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it is not desirable to retain it in the Colonial legislation, which he suggests should follow, in all parts of the Colonial Empire, the lines of the model enclosed with the Circular despatch.

4. The passing of this Ordinance will not alter very materially the existing practice of the Court in the Colony, as under the repealed provisions reciprocity has already been recognized and resealing of probates and letters of administra- tion is allowed in the case of British courts in the United Kingdom, China, the Bahamas, Barbados, British Honduras, British Guiana, the Falkland Islands, Fiji, The Gold Coast, Grenada, Lagos, the Leeward Islands, Natal, New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, Saint Helena, St. Vincent, South Australia, The Straits Settlements, Tasmania, Trinidad, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Bermuda, British Columbia, Cape Colony, Manitoba, Negri Sembilan, Nigeria, North West Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Orange River Colony, Pahang, Papua (British New Guinea), Perak, Prince Edward Island, Selangor, South Rhodesia, Swaziland, Transvaal, Uganda, Western Australia, the State of Victoria and Ceylon.

5. The absence of Gibraltar, Malta, Jamaica, Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, Mauritius, the Seychelles and a few others from the above list will doubtless be rectified when their legislatures have enacted legislation on the lines of the model Ordinance.

6. A Table of Correspondence between the new pro- visions and the model Ordinance is attached.

October, 1935.

C. G. ALABASTER,

Attorney General.

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