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after detention in pursuance of this Act shall act upon such requisition or authority and under such regulations as the Commissioners of Customs may make with the consent of the Treasury.

Application of Act to British possessions.

8. (1.) An Order in Council may for the purpose of a convention with a foreign State apply this Act, subject to any exceptions or modifications not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, to any British possession, and this Act when so applied shall, subject to those exceptions and modifications, and subject as hereinafter mentioned, have effect as if it were re-enacted with the substitution of such British possession for the United Kingdom:

Provided that before it is applied to any British possession named in the Schedule to this Act the Government of such possession shall have adhered to the convention.

(2.) Where this Act applies to a British possession, it shall not be necessary for the owner of any mail-ship to give security in any Court in that possession, and the provisions of this Act with respect to the jurisdiction of any Court of the United Kingdom, other than any jurisdiction relating to the application of the security, shall apply as if a Court in the British possession were substituted for a Court of the United Kingdom.

(3.) It shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council to make rules for carrying into effect, as respects British possessions, the provisions of this Act with respect to the security given by mail-ships, and in particular with respect to the commencement of a legal proceeding by service of a writ or process in the possession, and to the notices to be given to arresting authorities in the possession, and the evidence to be receivable by such authorities of the security having been given or withdrawn, and the application of the security in discharge of any damages, fine, debt, claim, sum, or forfeiture, where the same are or is recovered or payable either in the British possession, or under proceedings pending concurrently in that British possession and in any other British possession or the United Kingdom.

(4.) If, by any law made either before or after the passing of this Act by the Legislature of any British possession, provision is made for carrying into effect within such possession any convention to which this Act applies, Her Majesty in Council may suspend the operation within such possession of this Act, or of any part thereof, so far as it relates to such convention, and so long as such law continues in force there, or direct that such law or any part thereof shall have effect in such British possession with or without modifications and alterations as if it were part of this Act.

Definitions.

9. In this Act—

The expression “mail-bag” means a mail of letters, or a box, or parcel, or any other envelope in which post-letters within the meaning of the Acts relating to the Post Office are conveyed:

The expression “subsidy” includes a payment for the performance of a contract:

The expression “master of a ship” includes any person in charge of a ship, whether commander, mate, or any other person:

The expression “ship of a foreign State” means a ship entitled to sail under the flag of a foreign State:

The expression “arresting authority” means any Court, authority, or officer having power to arrest or detain a ship, or to arrest a person on board a ship, or to order such arrest or detention, or to order the execution of any process, civil or criminal, for the arrest of a person on board any ship:

The expression “postal officer” means any person employed in the business of the Post Office of the United Kingdom or a British possession or foreign State, as the case may be, whether employed by the Postmaster-General, or the chief of the Post Office of the British possession, or the chief of the Post Office of the foreign State, or by any person under him, or on behalf of any such Post Office.

Short Title.

10. This Act may be cited as “The Mail Ships Act, 1891.”

SCHEDULE.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS TO WHICH ACT IS APPLICABLE ONLY UPON THE GOVERNMENT ADHERING TO CONVENTION.

BRITISH INDIA, Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, New Zealand, Cape of Good Hope, Natal.

Public Offices closed on the 28th October, 1891 (Labour Demonstration Day).

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1891.

WEDNESDAY, the 28th October instant, will be observed as a public holiday in the Government offices throughout New Zealand, on the occasion of the labour demonstration.

A. J. CADMAN,
In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.

By-law made by Collingwood Road Board, County of Collingwood.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 1891.

THE following special order making a by-law, passed by the Collingwood Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER passed at a Special Meeting of the Collingwood Road Board held on the 6th July, 1891, and confirmed at a Special Meeting held on the 4th August, 1891.

It was resolved by special order, in pursuance of the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” “The Counties Act, 1886,” and the several amending Acts, that the following by-law be passed:—

That a by-law be now passed by this Board for the regulation of the width of the tires of timber-wagons, and that the charges be £40 for 2½in. tires, £30 for 3in. tires, £20 for 4in. tires, and that all wagons having wheels with 5in. tires or wider shall be exempt from any charge.

I hereby certify that the above special resolution, passed by the Collingwood Road Board on the 4th day of August, 1891, adopting by-laws regulating the width of timber-wagon tires to be used on the public roads, was duly passed as required by section 75 of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

JOHN EDWARD FLETCHER,
Secretary.

Collingwood, 12th October, 1891.

Regulations (Amended) for Admission of Patients to the Rotorua Sanatorium.

Lunacy and Charitable Department,
Wellington, 19th October, 1891.

THE following regulations for the admission of patients to the Rotorua Sanatorium are published for general information.

A. J. CADMAN.

REGULATIONS.

1. Applications for admission of persons shall be addressed to the Resident Medical Officer of the Sanatorium, Rotorua.

2. No person shall be admitted except on the recommendation of the Hospital or Charitable Aid Board of the district to which he belongs, or of the Trustees of the benevolent society or hospital (if separate institutions) of the town in which he lives.

3. The charge for maintenance and treatment is 21s. a week.

4. The Board or Trustees, in making such recommendation, shall guarantee the cost of such patient, shall send him or her at their own charge to Rotorua, be responsible for his return-passage, and provide a sufficient supply of clothing. They shall also furnish a report on the case by a duly-qualified medical practitioner, in order that it may be seen whether the case is one that is likely to profit by treatment at the Sanatorium.

5. The stay of each patient is limited to three months, but the Resident Medical Officer can, at his discretion, extend the period to six months.

Statement of Receipts, &c., under “The Dunedin Church Lands Ordinance, 1861.”

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1891.

THE following statements are published in accordance with the provisions of “The Dunedin Church Lands Ordinance, 1861.”

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.