whereas by the said Ordinance it was (amongst other things) enacted that, from and after the commencement of that ordinance, the right of parties to civil suits or actions in the Supreme Court to appeal to His Majesty in Council against the judgments and orders of such Court should be subject to and regulated by the limitations and conditions prescribed by the Rules set out in Schedule 1 thereto, or by such other Rules as might from time to time be made by His Majesty in Council;

And whereas it is expedient to amend the said Rules as hereinafter appears:·

It is hereby ordered by the King's most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice of his Privy Council, that the Rules numbered 2, 3 (a), 21, and 25 in Schedule I of the herein

"London Gazette," March 22, 1918.

before-recited Ordinance be, and the same are hereby revoked, and that the Rules hereunder set out shall be substituted for the same.

RULE 2.-Application to the Court for leave to appeal shall be made by petition within 30 days from the date of the judgment to be appealed from, and the applicant shall, within 14 days from the date of such judgment, give the opposite party notice of such intended application.

RULE 3 (a.)--Upon the condition of the appellant within a period of one month, from the date of the hearing of the application for leave to appeal, unless the Court shall, on the ground of the absence of the appellant from the Colony or for some other special cause, on application made to it, before the expiration of such period have granted an extension thereof, entering into good and sufficient security, to the satisfaction of the Court, in a sum not exceeding 3,000 rupees for the due prosecution of the appeal, and the payment of all such costs as may become payable to the respondent in the event of the appellant not obtaining an order granting him final leave to appeal, or of the appeal being dismissed for non-prosecution, or of His Majesty in Council ordering the appellant to pay the respondent's costs of the appeal (as the case may be).

RULE 21.-Where an appellant, having obtained an order granting him conditional leave to appeal, and having complied with the conditions imposed on him by such order, fails thereafter to apply within one week from the date of his having so complied to the Court for an order granting him final leave to appeal, the Court may; on an application in that behalf made by the respondent, or of its own motion, on such notice to the parties as it shall think reasonable in the circumstances, rescind the order granting conditional leave to appeal, and declare the appeal to stand dismissed for non-prosecution, notwithstanding the appellant's compliance with the conditions imposed by such order, and may give such directions as to the costs of the appeal and the security entered into by the appellant as the Court shall think fit, or make such further or other order in the premises as, in the opinion of the Court, the justice of the case requires.

RULE 25.-Where an appellant having obtained final leave to appeal, fails to show due diligence in taking all necessary steps for the purpose of procuring the despatch of the record" to England, the Court may, on an application in that behalf made by the respondent, or of its own motion, on such notice to the parties as it shall think reasonable in the circumstances, declare the appeal to stand dismissed for non-prosecution without express order of His Majesty in Council and the costs of the appeal and the security entered into by the appellant

shall be dealt with in such manner as the Court may think fit to direct.

And it is hereby further ordered that this Order in Council shall take effect in the Colony of Ceylon on such day as shall be named for that purpose by any Proclamation issued by the officer administering the Government of that Colony. ALMERIC FITZROY.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL giving effect to the Nigeria "Extradition Ordinance, 1917," as if it were part of "The Extradition Act, 1870."-London, April 13, 1918.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of April,

WHEREAS by section 18 of "The Extradition Act, 1870," it is (amongst other things) enacted that if, by any law made after the passing of the said Act by the Legislature of any British Possession, provision is made for carrying into effect within that Possession the surrender of fugitive criminals who are, or are suspected of being, therein, His Majesty may, by the Order in Council applying the said Act in the case of any foreign State, or by any subsequent Order, either:

Suspend the operation within any such British Possession of the said Act, or of any part thereof, so far as it relates to that foreign State, and so long as that law continues in force there, and no longer;

Or direct that the law, or any part thereof, shall have effect in such British Possession, with or without modifications and alterations, as if it were part of the said Act;

And whereas by an Ordinance, numbered 69 of 1917, enacted by the Legislature of the Colony of Nigeria, the short title of which is "The Extradition Ordinance, 1917," it is provided that all powers vested in and acts authorised or required to be done by a police magistrate or any justice of * "London Gazette," April 16, 1918. t Vol. LX, page 145.

the peace in relation to the surrender of fugitive criminals in the United Kingdom under The Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873,' are hereby vested in, and may in the Colony be exercised and done by, any Commissioner of the Supreme Court, in relation to the surrender of fugitive criminals under the said Acts";

And whereas it is further provided by the said Ordinance that the said Ordinance shall not come into operation until His Majesty shall, by Order in Council, direct that the said. Ordinance shall have effect within the Colony as if it were part of "The Extradition Act, 1870," but that the said Ordinance shall thereafter come into operation as soon as such Order in Council shall have been published in the "Nigeria Government Gazette ":

Now, therefore, His Majesty, in pursuance of “The Extradition Act, 1870," and in exercise of the power in that behalf in the said Act contained, doth, by this present Order, by and with the advice of His Majesty's Privy Council, direct that the said Ordinance shall have effect in the Colony of Nigeria without modification or alteration, as if it were part of "The Extradition Act, 1870.”

And the Right Honourable Walter Hume Long, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

ERIC

ALMERIC FITZROY.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL making Regulations* for the Registration of Government Ships as British Ships under the Merchant Shipping Acts.--- London, June 4, 1918. +

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 4th day of June,

1918.

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

WHEREAS by section 80 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1906,'' power is given to His Majesty, by Order in Council. to make Regulations as to the manner in which Government ships may be registered as British ships under the Merchant Shipping Acts;

These Regulations were brought into operation as Provisional Rules by the Order in Council of April 13, 1918. Vol. XCIX, page 14.

"London Gazette," June 4, 1918.