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ARMY.

Rules of Procedure."

ARMY ORDER (No. 105, JULY, 1894) AS TO AMENDMENTS IN THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, 1893.

1894. No. 555.

Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to make the following amendments in the Rules of Procedure, 1893, issued with Army Order 186 of 1893*

1. Rule 20 (B).-In line 6, the words "one member" will be substituted for "two members"; and in lines 7 and 8, the words to that" will be substituted for the words "one or both. belong to the."

2. Rule 37 (C) will read as follows:

(c.) After that evidence is taken, or the summary or abstract of evidence is read, as the case may be, the prisoner may make a statement in mitigation of punishment (but no other address will be allowed), and may call witnesses as to his character.

3. Rule 87.-In lines 3 and 9, after the word "general," the words "and district" will be inserted; and in line 11, after the word "general," the words "or district" will be inserted, and in the marginal note, the word "general" will be omitted.

4. Rule 92 (B)—

(a.) After the words "barrister-at-law," where it first occurs the words "or solicitor" will be added.

(b.) After the word "advocate," where it first occurs, the words "or law agent" will be added.

5. Appendix II., Forms as to courts-martial, pages 101, 103, 107, 109, 111, 112

(a.) The words in parentheses in lines 8 and 9 of page 101, lines 6 and 7 of page 111, and line 27 of page 112, and in line 36 of page 113 will read as follows:

Number

Regiment

Rank

Name

(b.) The marginal notes marked on pages 103, 107, and 109 will read as follows::

* Here insert his, No., rank, name, and regiment, and appointment (if any), or other description.

*These Rules are published in Statutory Rules and Orders, 1893, pp. 707-799.

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6. Appendix II., Forms as to courts-martial, page 102— (a.) In the marginal note against line 9, the words "and mitigation of punishment" will be omitted.

(b.) Lines 9 to 14, with the marginal note as amended, will be transferred to the foot of the page.

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(c.) In the marginal note against line 15, before the word Question," the heading "Evidence as to mitigation of punishment" will be inserted.

7. Appendix II., Forms as to courts-martial, pages 117 to 119

(a.) In the list of sentences, that marked (n.) at line 23 of page 117 will be marked (l.), and will be transferred so as to follow the sentence marked (k.) at line 15.

(b.) The sentences marked (l.) and (m.) on page 117 will be marked (m.) and (n.) respectively.

(c.) The sentence marked (n.) at line 34 of page 117 will be marked (o.); and the remaining sentences on pages 117 to 119, marked (o.) to (w.), will be marked consecutively (p.) to (x.)

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At the Court at Windsor, the 3rd day of March, 1894.

PRESENT:

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.

Lord President.
Marquess of Ripon.
Earl Spencer.

Mr. Gladstone.

Sir William Vernon Harcourt.

Whereas by an Act passed in the 48th and 49th years of Her Majesty's reign, entitled an Act to Constitute a Federal Council of Australasia,* it is amongst other things enacted that each colony shall be represented in the said Council by two members, except in the case of Crown colonies, which shall be represented by one member each, and that Her Majesty, at the request of the Legislatures of the colonies, may by Order in Council from time to time increase the number of representatives for each colony:

*The Federal Council of Australasia Act, 1885 (49 & 49 Vict. c. 60.).

And whereas the said Act has come into operation in the manner therein provided in respect of five colonies, namely, the colonies of Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania, and Fiji:

And whereas the Legislatures of all the said five colonies have requested Her Majesty to make an Order in Council increasing the number of representatives for each colony, except any Crown colony, to five :

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of the said Act, and in exercise of the power given to Her Majesty as aforesaid, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that each colony which is or shall be represented in the said Council except any Crown colony, shall be represented by five members each.

C. L. Peel.

BANK NOTE.

Of Bank of England.

ORDER IN COUNCIL EMPOWERING THE BANK OF ENGLAND TO INCREASE THEIR NOTE ISSUE.

1894. No. 74.

At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 29th day of January, 1894.

PRESENT:

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

It having been represented to Her Majesty in Council by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England in a memorial sealed with the seal of the said Governor and Company on the 7th day of December, 1893

(1) that between the 30th November, 1889, the date of the preparation of the last memorial to Her Majesty in Council, upon which Her Majesty's Order in Council of the 8th day of February, 1890,* was made, and the presentation of the new memorial of the 7th day of December, 1893, certain bankers in the latter memorial named who, on the 6th day of May, 1884, were issuing their own bank notes to the extent of sums amounting in the aggregate to the sum of 512,2647, have ceased to issue their own bank notes;

* Published in Statutory Rules and Orders, 1890, p. 3.

