See FRANCE. TUNIS. TURKEY. Page Memorandum. Trade Marks Regulations. 27th January, 1896...... 853 Notification. Raising of Blockade of Crete. Prohibition of Importation of Arms, &c. London, 12th December, 1898...... 854 Order in Council. British Jurisdiction. Osborne, 8th August, 1899...... 855 Rules of Court. British Courts in Ottoman Dominions. Act of Congress. Prohibiting Killing of Fur Seals, &c., 29th December, 1897...... 1070 Circular. Regulations as to Killing Fur Seals, North Pacific Ocean. Washington, 30th December, 1897...... 1072 Notification. United States Blockade of North Coast of Cuba........London, 27th April, 1898...... 1074 Notification. Rules observed by United States in War with Spain....London, 3rd May, 1898...... 1074 Notification. United States Proclamation of 26th April, 1898. Adhesion to Rules of Declaration of Paris, 1856. London, 9th May, 1898...... 1075 Notification. United States Circular of 27th April, 1898. London, 14th May, 1898...... 1076 Notification. United States Proclamation of 27th June, 1898. Blockade of Poris on South Coast of Cuba, and of San Juan, Porto Rico. Page London, 15th July, 1898...... 1078 Circular. Tonnage Tax on British Yachts in United States. Washington, 11th October, 1898...... 1079 Convention. Parcel Post. United States and Trinidad. Washington, 29th October, 1898...... 1080 Convention. Money Orders. British Honduras. Washington, 20th February, 1899...... 1084 Convention. Disposal of Real and Personal Property. Washington, 2nd March, 1899.. 1088 Circular. Entry of Personal Effects and Fur-seal Garments ...... Washington, 10th April, 1899...... 1091 Circular. Duties on Belgian Sugar. Washington, 18th April, 1899..... Circular. Philippine Islands and Island of Guam. Customs Stations and Ports of Entry. 1096 Washington, 5th May, 1899..... 1097 Circular. Consular Duties in Occupied Ports. Washington, 11th May, 1899...... 1098 Circular. Customs in Cuban Ports in possession of United States. Washington, 25th May, 1899...... 1099 Circular. Customs, &c., for Philippines. Washington, 8th July, 1899...... 1100 Circular. Customs, &c., Porto Rico. Notes. Washington, 10th July, 1899...... 1107 Provisional Alaska Boundary. Washington, 20th October, 1899...... 1115 Convention. Great Britain, Germany, and United States. Washington, 7th November, 1899...... 1180 Notification. Visas on Passports for Philippines. London, 10th November, 1899.... .. 1118 Convention. Great Britain, Germany, and United States. Convention. Extradition. Washington, 13th December, 1900...... 1119 URUGUAY. Convention. Renewal of Treaty of Commerce and Navigation of 1885. Monte Video, 15th July, 1899...... 1120 Accession. Geneva Convention, 1864. Wounded in War. 3rd May, 1900...... 1122 VENEZUELA. Page Law. Foreign Ships of War in Ports of Venezuela. Caracas, 15th May, 1882...... 1122 Award. British Guiana Boundary. Paris, 3rd October, 1899..... 1123 ZANZIBAR. Regulations. Zanzibar Dhows. 48 Zanzibar, 1st November, 1893...... 1130 Regulations. Control of Dhows flying the British flag. Zanzibar, 14th July, 1894... Notification. Order applying to Zanzibar the Indian Land Acquisition Act, 1894. Zanzibar, 16th June, 1896...... 1132 1st March, 1899.... Rule. Table of Judicial Fees 1134 AFRICA. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL,* Africa Protectorate (Capital Sentences). Balmoral, 20th October, 1898. At the Court at Balmoral, the 20th day of October, 1898. PRESENT: THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. Duke of Fife. Earl of Kintore. Lord George Hamilton. WHEREAS by Treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, and other lawful means, Her Majesty the Queen has power and jurisdiction in the parts of Africa mentioned in "The Africa Order in Council, 1889 ":t Now therefore Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers by "The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890,"‡ or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased by and with the advice of Her Privy Council to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. So much of Article 74 of " The Africa Order in Council, 1889," as requires that in every case of sentence of death the minutes of the trial shall be transmitted to a Secretary of State, and that the sentence shall not be carried into effect until confirmed by him, is hereby repealed as to every Protectorate of Her Majesty in Africa, and the following provisions shall be substituted, that is to say: (a.) In every case of sentence of death the Judicial Officer by whom it was pronounced shall send the minutes of the trial to the Commissioner for the Protectorate, appending thereto a certificate under his hand to the effect that, in his opinion, it is or is not desirable that the sentence should be reconsidered by a Secretary of State, and adding such other observations as he may think fit. (b.) The Commissioner, after considering the minutes and certificate and observations (if any) of the Judicial Officer, shall append thereto a certificate under his hand to the effect that, in his opinion, it is or is not desirable that the sentence should be * "London Gazette," October 25, 1898. VOL. XXI. B reconsidered by a Secretary of State, and may add such further observations as he may think fit. (c.) If either the Judicial Officer or the Commissioner so certifies that it is so desirable the Commissioner shall transmit the minutes, certificates, and cbservations to the Secretary of State for consideration by him. (d.) If the Judicial Officer and the Commissioner both certify that it is not desirable that the sentence should be reconsidered by a Secretary of State, the Commissioner shall certify his confirmation of the sentence by writing under his hand. (e.) Such sentence of death shall not be carried into effect until so confirmed by the Commissioner or a Secretary of State, but upon such confirmation shall be carried into effect according to the provisions of "The Africa Order in Council, 1889." 2. În this Order "Commissioner" means the Commissioner and Consul-General or other principal officer for the time being administering the Government of a Protectorate. 3. This Örder may be cited as "The Africa Protectorate (Capital Sentences) Order in Council, 1898." A. W. FITZROY. CONVENTION respecting the Liquor Traffic in Africa (Great Britain, Belgium, Independent State of the Congo, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey). Signed at Brussels, June 8, 1899.* [Ratifications deposited at Brussels, June 8 and 19, 1900.]† (Translation.) HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India; His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia, in the name of the German Empire; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Majesty the King of Spain, and in his name Her Majesty the Queen-Regent of the Kingdom; His Majesty the King-Sovereign of the Independent State of the Congo; the President of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of Italy; Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Algarves, &c.; His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias; His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, &c.; and His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans; Wishing to provide for the execution of Article XCII of the General Act of Brussels, which prescribes the revision of the Signed in the French language. † See Protocols, pp. 5 and 8. Sce Vol. 19. Page 300. |