Rs. 10,000 .. If it exceeds Rs. 10,000 for every Rs. 5,000 or part thereof in If it exceeds Rs. 30,000 for every Rs. 10,000 3 0 or part thereof in Cheques up to Rs. 20 require no stamp, but cheques for an amount exceeding Rs. 20 must bear a stamp of one anna. 12. Bills of lading need not be stamped. CLIFFORD H. CRAUFURD, Her Britannic Majesty's Mombasa, 24th December, 1896. PROCLAMATION repealing the Regulations of 23rd January, 1896, and bringing into Force the East Africa Fire-arms Regulations, 1896. Mombasa, December 29, 1896. [No. 37.] WHEREAS it is expedient to repeal the East Africa Proclamation of January 23, 1896, relating to regulations as to firearms, and to make other provisions instead of the same: And whereas Her Majesty's Secretary of State has under his hand and date November 11th, 1896, issued certain Regulations to be known as the East Africa Fire-arms Regulations, 1896:* Now therefore, I. Her Majesty's Acting Commissioner and Consul-General for the East Africa Protectorate, under and by virtue of the powers and authority in me vested, do hereby proclaim, declare and make known as follows: That the above cited East Africa Fire-arms Regulations, 1896, a copy of which is hereto attached, shall come into force upon the 1st day of January, 1897, and be binding upon all persons within the East Africa Protectorate, and that the Proclamation of January 23, 1896, is hereby repealed, but that such repeal shall not affect the prosecution for any contravention of the repealed provisions committed before the coming into effect of this Proclamation, all of which prosecu * See Vol. 20. Page 47. tions shall be had and penalties for such offences enforced in like manner as if the aforesaid repeal had not taken place. Given under my hand and seal at Mombasa, East Africa Protectorate, this 29th day of December, 1896. CLIFFORD H. CRAUFURD, Her Britannic Majesty'z NOTICE applying the East Africa Fire-arms Regulations to the Sultanate of Witu. Mombasa, December 29, 1896. [No. 38.] WHEREAS Her Majesty's Secretary of State under his hand and date November 11th, 1896, has issued certain Regulations relating to fire-arms for the territories of the East Africa Protectorate exclusive of the Sultanate of Witu.* And whereas Her Majesty's Acting Commissioner for East Africa has, by his Proclamation,† a copy of which is hereto attached, enforced the same from 1st January, 1897: It is hereby enacted by the order of His Highness the Sultan of Witu that the aforesaid regulations shall apply to the Sultanate of Witu after seven clear days of the publication thereof. Given under my hand and seal at Mombasa, East Africa Protectorate, this 29th day of December, 1896. CLIFFORD H. CRAUFURD, Her Britannic Majesty's PROCLAMATION as to Stamping and Registration of Fire-arms, in the East Africa Protectorate. Mombasa, February 6, 1897. [No. 40.] NOTICE is hereby given that under Section 13 of the East Africa Fire-arms Regulations, 1896, any person possessing any fire-arms within this Protectorate shall on or before the 1st day of March, 1897, bring the same to the public warehouses or + See Page 63. *See Vol. 20. Page 47. Sce Vol. 20, Page 49. offices of the Registrars in the towns of Mombasa, Lamu, Kismayn, Malindi, Wassein, and Machakos, and every such fire-arm shall be stamped and registered as required by the Regulations above mentioned. For Her Britannic Majesty's Consul-General, Mombasa, 6th February, 1897. NOTICE respecting the appropriation of Land on the Uganda Railway beyond Mombasa. Mombasa, May 9, 1897.* [No. 44.] IT is hereby notified that Her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General has, by order of Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and in pursuance of the powers vested in him, appropriated from this date for public purposes, subject to any rights of ownership which may be proved to his satisfaction, all lands on the mainland beyond Mombasa, situated within one mile on either side of the line of the Uganda Railway wherever finally constructed. ARTHUR HI. HARDINGE, Her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General. Mombasa, May 9, 1897. NOTIFICATION as to Dhows proceeding to Arabia from any Port south of Lamu. Zanzibar, May 17, 1897. [No. 45.] CASES having arisen in which dhows proceeding to Arabia and suspected of carrying slaves have refused to exhibit their papers to the native authorities of the Province of Tanaland, or to permit them to examine the passengers, it is hereby notified that Her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General for the East Africa Protectorate-has in pursuance of the powers vested in him made the following: Regulations. 