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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 48

in his opinion expedient, and shall not be instituted
in any of the dominions of Her Majesty out of the
United Kingdom, except with the leave of the Gover-
nor of the part of the dominions in which such pro-
ceedings are proposed to be instituted, and on his
certificate that it is expedient that such proceedings
should be instituted.

4. On the trial of any person who is not a subject
   of Her Majesty, for an offence declared by this Act
   to be within the jurisdiction of the Admiral, it
   shall not be necessary to aver in any indictment or
   information on such trial that such consent or certifi-
   cate of the Secretary of State or Governor as is
   required by this Act has been given, and the fact of
   the same having been given shall be presumed unless
   disputed by the defendant at the trial; and the pro-
   duction of a document purporting to be signed by
   one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
   as respects the United Kingdom, and by the Gover-
   nor as respects any other part of Her Majesty's
   dominions, and containing such consent and certifi-
   cate, shall be sufficient evidence for all the purposes
   of this Act of the consent and certificate required by
   this Act.

Proceedings before a Justice of the Peace or other
Magistrate previous to the committal of an offender
for trial, or to the determination of the Justice or
Magistrate that the offender is to be put upon his
trial, shall not be deemed proceedings for the trial of
the offence committed by such offender for the pur-
poses of the said consent and certificate under this
Act.

5. Nothing in this Act contained shall be con-
   strued to be in derogation of any rightful jurisdiction
   of Her Majesty, her heirs or successors, under the
   law of nations, or to affect or prejudice any jurisdic-
   tion conferred by Act of Parliament or now by law
   existing in relation to foreign ships, or in relation to
   persons on board such ships.

6. This Act shall not prejudice or affect the trial
   in manner heretofore in use of any act of piracy as
   defined by the law of nations, or affect or prejudice
   any law relating thereto; and where any act of
   piracy as defined by the law of nations is also any
   such offence as is declared by this Act to be within
   the jurisdiction of the Admiral, such offence may be
   tried in pursuance of this Act, or in pursuance of
   any other Act of Parliament, law, or custom rela-
   ting thereto.

7. In this Act, unless there is something incon-
   sistent in the context, the following expressions shall
   respectively have the meanings hereinafter assigned
   to them, that is to say,-

"The jurisdiction of the Admiral," as used in this
Act, includes the jurisdiction of the Admiralty
of England and Ireland, or either of such
jurisdictions as used in any Act of Parlia-
ment; and for the purpose of arresting any
person charged with an offence declared by
this Act to be within the jurisdiction of the
Admiral, the territorial waters adjacent to the
United Kingdom, or any other part of Her
Majesty's dominions, shall be deemed to be
within the jurisdiction of any Judge, Magis-
trate, or officer having power within such
United Kingdom, or other part of Her
Majesty's dominions, to issue warrants for
arresting or to arrest persons charged with
offences committed within the jurisdiction of
such Judge, Magistrate, or officer:

"United Kingdom" includes the Isle of Man, the
Channel Islands, and other adjacent islands:

"The territorial waters of Her Majesty's do-
minions," in reference to the sea, means such
part of the sea adjacent to the coast of the
United Kingdom, or the coasts of some other
part of Her Majesty's dominions, as is deemed
by international law to be within the terri-
torial sovereignty of Her Majesty; and for
the purpose of any offence declared by this
Act to be within the jurisdiction of the
Admiral, any part of the open sea within one
marine league of the coast measured from low-
water mark shall be deemed to be open sea
within the territorial waters of Her Majesty's
dominions:

"Governor," as respects India, means the Go-
vernor-General or the Governor of any Presi-
dency; and where a British possession con-
sists of several constituent colonies, means the
Governor-General of the whole possession,
or the Governor of any of the constituent
colonies; and as respects any other British
possession, means the Officer for the time
being Administering the Government of such
possession; also any person acting for or in
the capacity of Governor shall be included
under the term "Governor :"

"Offence" as used in this Act means an act,
neglect, or default of such a description as
would, if committed within the body of a
county in England, be punishable on indict-
ment according to the law of England for the
time being in force:

"Ship" includes every description of ship, boat, or
other floating craft:

"Foreign ship" means any ship which is not a
British ship.

Purchase of Horses for the Indian Government.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th April, 1880.

THE following notification, received from the
Government of India, is published for general
information.

THOMAS DICK.

Military Department,
Fort William, 3rd March, 1880.

SIR, -I am desired by the Right Hon. the Governor-
General in Council to forward for general informa-
tion the accompanying notice, dated 3rd March, 1880,
regarding the purchase of about 935 remounts re-
quired for the Bengal army during the year 1880-81,
and to request that, under the orders of His Excel-
lency the Governor, it may be published in the
leading journals, and circulated as extensively as
possible.

I am, &c.,

ALLEN JOHNSON, Colonel,
Secretary to the Government of India.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary,
New Zealand.

It is hereby notified, with reference to the advertise-
ment of the 21st June, 1879, that the Government of
India are prepared to purchase about 935 horses
suitable for army purposes during the year 1880-81,
classed as follows:--

Class I. Walers, 595.-Medium cavalry and hus-
sars, 137; field artillery, 134; horse artillery, 324.
Class II. Country breds, 200.-As many as pos-
sible full-grown horses; the remainder young stock
between 2 and 3 years old.
Class III. Arabs and Persians, 140.-Medium
cavalry and hussars, 100; field artillery, 40.
Total, 935.

The purchases will be made by Remount Agents at
the following stations: Calcutta, Allahabad, Cawn-
pore, Lucknow, Agra, Morar, Meerut, Bareilly,