THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 803

Majesty may, by Order in Council, from time to time
direct that all the powers and jurisdiction aforesaid,
or any part thereof, shall be vested in and may be
exercised by the Court of any British colony desig-
nated in such Order concurrently with the High
Commissioner's Court or otherwise, and may provide
for the transmission of offenders to any such colony
for trial and punishment, and for the admission in
evidence on such trial of the depositions of witnesses
taken in such islands and places as aforesaid, and for
all other matters necessary for carrying out the pro-
visions of such Order in Council.

Power to make Ordinances.

It shall also be lawful for Her Majesty, by any
Order or Orders in Council, from time to time to
ordain for the government of Her Majesty's subjects,
being within such islands and places, any law or ordi-
nance which to Her Majesty in Council may seem
meet, as fully and effectually as any such law or ordi-
nance could be made by Her Majesty in Council for
the government of Her Majesty's subjects within any
territory acquired by cession or conquest.

High Commissioner to have powers of Consular Officer.

The person for the time being lawfully acting in
the capacity of High Commissioner, and any Deputy
Commissioner duly appointed and empowered under
the provisions of any such Order in Council as afore-
said, and acting under the directions of the High
Commissioner, shall have and may exercise and per-
form any power, authority, jurisdiction, and duty
vested in or imposed upon any British Consular Officer
by the principal Act, or by any other Act having
reference to such Consular Officers, passed either
before or after the passing of this Act; and every
such Act shall be construed as if the said High Com-
missioner and Deputy Commissioner were named
therein in addition to a British Consular Officer.

Saving of rights of tribes.

7. Nothing herein or in any such Order in Council
   contained shall extend or be construed to extend to
   invest Her Majesty, her heirs or successors, with any
   claim or title whatsoever to dominion or sovereignty
   over any such islands or places as aforesaid, or to
   derogate from the rights of the tribes or people in-
   habiting such islands or places, or of chiefs or rulers
   thereof, to such sovereignty or dominion; and a copy
   of every such Order in Council shall be laid before
   each House of Parliament within thirty days after
   the issue thereof, unless Parliament shall not then be
   in session, in which case a copy shall be laid before
   each House of Parliament within thirty days after
   the commencement of the next ensuing session.

Amendment of definitions in 35 and 36 Vict. c. 19.

8. Whereas by reason of the cession to Her
   Majesty of the colony of Fiji, it is expedient to
   amend the definition of Australasian colonies in the
   principal Act: Be it therefore enacted as follows:—
   The term "Australasian colonies" in the principal
   Act and this Act shall mean and include the Colony
   of Fiji.

Subject to the provisions of any Act or Ordinance
passed by the Legislature of the Colony of Fiji, the
provisions of the principal Act and this Act shall
continue to apply and be deemed always to have
continued to apply to natives of Fiji in like manner
as if they were natives of islands in the Pacific Ocean
not being in Her Majesty's dominions nor within the
jurisdiction of any civilized power.

Alteration of Forms.

9. The forms in the Schedules to the principal Act
   shall be altered by the substitution of a reference to
   the Pacific Islanders Protection Acts, 1872 and
   1875, for the reference therein to the principal Act.

Proclamation of Act.

10. This Act shall be proclaimed in each Austra-
    lasian colony by the Governor thereof within six
    weeks after a copy of it has been received by such
    Governor, and shall take effect in the said colony from
    the day of such Proclamation.

Repeal of 35 and 36 Vict. c. 19, ss. 1, 18, and 21.

11. Sections 1, 18, and 21 of the principal Act are
    hereby repealed, without prejudice to anything duly
    done or suffered in pursuance of those sections, or
    any right or liability acquired, accrued, or incurred
    under those sections, or any investigation, legal pro-
    ceeding, or remedy in respect of any such right or
    liability, or otherwise, commenced in pursuance of
    those sections, and any such investigation, legal pro-
    ceeding, and remedy may be carried on as if this Act
    had not passed.

SCHEDULE A.

FORM OF BOND TO BE ENTERED INTO BY MASTERS OF VESSELS
UNDER THE PACIFIC ISLANDERS PROTECTION ACTS, 1872
AND 1875.

KNOW all men by these presents, that we, A.B., of
and C.D., of
, are held and firmly bound unto our
Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, by the Grace of God of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender
of the Faith, in the sum of five hundred pounds of good and
lawful money of Great Britain, to be paid to our said Sovereign
Lady the Queen, her heirs and successors, to which payment
well and truly to be made we bind ourselves and every of us,
jointly and severally, for and in the whole, our heirs, executors,
and administrators, and every of them, firmly by these presents.
Sealed with our seals. Dated this
day of
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Whereas it is enacted by "The Pacific Islanders Protection
Act, 1875," that a license may be given by the Governor of one
of the Australian colonies, as therein defined, or a British
Consular Officer, authorizing a British vessel to carry native
labourers in such vessel for the purpose of carrying on any
fishery, industry, or occupation in connection with the said
vessel:

Now the condition of their obligation is this, that if in respect
of the vessel
, whereof the above bounden A.B. is
master, all and every the requirements of the said Acts, so far
as they are applicable thereto, and of the license issued under
"The Pacific Islanders Protection Act, 1875," to the said master
shall be well and truly performed, and if the above bounden
A.B. shall satisfy the Governor of any of Her Majesty's
Australian colonies, or the British Consular Officer aforesaid,
that no kidnapping was allowed or connived at by any person
on board of or connected with the said vessel during the cur-
rency of the said license, then this obligation is to be void,
otherwise to remain in full force.

Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
above bounden A.B. and C.D., in
the presence of E.F., of
(L.S.)
(L.S.)

SCHEDULE B.
(Royal Arms.)

LICENSE FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF NATIVES AT SEA.

A.B., master of the
, the vessel more particularly
described below, having shown to my satisfaction that he is
engaged in the fishery [or industry or occupation, as the case
may be] of
, in connection with such vessel, and having
given the bond to Her Majesty required by the Pacific
Islanders Protection Acts, 1872 and 1875, I [the Governor of
the Colony of
, or Her Majesty's Consul of
as the case may be], do hereby, in exercise of the authority for
that purpose conferred on me by the said Acts, license the said
vessel to employ in the said fishery [or as the case may be] not
more than
native labourers from the
day of
18 to the
day of
18
Should this vessel be found to answer the subjoined descrip-
tion, and appear to be strictly engaged in the lawful pursuit of
the above-mentioned object, it is the direction of Her Majesty's
Government that she shall not be obstructed in the prosecution
of her present voyage, nor in the shipment, employment, or
landing of her native hands.

This license shall not be transferable, and shall be available
only for the period aforesaid.

Description of the Vessel above referred to.

Tons (registered tonnage)
Rig (i.e. ship, barque, brig, &c.)
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