1. No dhow proceeding to Arabia from any port south of Lamu shall be permitted, until further notice, to touch at any port on the coast of the East Africa Protectorate between Lamu and Kismayu excepting Burkab (Port Durnford). A similar notice for the Uganda Protectorate was issued on the 17th November, 1897. VOL. XXI. F 2. A breach of the above Regulation will render the dhow committing it liable to confiscation. 3. Her Majesty's Sub-Commissioner at Lamu may in special cases, and, for special reasons, to be notified by him to the Commissioner, give permission to a dhow to touch at a port other than Burkab where he is satisfied that she is not engaged in the Slave Trade. ARTHUR H. HARDINGE, Her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General. Zanzibar, May 17, 1897. REGULATIONS as to the Manufacture of Distilled Liquors in the East Africa Protectorate. Mombasa, May 23, 1897. [No. 46.] WHEREAS under the provisions of "The Africa Order in Council, 1889,"* and the Orders in Council relating to Zanzibar,† Her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General for the East Africa Protectorate has power to make Queen's Regulations for peace, order, and good government: And whereas Her Majesty the Queen was a party to the General Act of the Brussels Conference (1889-90), and the East Africa Protectorate is a district to which Article XCI of that Act‡ applies, it is hereby notified that the Commissioner and Consul-General has, in pursuance of the powers aforesaid, made the following Regulations : Regulations. 1. Save as hereinafter provided, the manufacture of distilled liquor at any place within the Protectorate is hereby prohibited. 2. The Commissioner and Consul-General may, in his discretion, grant licences for the manufacture of distilled liquor. Every such licence shall endure for one year only, subject to renewal, and if the manufacture is for sale, the grant and renewal of the licence shall be subject to the payment of such duty as the Commissioner and Consul-General may think fit to impose. 3. Every licence shall be subject to conditions, that is to say: (a.) The liquor manufactured shall not be sold or given otherwise than for medicinal purposes, to any native of the * See Vol. 18. Page 1. + Vol. 18. See Vol. 19. Page 1198, and Vol. 19. Page 952. Protectorate or any native of African race resident within the Protectorate. (b.) The amount of liquor manufactured within the year shall not exceed the maximum fixed by the licence. (c.) Any other condition or conditions which the Commissioner and Consul-General may think fit to insert in the licence. 4. Any breach of the said conditions shall be an offence against these Regulations. 5. If any person commits any breach of these Regulations. he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 1,000 rupees or to imprisonment for a period which may extend to six months, or to both, and on conviction of any offender, or if he absconds or evades trial, any spirits manufactured by him or found on his premises, together with any materials or plant wholly or partly belonging to the offender, and appearing to have been used in the manufacture, shall be forfeited, and if he is a licensee his licence also shall be forfeited. 6. These Regulations may be cited as "The Distilled Liquors Regulations, 1897." ARTHUR H. HARDINGE, Her Britannic Majesty's Approved: SALISBURY. Foreign Office, April 1, 1897. Mombasa, May 23, 1897. NOTICE respecting the acquisition of Land for Public Purposes from Natives in the East Africa Protectorate. Mombasa, June 12, 1897. [No. 47.] WHEREAS from time to time it may become necessary for the Government to acquire property within the East Africa Protectorate for public purposes: Notice is hereby given that from and after this date the Sub-Commissioner of any Province may at any time declare under his hand that any land or houses belonging to persons subject to the jurisdiction of the Native Courts are required for a public purpose. Such declaration shall be published in such manner as is usual within the Province within which the property affected is situate, and shall specify the same sufficiently for identification, and thereupon, or from the date on which notice of such declaration has been given to the person interested, if no other publication has been made, the Government shall be entitled to |