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the 19th day of February, 1855,* relating to redirected rates of postage upon letters and packets, which shall be redirected and again forwarded by the post.

16. The term "East Indies," used in this Warrant, shall be construed to mean every port or place in Her Majesty's dominions in Asia (China, Hong Kong, Cochin China, Ceylon, Mauritius, Java, Borneo, and Australia, excepted); and the term "British West Indies," used in this Warrant, shall be construed to mean and include the following Colonies and places and their respective dependencies, that is to say: Antigua, Bahamas, Barbadoes, Bermuda, Berbice, Carriacou, Demerara, Dominica, Grenada, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago, Tortola, Trinidad, and Turks' Islands, and the several other terms and expressions used in this Warrant, shall be construed to have the like meaning in all respects as they would have had if inserted in the said Act, passed in the 4th year of the reign of Her present Majesty.

17. In all cases in which any questions shall hereafter arise, whether any article, matter, or thing transmitted by the post under this Warrant is entitled to the book-post privilege, and to be so transmitted within the intent and meaning of this Warrant, such question shall be referred to the determination of the PostmasterGeneral, whose decision thereupon shall be final.

18. The Commissioners for the time being of Her Majesty's Treasury may, by Warrant under their hands or the hands of any 2 of them, at any time hereafter alter, repeal, or revoke any of the rates of postage hereby fixed or altered, or any of the orders, directions, regulations, and conditions hereby made, and may make and establish any new or other rates, orders, directions, regulations, and conditions in lieu thereof, and from time to time appoint at what time the rates which may be payable are to be paid.

19. This Warrant shall come into operation on the 1st day of August next.

Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, the 25th day of July, 1863. LUKE WHITE.

WM. DUNBAR.

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BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, extending the Regulations for preventing Collision at Sea, to the Ships of Spain, Brazil, Hamburg, Lubeck, Bremen, Morocco, Equator, Uruguay Peru, Russia, and Sweden. July 27, 1863.

At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 27th day of July, 1863.

PRESENT, THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the rules and practice observed for the purpose of

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preventing collisions at sea, which were formerly adopted by maritime nations, have proved insufficient to satisfy the requirements of modern navigation; and whereas various alterations in such rules and practice have from time to time been made by different nations, but the rules so altered have been found to be in some cases inconsistent with each other, and in other cases to have the force of municipal law only; and whereas certain regulations for the purpose aforesaid have been sanctioned by the "Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," and are contained in Table C, in the schedule to that Act. And whereas for the purpose of correcting certain clerical errors the said regulations have, in pursuance of the provisions in the said Act contained, been modified by an Order in Council, bearing date the 9th day of January, 1863,† and the said regulations so modified are appended to the said Order, and to this Order. And whereas, by virtue of the said Act and of the said Order, the said regulations so appended as aforesaid, so far as relates to British and French ships, and also so far as relates to other Foreign ships when within British jurisdiction, came into operation on the 1st day of June, 1863.

And whereas it is provided by the same Act, that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that the Government of any Foreign country is willing that the regulations for preventing collision contained in Table C in the schedule to the said Act, or such other regulations, for preventing collision as are, for the time being, in force under the said Act, should apply to the ships of such country when beyond the limits of British jurisdiction, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct that such regulations shall apply to the ships of the said Foreign country, whether within British jurisdiction or not.

And it is further provided by the said Act, that whenever an Order in Council has been issued applying any regulation made by or in pursuance of the said Act to the ships of any Foreign country, such ships shall in all cases arising in any British court be deemed to be subject to such regulation, and shall for the purpose of such regulation be treated as if they were British ships:

And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that the following Governments, that is to say;

The Government of Her Majesty the Queen of Spain,
The Government of His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil,
The Government of the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg,
The Government of the Free Hanseatic City of Lubeck,
The Government of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen,
The Government of His Majesty the Emperor of Morocco,
The Government of the Republic of the Equator,
The Government of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay,
The Government of the Republic of Peru,

* See Page 340.

† See Page 221.

And the Government of the Republic of Hayti (erroneously described in the Order in Council of the 28th of April, 1863,* as the Kingdom of Hayti),

are willing that she said regulations appended to the said Order and to this Order, shall apply to ships belonging to their respective countries when beyond the limits of British jurisdiction.

And whereas it has also been made to appear to Her Majesty that the Government of His Majesty the Emperor of Russia is willing that the said regulations appended to the said Order and to this Order should, on and after the 1st day of July, 1863, apply to ships belonging to Russia, when beyond the limits of British jurisdiction.

And whereas it has also been made to appear to Her Majesty that the Government of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway is willing that the said regulations appended to the said Order and to this Order should, on and after the 1st day of August, 1863, apply to ships belonging to Sweden when beyond the limits of British jurisdiction.

