And whereas by the said section it is provided that those Acts shall, subject to any exceptions or modifications which may be made by Order in Council, either generally or as respects any special class of such ships, apply to such ships when registered in accordance with such Regulations;

And whereas the provisions of section 1 of "The Rules Publication Act, 1893," have been complied with:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue of the powers in this behalf by the said Act, or otherwise, in him vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the following Regulations shall have effect as regards any Government ships in the service of the War Department.

1. An application for registry of a Government ship in the service of the War Department shall be made in writing under the hand of the Secretary of the War Office. Such application shall contain the following particulars:

(1.) A statement of the name and description of the ship. (2.) A statement of the time when, and place where, the ship was built; or, if the ship was foreign built and the time and place of building are unknown, a statement to that effect, and of her foreign name.

(3.) A statement of the nature of the title to the said ship, whether by original construction by or for the War Department, or by purchase, capture, condemnation, or otherwise, and a list of the documents of title, if any, in case she was not originally constructed by or for the War Department.

(4.) A statement of the name of the master.

2. The Registrar, on receiving such application in respect of a Government ship in the service of the War Department, shall:

(1.) Enter the ship in the Register book as belonging to "His Majesty, represented by the War Department," and shall also enter therein:

(2.) The name of the port to which she belongs.

(3.) The particulars stated in the application for regis

tration.

(4.) The details comprised in the surveyor's certificate.

3. On the registry of a Government ship in the service of the War Department, the Registrar shall retain in his possession the surveyor's certificate and the application for registry, and any documents of title mentioned in such application.

4. Upon the transfer of a registered Government ship in the service of the War Department by bill of sale the War Department shall be the transferor, and the bill of sale shall be in Form A in the proper form prescribed under the

Principal Act, omitting the covenant therein contained. Any such bill of sale shall be signed by the Secretary of the War Office on behalf of the War Department.

5. The application for a certificate of sale referred to in sections 39 to 42 and sections 44 to 46 of the Principal Act, may be made in respect of a Government ship in the service of the War Department by the Secretary of the War Office on behalf of that Department.

6. The person to whom the management of any Government ship in the service of the War Department is entrusted by the War Department shall be registered as provided by section 59 (2) of the Principal Act.

7. Government ships in the service of the War Department registered in pursuance of the provisions of this Order in Council are hereby excluded from the category of ships belonging to His Majesty within the meaning of sections 557 to 564 of the Principal Act.

8. Where any section of the Merchant Shipping Acts which, by virtue of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1906,' and this Order in Council, is applicable to Government ships in the service of the War Department imposes any duty or liability or confers any right or power upon or contemplates any act being performed by the owner of a ship such duty, liability, right or power shall, subject always to the other provisions of this Order in Council, be carried out, borne, or exercised by the War Department on behalf of His Majesty.

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9. In this Order in Council the term "Merchant Shipping Acts" shall mean and include any of the Merchant Shipping Acts, any provision of which is by virtue of The Merchant Shipping Act, 1906," and this Order, applicable to Government ships.

10. Section 1 and sections 8 to 12 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,"* shall not apply to Government ships in the service of the War Department registered in pursuance of the provisions of this Order in Council. Provided always that no provision of the Merchant Shipping Acts which, according to a reasonable construction, would not apply in the case of Government ships in the service of the War Department shall be deemed to apply to such ships by reason only that its application is not hereby expressly excluded. ALMERIC FITZROY.

* Vol. LXXXVI, page 633.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL making an Addition to Part II of the Table of Fees annexed respectively to "The Consular Fees (General) Order in Council, 1906," "The China (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1906," and "The Japan (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1906."London, June 4, 1918.

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

WHEREAS by "The Consular Salaries and Fees Act, 1891," His Majesty the King is authorised by Order in Council to fix the fees to be taken in respect of any matter or thing done by a Consular Officer in the execution of his office, and to vary such fees by way of increase or decrease, and to abolish fees, and to create new fees;

And whereas it is expedient that the table of fees, as now fixed by "The Consular Fees (General) Order in Council, 1906,"*" "*"The China (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1906," and "The Japan (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1906,"‡ should in certain respects be amended:

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the before-mentioned Act, His Majesty 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 Consular Fees (Amendment) (No. 2) Order in Council, 1918."

2. The following fee is hereby established, and shall be deemed to be added to fee No. 83к in Part II of the table of fees annexed respectively to "The Consular Fees (General) Order in Council, 1906,"" The China (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1906," and "The Japan (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1906":

"(c.) Cloth for embroidery at the rate of five centimes per length."

3. In all copies of the Orders in Council referred to in the *Vol. XCIX, page 514. + Vol. XCIX, page 522.

Vol. XCIX, page 531,

preceding articles which may be printed after the commencement of this Order, the fee directed by this Order to be added to the tables of fees annexed to the said Orders shall be added thereto.

4. This Order shall come into operation at once.

And the Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL applying Section 91 of "The Patents and Designs Act, 1907," to the Union of South Africa.-London, June 25, 1918.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 25th day of June. 1918.

WHEREAS by section 91 of "The Patents and Designs Act, 1907," it is, in regard to international and colonial arrangements relating to the registration of patents and designs, provided, inter alia, as follows:

"(5.) Where it is made to appear to His Majesty that the Legislature of any British Possession has made satisfactory provision for the protection of inventions, designs and trademarks, patented or registered in this country, it shall be lawful for His Majesty, by Order in Council, to apply the provisions of this section to that Possession, with such variations or additions, if any, as may be stated in the Order";

And whereas it is made to appear to His Majesty that the Legislature of the Union of South Africa has made satisfactory provision for the protection of inventions and designs patented or registered in the United Kingdom:

• "London Gazette," June 25, 1918.

+ Vol. CI, page 28.

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, by virtue and in pursuance of the provision of the above-recited sub-section, and of every other power him thereunto enabling, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that the provisions of section 91 of "The Patents and Designs Act, 1907," so far as relates to patents and designs, shall apply to the Union of South Africa.

This Order shall come into force from and including the 1st day of July, 1918.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

ACT of the British Parliament to grant certain Duties of Customs and Inland Revenue (including Excise), to alter other Duties, and to amend the Law relating to Customs and Inland Revenue (including Excise) and the National Debt, and to make further provision in connection with Finance.

[8 & 9 Geo. V, c. 15.]

MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,

[July 30, 1918.]

WE, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, towards raising the necessary supplies to defray your Majesty's public expenses, and making an addition to the public revenue, have freely and voluntarily resolved to give and grant unto your Majesty the several duties hereinafter mentioned; and do therefore most humbly beseech your Majesty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

of

PART I.-Customs and Excise.

1. The following duties of Customs, imposed by Part 1 The Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915,'** shall continue to be charged, levied and paid until the 1st day of August, 1919, that is to say: