And it is hereby further ordered and declared that this Order shall take effect from the day and date first above written. A. W. FITZROY. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, terminating the operation of the Orders in Council regulating Her Majesty's Consular Jurisdiction in the Empire of Japan. Balmoral, October 7, 1899.* At the Court at Balmoral, the 7th day of October, 1899. PRESENT: THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. Lord Balfour of Burleigh. Sir Fleetwood Edwards. WHEREAS, by Treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, and other lawful means, Her Majesty the Queen has power and jurisdiction in the Empire of Japan: And whereas the exercise of the power and jurisdiction. aforesaid, is now regulated by "The China and Japan Order in Council, 1865,"† and subsequent amending Orders in Council: And whereas, by Treaty between Her Majesty and the Emperor of Japan, signed at London on the 16th July, 1894, it was agreed that from the date when that Treaty should come into force certain Conventions, Arrangements, and Agreements with respect to Her Majesty's jurisdiction in Japan should cease to be binding, and in consequence that the jurisdiction then exercised by British Courts in Japan, and all the exceptional privileges, exemptions, and immunities then enjoyed by British subjects as a part of or appurtenant to such jurisdiction should absolutely cease and determine, and thereafter all such jurisdiction should be assumed and exercised by Japanese Courts. And whereas the said Treaty came into force on the 17th day of July, 1899, but it has been agreed by and between Her Majesty and the Emperor of Japan, that its operation as regards Her Majesty's Consular jurisdiction, should be suspended until the 4th day of August, 1899. Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by "The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890,"§ or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased by and "London Gazette," October 17, 1899. + See Vol. 12. § See Vol. 18. Page 281. with the advice of Her Privy Council to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: As regards all such matters and cases as come within the jurisdiction of the Japanese Courts, the operation of the Orders in Council regulating Her Majesty's Consular jurisdiction in the Empire of Japan, shall cease to be in force and operation within the said Empire as from the 4th day of August, 1899, except as regards any judicial matters pending in any of Her Majesty's Consular Courts in Japan on the day above mentioned. And the Most Honourable the Marquess of Salisbury, K.G., one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain. A. W. FITZROY. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, establishing a New Table of Consular and Marriage Fees in Japan, and repealing the Order in Council of 1892. Osborne, January 29, 1900,* At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 29th day of January, 1900. PRESENT: THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. Lord President. Lord Chamberlain. Marquess of Lorne. WHEREAS by "The Consular Salaries and Fees Act, 1891,"t Her Majesty the Queen is authorized 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 by "The Foreign Marriage Act, 1892,"‡ and by "The Foreign Marriages Order in Council, 1892,"§ made in pursuance of that Act, it is provided that certain things may or shall be done on payment of the proper fee, and that Act further provides that the proper fee shall be such fee as may for the time being be fixed under the first recited Act, and that the "London Gazette," February 6, 1900. + See Vol. 19. Page 352. See Vol. 19. Page 406. § See Vol. 19. Page 428. fee so fixed as respects a Consul shall be the fee which shall be taken by any marriage officer; And whereas under "The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890,"* Her Majesty in Council has power to make Orders in Council, and also to revoke or vary Orders in Council, made, or deemed to have been made, in pursuance of that Act; And whereas it is expedient that the Table of Fees fixed by "The Consular Fees (China, Japan, and Corea) Order in Council, 1892,"t should, in certain respects, be amended, and that the whole of the fees to be taken by Consular officers and marriage officers in Japan should be stated in sterling currency, and should be fixed by an Order in Council made under the provisions of "The Consular Salaries and Fees Act, 1891": Now, therefore, in pursuance of the before-mentioned Acts, it is hereby ordered by Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, as follows: 1. This Order may be cited as "The Japan (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1900." 2. The several fees set forth in the tables annexed to this Order are hereby established, and the said tables and notes thereto shall be construed as part of this Order. 3. This Order shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 1900, or at such later day as in the case of any particular Consular jurisdiction, or part thereof, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, by any general or particular instructions, may from time to time direct. 4. On and after the day on which this Order comes into operation in any place in Japan, "The Consular Fees (China, Japan, and Corea) Order in Council, 1892," shall be repealed as to that place, but this repeal shall not affect any right or liability existing at the time when this Order so comes into operation. 