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that this section shall apply to that part of his Dominions, and in such case:

(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 part 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:—

Section 1 of "The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act, 1915," shall apply to the part of His Majesty's Dominions outside the United Kingdom hereunder mentioned:

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The Colony of Fiji.

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.
ERIC

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL under "The Military Service (Conventions with Allied States) Act, 1917," signifying that a Convention, dated August 8, 1918, has been made with Greece.-London, September 27, 1918.*

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 27th day of
September, 1918.

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

WHEREAS by "The Military Service (Conventions with Allied States) Act, 1917," it is provided that His Majesty may by Order in Council, signifying that a Convention or Agreement has been made with a country allied to or other wise acting in naval or military co-operation with His Majesty in the present war (hereinafter referred to as an allied country) which imposes a mutual liability to military service on British subjects in that country and subjects of that country in the United Kingdom, direct that the said Act shall have effect with respect to that allied country and the subjects of that allied country, but that no such Order in Council shall be made unless the following conditions are fulfilled, that is to say:

(a.) Unless the Convention or Agreement secures to His Majesty's Ambassador or other public Minister in the allied country power to grant to British subjects in that country exemption from military service;

(b.) Unless the Convention or Agreement contains provisions to the effect that British subjects in the allied country and subjects of the allied country in the United Kingdoni shall before being liable to military service have an opportunity if they make application for the purpose of returning to the United Kingdom or the allied country as the case may be;

and it is further provided that no such Order in Council shall be made until the expiration of 30 days from the date on which the Convention or Agreement is laid before Parliament,

And whereas an agreement dated the 8th day of August, 1918, has been concluded between His Majesty's Government and the Government of His Majesty the King of the Hellenes respecting the liability to military service of British subjects in Greece and Greek subjects in Great Britain or, in the event of "The Military Service Acts, 1916 to 1918," being extended to Ireland, in the United Kingdom;

Page 310.

"London Gazette," September 27, 1918. + Page 44. [1917-18. cxI.]

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And whereas a period of 30 days from the date on which the said Agreement was laid before Parliament has elapsed:

Now, therefore, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to signify, and it is hereby signified, that such an agreement as is mentioned in the said Act has been made with Greece, and His Majesty is further pleased, by and with the like advice, to direct, and it is hereby directed, that the said Act shall have effect with respect to Greece and Greek subjects.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

BRITISH NOTIFICATION relative to the Decision of the Ottoman Council of Ministers respecting the Treatment of Enemy Property in Turkey.-London, September 30, 1918.*

Foreign Office, September 30, 1918.

HIS MAJESTY's Minister at The Hague has received from the Netherlands Minister (British Section) at Constantinople the following communication, dated the 17th August, 1918, notifying the decision of the Ottoman Council of Ministers published on the 8th ultimo, respecting the treatment of enemy property in Turkey:

"La Légation Royale des Pays-Bas à Constantinople présente ses compliments à la Légation de Sa Majesté britannique à La Haye et a l'honneur de lui faire la communication suivante: Une récente décision du Conseil des Ministres ottoman, rendue publique le 9 août courant, porte que le Ministère des Finances doit assurer à l'avenir la gestion des biens immeubles appartenant à des belligérants absents et actuellement gérés par des tiers. Un délai de dix jours est accordé à tous ceux qui gèrent, d'une manière officielle ou non, lesdits immeubles pour se présenter à la Direction des Domaines aux fins d'y faire connaître la date à laquelle leur gestion a commencé et les conditions dans lesquelles elle s'est effectuée. Passé ce délai, l'Administration du Fisc prendra en mains la gestion des biens susmentionnés.

"La Légation Royale des Pays-Bas n'a pas manqué d'établir, par des preuves juridiques, dans un mémorandum laissé au Ministre Impérial des Affaires Etrangères qu'une simple décision ministérielle, qui touche à des droits privés, n'a pas force de loi et n'est pas exécutoire. La Légation Royale a ajouté qu'elle se trouverait dans la nécessité de

"London Gazette," October 4, 1918.

protester, si, en vertu d'un pareil arrêté, il était procédé à des mesures d'exécution contre l'un quelconque de ses ressortissants.

"Autant qu'on en puisse juger sur la foi des renseignements obtenus et par l'interprétation du communiqué officiel d'une obscurité probablement voulue, inséré dans les journaux de Constantinople, la décision en question ne concerne que les immeubles gérés par des tiers non munis de procuration en règle de leurs commettants.

Aussi serait-il désirable que le Gouvernement britannique recommandât par toutes voies dont il dispose aux sujets britanniques propriétaires d'immeubles en Turquie et absents de ce pays de faire parvenir à leurs mandataires des procurations en bonne et due forme.

"Les mandataires devront être, de préférence, des sujets ottomans ou neutres et il est indispensable que les procurations soient légalisées par les autorités chargées de la protection des Ottomans en Angleterre.

"A toutes fins utiles, la Légation Royale peut indiquer ci-après et sous toutes les réserves d'usage le nom d'une personne de cette ville qui serait disposée à se charger des intérêts des propriétaires d'immeubles en leur absence: M. Emile Phatséa, Agence immobilière et commerciale, Arslan Han, Galata.

"Une découpure du journal quotidien ottoman le 'Hilal' du 9 courant est annexée à la présente note.

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BRITISH NOTIFICATION of the Denunciation by France of Anglo-French Commercial Conventions, and of the Stipulations (Article XXVI) of the FrancoEgyptian Commercial Convention, November 26, 1902, assuring Most-favoured-nation Treatment in respect of the Importation of Goods.-London, October 12, 1918.*

Foreign Office, October 12, 1918. His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received from the French Ambassador in London a communication, dated the 10th September, 1918, giving notice of denunciation by the French Government, as from that date, of the following Commercial Conventions between France and the United Kingdom, which provide respectively

• "London Gazette," October 15, 1918.

for termination a year after notice of denunciation shall have been given by either of the High Contracting Parties:

1. Convention of Commerce and Navigation, with Additional Articles, January 26, 1826.*

2. Convention respecting Commercial, Industrial and Financial Companies, April 30, 1862.†

3. Convention respecting Commercial and Maritime Relations, February 28, 1882.‡

4. Convention respecting Commercial Relations between France and the Seychelles Islands, April 16, 1902. §

5. Convention respecting Commercial Relations between France and Jamaica, August 8, 1902.||

6. Convention respecting Commercial Relations between France and India, February 19, 1903.¶

7. Convention respecting Commercial Relations between France and Ceylon, February 19, 1903.**

8. Convention respecting Commercial Relations between France and the British Protectorates of East Africa, Central Africa and Uganda, February 23, 1903. tt

9. Convention respecting Commercial Relations between France and Barbados, January 9, 1907.‡‡

10. Convention respecting Commercial Relations between France and Canada, September 19, 1907, §§ and Supplementary Convention, January 23, 1909.||||

Also 11. Stipulations of the Convention of Commerce and Navigation between France and Egypt, November 26, 1902¶¶ (Article XXVI), in virtue of which reciprocal most-favourednation treatment is assured in respect of the importation of the goods of the two countries.

In giving notice of the denunciation of the above Conventions, the French Government have intimated their readiness to come to an arrangement whereby the various Conventions will remain in operation even after the period of denunciation has expired, subject to three months' notice on either side. This proposal is still under consideration.

* Vol. XIII, page 3.
Vol. LXXIII, page 22.
Vol. XCV, page 64.
** Vol. XCVI, page 31.
1 Vol. C, page 496.
Vol. CII, page 81.

+ Vol. LII, page 31.
§ Vol. XCVI, page 33.

Vol. XCVI, page 28.
++ Vol. XCVIII, page 48.
§§ Vol. CI, page 764.
¶¶ Vol. XCVII, page 892.

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