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(2) that the total of the authorised issues of bankers who, subsequently to the said 6th day of May, 1844, have ceased to issue their own bank notes, including the above sum of 512,2647., amounts to 4,206,1687., whereof the proportionate part of two-thirds amounts to 2,804,112l.;

(3) that the aggregate increase of issues by the Bank of England of their own bank notes, authorised by Orders of Her Majesty in Council under the provisions of the herein-. after mentioned Act, during the same period, have amounted only to 2,450,000/.; and

(4) that the difference between such aggregate increase of issues by the Bank of England and the proportionate part of two-thirds of the aforesaid lapsed issues by other banks is 354,1127.

And the said Governor and Company having thereupon humbly made application to be authorised under the provisions of the Act passed in the seventh and eighth years of the reign of Her Majesty, chapter 32, intituled, an Act to regulate the issue of Bank Notes, and for giving to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England certain privileges for a limited period, to increase the amount of securities in the Issue Department of the Bank of England, and to extend the issue of their own bank notes to an amount not exceeding the abovementioned difference between the increase of issues by the Bank of England that has been already authorised and two-thirds of the aggregate issues by the banks that have lapsed subsequently to the 6th day of May, 1844 :

Now, therefore, it is this day ordered by Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, that the said Governor and Company shall be, and they are, hereby authorised and empowered to increase the amount of securities in the Issue Department of the Bank of England to the extent of 350,000l. beyond the total sum or value of 14,000,000l. in the said Act mentioned, and of the further sums of 475,000l., 175,000l., 350,000l., 750,000l., 450,000l., and 250,000l., authorised by Her Majesty's Orders in Council, dated the 7th day of December, 1855,† the 26th day of June, 1861,‡ the 3rd day of February 1866,§ the 1st day of April, 1881,|| the 15th day of September,1887, and the 8th day of February, 1890,** and thereupon to issue additional Bank of England notes from the said Issue Department, in manner in the said Act mentioned, to the amount of 350,000l.

C. L. Peel.

*The Bank Charter Act, 1844.

† Published in "London Gazette," December 11, 1855, p. 4667.
Published in "London Gazette," June 28, 1861, p. 2663.

S Published in "London Gazette," February 6, 1866, p. 643.
Published in "London Gazette," April 8, 1881, p. 1677.
Published in "London Gazette," September 16, 1887, p 4992.

** Published in Statutory Rules and Orders, 1890, p. 3.

BANKRUPTCY COURT, IRELAND.

Local Courts.

ORDER OF THE LORD LIEUTENANT IN COUNCIL, DATED OCTOBER 26, 1894, ADDING THE COUNTY OF KERRY TO THE CORK' LOCAL BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT.

1894. No. 750.

By the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council in Ireland.

Houghton.

Whereas by the Local Bankruptcy (Ireland) Act, 1888,* it is enacted, that from and after the commencement of the Act, the recorder of Cork, and the recorder of Belfast respectively, for the time being should constitute and hold Local Bankruptcy Courts to be called "The Cork Local Bankruptcy Court," and "The Belfast Local Bankruptcy Court" respectively. Each Local Bankruptcy Court and each recorder, as the Judge thereof should in addition to all or any existing jurisdiction have and exercise in all matters, wherein the Judge of the Local Bankruptcy Court should have jurisdiction as therein-after provided all such, and the like jurisdiction, power, and authority in Bankruptcy, and as to arrangement with creditors and composition after bankruptcy as should for the time being be vested in or capable of being exercised by the Court of Bankruptcy, or by any Judge of the said Court. The districts to be assigned to the said Local Bankruptcy Courts respectively should be as follows, that is to say :-To the Cork Local Bankruptcy Court the county of Cork and the county of the city of Cork; to the Belfast Local Bankruptcy Court, the county of Antrim, the county of the town of Carrickfergus, and the county of Down:

And whereas by the said Act it is further enacted, that the Lord Lieutenant might from time to time after the passing of the Act, by Order in Council, add to and include in any district assigned by or under this Act to any Local Bankruptcy Court, the whole or any part or parts of any adjoining county or counties, or might exclude from any such district the whole or any part or parts of any county or counties theretofore included therein, and might vary the said districts in manner aforesaid, as might from time to time appear expedient. For all the purposes of the said Act, each Local Bankruptcy Court should have jurisdiction in the case of any debtor or person sought to be adjudged a bankrupt, and in the case of any arranging debtor who should reside, or have an office or place of business within the district for the time being assigned to such Court:

And whereas it has been deemed expedient to add to the district assigned to the Cork Local Bankruptcy Court, the whole of the county of Kerry :

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* 51 & 52 Vict. c. 44.

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