5. In this Order the expression "Consular jurisdiction" means and includes the district, place, or places for which a Consular officer acts. 6. This Order shall extend to all places in Japan. And the Marquess of Salisbury, K.G., one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. A. W. FITZROY. * See Voi. 18. Page 561. VOL. XXI. † Sce Vol. 19. Fage 150. 2 Y ANNEX. TABLES OF CONSULAR AND MARRIAGE FEES to be taken in Japan in pursuance of "The Consular Salaries and Fees Act, 1891," "The Foreign Marriage Act, 1892," "The Foreign Marriages Order in Council, 1892," and "The Japan (Consular and Marriage Fees) Order in Council, 1900." PART I. Fees to be taken in respect of Matters in which the Interposition of a Consular Officer is required by Law. MATTER IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE FEE IS TO BE TAKEN. 1. For every declaration taken or recorded under the Merchant Ship- 3. For granting a provisional certificate of registry (this fee to be exclu- 4. For recording a mortgage of a ship, or shares in a ship, made under certificate of mortgage 1 0 5. For recording the transfer of a mortgage of a ship, or shares in a 100 1 0 6. For recording the discharge of a mortgage of a ship, or shares in a 8. For inspection of the register book of transactions in ships, kept in 9. For certified copy of extract from register book of transactions in ships 10. For every seaman engaged before a Consular officer.. 11. For every alteration in agreements with seamen made before a Consular officer .. 12. For every seaman discharged or left behind with the sanction of a Consular officer 13. For every desertion certified by a Consular officer 14. For attesting a seaman's will (see No. 99) For examination of provisions or water, to be paid by the party who 16. For every salvage bond made in pursuance of Section 560 (1) of 'The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," to be paid by the master or owner of the property salved .. 17. For making indorsement on ship's papers, as required by Section 257 of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894" 60 2 222 00 22 000 0 10 C 2 0 0 026 (To include the fee for inspection of ship's papers. See No. 43.) Marriage Fees to be taken by Marriage Officers acting under "The Foreign Marriage Act, 1892," and "The Foreign Marriages Order in Council, 1892." 18. For receiving notice of an intended marriage 19. For receiving notice of a caveat.. 20. For every marriage solemnized by or in the presence of a marriage officer, and registered by him .. 21. For certificate by marriage officer of notice having been given and posted up (Article 6 of "The Foreign Marriages Order in Council, 1892") £ s. d. 22. For attendance by Consular officer at a marriage solemnized in accordance with the local law, and his registration of the marriage (see Article 8 of "The Foreign Marriages Order in Council, 1892") 1 0 0 PART II. Fees to be taken in respect of Matters in which the Interposition of a Consular Officer is to be given when required by Parties interested. MATTER IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE FEE IS TO BE TAKEN. 23. For noting a marine protest and furnishing one certified copy if £ s. d. 0 7 6 0 10 0 100 1 0 0 27. For any other protest, if not exceeding 200 words, filing original, and furnishing one certified copy if required. This is to be exclusive of fee for drawing, if required, the body of the protest (see No. 93).. 1 0 0 28. If the protest or report of survey exceed 200 words, for every additional 100 words or fraction thereof .. 29. For attesting average, bottomry, or arbitration bond, each copy (sce No. 92) 30. For preparing a fresh agreement with the crew of a British vessel on new Articles of Agreement being opened at a foreign port, and for furnishing the copy which the Merchant Shipping Acts require should be made accessible to the crew 026 050 0 10 ... 0 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 34. Certificate of due landing of goods exported from a British port For each certificate granted as to the number of the crew of a vessel, or as to any other matter required by local authorities for the clearance inwards and outwards of a vessel (see Nos. 17 and 38) .. 0 5 0 38. For drawing up, in form and language required by local authorities, a muster-roll, or detailed list, giving the names, &c., of each member of the crew of a vessel (to be charged in addition to No. 37) 0 2 6 39. For affixing Consular signature, and seal if required, to a ship's manifest. 0 10 0 40. For affixing Consular seal or signature to any entry in the official logbook of a British vessel, if not required by the Merchant Shipping Acts 41. For attesting the execution of a bill of sale of a ship, or shares in a ship 42. For any document required from a Consular officer by foreign authorities as a preliminary to the engagement of a British seaman in a foreign vessel, including official seal and signature 43. For inspecting ship's papers when their production is required to enable a Consular officer to perform any specific service on the ship's behalf N.B.-This fee not to be charged when Fee 17 is leviable. 44. For granting any certificate not otherwise provided for, if not exceeding 100 words 050 0 5 0 0 10 0 2 6 0 5 0 |