Oct. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2447

Majesty by Order in Council to direct that the ships of such foreign country should be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their certificates of registry or other national papers, and thereupon it should no longer be necessary for such ships to be remeasured in any port or place in Her Majesty’s dominions, but such ships should be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in the certificates of registry or other papers. in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes in, to. and for which the tonnage denoted in the certificates of registry of British ships was to be deemed the tonnage of such ships, and reciting that it had been made to appear to Her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships then in force under “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854,” had been adopted by the President of the French Republic, and were in force in the French dominions, Her Majesty was thereby pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to direct that the ships of France the certificates of French nationality and registry of which were dated on or after the 1st day of June, 1873, should be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in the said certificates of French nationality and registry:

And whereas “The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862,” was repealed by “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” but by section 745 of the latter Act it is, amongst other things, provided that any Order in Council made under any enactment thereby repealed should continue in force as if it had been made under the said Act of 1894:

And whereas by another Order in Council dated the 29th day of January, 1904, after reciting that by section 84 (3) of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” it was enacted that if it was made to appear to Her late Majesty that the tonnage of any foreign ship, as measured by the rules of the country to which she belonged, materially differed from that which would be her tonnage if measured under that Act, Her Majesty in Council might order that, notwithstanding any Order in Council for the time being in force, any of the ships of that country might be remeasured in accordance with that Act, and reciting that it had been made to appear to His present Majesty that the tonnage of French ships, as measured by the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships of France, materially differed from that which would be the tonnage of such ships if measured under “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” His Majesty in Council ordered that, notwithstanding the hereinbefore recited Order in Council dated the 5th day of May, 1873, any of the ships of France might, for all or any of the purposes of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” be remeasured in accordance with the said Act:

And whereas by section 738 of the same Act it is provided that where Her late Majesty had power under that Act to make an Order in Council, Her Majesty might by Order in Council revoke, alter, or add to any Order so made:

And whereas by section 30 of “The Interpretation Act, 1889,” it is enacted that in that Act, and in every other Act, whether passed before or after the commencement of that Act, references to the Sovereign reigning at the time of the passing of the Act, or to the Crown, shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as references to the Sovereign for the time being, and that Act shall be binding on the Crown:

And whereas it has been made to appear desirable to His present Majesty that the provisions of the said recited Orders in Council dated respectively the 5th day of May, 1873, and the 29th day of January, 1904, should be revoked and a new Order in Council made and substituted in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Majesty, in virtue of the powers vested in him by the said recited Acts, and by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to direct that the said recited Orders dated respectively the 5th day of May, 1873, and the 29th day of January, 1904, shall be and the same are hereby revoked.

A. W. FITZROY.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of August, 1904.

Present:

THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section 84 (1) of “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” that whenever it appeared to Her late Majesty the Queen in Council that the tonnage regulations of that Act had been adopted by any foreign country and were in force there, Her Majesty in Council might order that the ships of that country should, without being remeasured in Her Majesty’s Dominions, be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their certificates of registry or other national papers, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes as the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of a British ship was deemed to be the tonnage of that ship:

And whereas by section 30 of “The Interpretation Act, 1889,” it is enacted that in that Act, and in every other Act, whether passed before or after the commencement of that Act, references to the Sovereign reigning at the time of the passing of the Act, or to the Crown, shall. unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as references to the Sovereign for the time being, and that Act shall be binding on the Crown:

And whereas it has been made to appear to His Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships now in force under “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894,” have been adopted by the President of the French Republic, and are in force in the French Dominions, having come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1904:

Now, therefore, His Majesty in Council doth order that the ships of France the certificates of registry or other national papers of which are dated on or after the 1st day of July, 1904, shall, without being remeasured in His Majesty’s Dominions, be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such certificates of registry or other national papers, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes as the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of a British ship is deemed to be the tonnage of that ship.

A. W. FITZROY.

Offices opened and closed; Designations changed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 11th October, 1904.

THE following particulars of offices opened and closed, and of designations changed, are published for general information.

J. G. WARD,
Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner.