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ships of the British Possession in which it is
made.
(3.) Where by treaty made before the passing
of this Act Her Majesty has agreed to grant
to any ships of any foreign State any rights or
privileges in respect of the coasting trade of
any British Possession, such rights and privi-
leges shall be enjoyed by such ships for so
long as Her Majesty has already agreed or
may hereafter agree to grant the same, any-
thing in the Act or Ordinance to the contrary
notwithstanding.

Sections 328 and 163 of 16 and 17 Vict. c. 107, repealed.
5. The following sections of "The Customs Con-
solidation Act, 1853," are hereby repealed; namely,
Section three hundred and twenty-eight as from
the commencement of this Act;
Section one hundred and sixty-three as from the
date in the case of each British Possession at
which either an Act or Ordinance with re-
spect to the coasting trade made within two
years after the commencement of this Act in
such British Possession comes into operation,
or if there is no such Act or Ordinance, at
which the said two years expire.

Merchant Shipping.
Registrars of British Ships in British Possessions.
6. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in
Council, from time to time to declare, with respect
to the British Possession mentioned in the Order, the
description of persons who are to be Registrars of
British ships in that British Possession, and to
revoke any order so made.

After the date specified in the Order, or, if no date
is specified, after the date of the proclamation of the
Order in the British Possession, the Order shall have
effect as if it were contained in section thirty of
"The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854."

Application of Merchant Shipping Acts to Canada.
7. In the construction of "The Merchant Shipping
Act, 1854," and of the Acts amending the same,
Canada shall be deemed to be one British Possession.

Colonial Certificates to Master, Mates, and Engineers.
8. Where the Legislature of any British Possession
provides for the examination of, and grant of certifi-
cates of competency to, persons intending to act as
masters, mates, or engineers on board British ships,
and the Board of Trade reports to Her Majesty that
they are satisfied that the examinations are so con-
ducted as to be equally efficient as the examinations
for the same purpose in the United Kingdom under
the Acts relating to Merchant Shipping, and that the
certificates are granted on such principles as to show
the like qualifications and competency as those
granted under the said Acts, and are liable to be
forfeited for the like reasons and in the like manner,
it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in
Council,

(1.) To declare that the said certificates shall be
of the same force as if they had been granted
under the said Acts:
(2.) To declare that all or any of the provisions
of the said Acts which relate to certificates of
competency granted under those Acts shall
apply to the certificates referred to in the
said Order:
(3.) To impose such conditions and to make such
regulations with respect to the said certificates,
and to the use, issue, delivery, cancellation,
and suspension thereof, as to Her Majesty
may seem fit, and to impose penalties not
exceeding fifty pounds for the breach of such
conditions and regulations.

Upon the publication in the London Gazette of
any such Order in Council as last aforesaid, the pro-
visions therein contained shall, from a date to be
mentioned for the purpose in such Order, take effect
as if they had been contained in this Act.

It shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council to
revoke any Order made under this section.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

W HEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The District
Courts Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1866," it is
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor,
by Proclamation published in the New Zealand
Gazette, to bring into operation with respect to any
District Court, from and after a day to be named in
such Proclamation, either the whole of the said
Act or such sections thereof as to him may
seem fit:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursu-
ance and exercise of the said power and authority
vested in me for this purpose, do hereby proclaim
and declare that on the first day of June next, the
said "District Courts Jurisdiction Extension Act,
1866," shall come into operation with respect to

The District Court of the Otago Gold Fields.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington,
this sixteenth day of May, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy.

W. GISBORNE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this
fourth day of May, 1870.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

W HEREAS by "The Public Payments without
Probate Act, 1869," it is enacted that, on the
death of any person to whom any sum of money not
exceeding fifty pounds may be due by a Public
Department, it shall be lawful for the Colonial
Treasurer, on being satisfied of the expediency of
dispensing with probate or letters of administration,
to authorize the payment of such sum, or any part
or parts thereof, to any person or persons whom the
Colonial Treasurer may consider entitled thereto,
without requiring the production of probate or of
letters of administration under such regulations as
shall be made by the Governor in Council under the
said Act:

And by the said Act it is further enacted, that it
shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time
to make, alter, and revoke such regulations as to him
shall seem fit, providing for the terms and conditions
under which such payments as aforesaid may be
made:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance
of the power and authority given to me by the said
Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the Colony, do hereby make
the Regulations hereinafter set forth, providing for