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in Her by the said recited Act, and by and with the advice and consent of Her Privy Council, is pleased to direct :

That the said regulations appended to the said Order in Council, bearing date the 9th day of January, 1863, and to this Order shall, from the date of this Order, apply to ships belonging to the following countries and states, that is to say:

Spain, Brazil, the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the Free Hanseatic City of Lubeck, the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Morocco, the Republic of the Equator, the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, the Republic of Peru, the Republic of Hayti (erroneously described in the Order in Council of the 28th of April, 1863, as the Kingdom of Hayti), whether within British jurisdiction or not; and shall also, on and after the 1st day of July, 1863, apply to ships belonging to Russia, whether within British jurisdiction or not; and shall also, on and after the 1st day of August, 1863, apply to ships belonging to Sweden, whether within British jurisdiction or not.

EDMUND HARRISON.

REGULATIONS REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING ORDER. Regulations for preventing Collisions at Sea. [See Page 221.] * See Page 906.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, altering the Consular Fee payable for Bills of Health in the Turkish Dominions. July 27, 1863.

At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 27th day of July, 1863.

PRESENT, THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the 4th section of the Act of the 6th year of the reign of King George IV, chapter 87, intituled "An Act to regulate the payment of salaries and allowances to British Consuls at Foreign Ports, and the disbursements at such ports for certain public purposes,' ," it is amongst other things enacted, "That it shall and may be lawful for all Consuls-General and Consuls appointed by His Majesty, and resident within the dominions of any Sovereign or of any Foreign State or Power in amity with His Majesty, to accept, take, and receive, the several fees particularly mentioned in the tables to the said Act annexed, for and in respect or on account of the several matters and things, and official acts and deeds particularly mentioned in the said schedules; and that it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, by any Order or Orders to be by him made, by and with the advice of His His Privy Council, from time to time, as occasion may require, to increase or diminish, or wholly to abolish, all or any of the fees aforesaid, and to establish or authorize the payment of any greater or smaller, or new or additional, fees or fee, for or in respect of the several matters and things mentioned in the said schedules, or any of them, or for or in respect of any other matters or things, or matter or thing, to be by any such Consul-General or Consul done or performed in the execution of such his office."

And whereas by an Order in Council made on the 1st of May, 1855,† it was ordered that certain fees mentioned in the table thereunto annexed should be taken, and whereas one of the fee mentioned in the said table was 10 shillings for a bill of health, and whereas it is expedient in certain cases to abolish the said fee so ordered to be taken, and to establish and authorize the payment of other fees in lieu thereof; now, therefore, in pursuance of the said Act, and in execution of the powers in Her Majesty in Council in that behalf vested by the said Act, it is hereby ordered by Her Majesty by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, that, in so far as regards British ships in the dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, the said fees of 10 shillings for a bill of health shall be abolished; and in lieu thereof the fees hereinafter mentioned shall and may be taken in respect of every such ship on each occasion of her entering or clearing at any port in the said dominions ;

See Vol. 4, Page 172.

† See Vol. 10, Page 306.

namely, on her entry inwards 5 shillings, and on her clearance outwards (including a bill of health, if required) 5 shillings.

And the Right Honourable Earl Russell, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

EDMUND HARRISON.

ACT of the British Parliament, "to define the Boundaries of the Colony of British Columbia," &c., adjacent to the Territories of the United States and Russia.

[26 & 27 Vict., cap. 83.]

[July 28, 1863.] WHEREAS it is desirable to amend and continue an Act passed in the 21st and 22nd year of Her Majesty, chapter 99, intituled "An Act to provide for the Government of British Columbia;"* be it therefore enacted by the Queen'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:

I. The 1st section of the aforesaid Act is repealed.

II. The remaining sections of the said Act shall continue in force till the 31st day of December, 1863, and no longer, provided that the expiration of the said Act shall not invalidate any Order in Council or other instrument issued under authority of the said Act, nor any act done or right or title acquired by virtue of the said Act, nor affect the right of appeal thereby given, nor revive any Acts or parts of Acts of Parliament thereby repealed.

III. British Columbia shall for the purposes of the said Act, and for all other purposes, be held to comprise all such territories within the dominions of Her Majesty as are bounded to the south by the territories of the United States of America, to the west by the Pacific Ocean and the frontier of the Russian territories in North America, to the north by the 60th parallel of north latitude, and to the east, from the boundary of the United States northwards, by the Rocky Mountains and the 120th meridian of west longitude, and shall include Queen Charlotte's Island and all other islands adjacent to the said territories, except Vancouver's Island and the islands adjacent thereto.

* See Vol. 10, Page 1047.

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