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the General Lighthouse Fund instead of being applicable under Section 673 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, now repealed, to the maintenance of the particular light in question, but they will so pass subject to any charge which may have been imposed upon them under Section 674.
Under these circumstances it seems to us impossible to avoid the conclusion that Section 2 (3) must apply to any light erected after the passing of the Act of 1898, dues in respect of which are levied under Section 670, and, being inapplicable to the service of the light itself owing to the repeal of Section 673, necessarily fall into the General Lighthouse Fund under Section 2 (1) of the Act of 1898. It would be impossible to hold that the dues produced by a light were only applicable to the support of other lights, the light which produced them not being supportable out
any fund.
of
2. We can see no justification for making any such contribution.
Law Officers' Department.
30th January, 1909.
W. S. ROBSON.
S. T. EVANS.
S. A. T. ROWLATT.
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No. 109.
(NATAL.)
LAW OFFICERS to COLONIAL OFFICE.
Petitions of Tilonko (a Zulp Chief) and F. E. Colenso: question whether they are not irregular in form.]
Royal Courts of Justice, MY LORD,
8th February, 1909. We were honoured with your Lordship's commands, signified to us in Mr. H. W. Just's letter of the 5th ultimo, stating that he was directed by your Lordship to transmit to us, for our consideration, copies of petitions from Tilonko, a Zulu Chief, and F. E. Colenso, addressed to the King, Lords and Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, constituting the Magnum Concilium in Parliament and/or the Concilium Regis and/or the High Court of Parliament which had been referred to the Secretary of State for report by His Majesty's Private Secretary. That the petitions had also been sent to both Houses of Parlia- ment and ordered to lie on the table.
That Mr. Just was also to enclose reports from the Clerk to the House of Commons and the Clerk to the Crown in Chancery, who were asked for their observa- tions on the form of the address of the petitions.
That your Lordship proposed to inform His Majesty that you were advised that the petitions were irregular in form and that it did not appear that any action could be taken on them.
That Mr. Just was to enquire whether we concurred in this view.
We have taken the matter into our consideration, and, in obedience to your Lordship's commands have the honour to
Report-
That, in our opinion, Lord Crewe should inform His Majesty that he is advised that the petitions in question are wholly irregular in form and no action can be taken on them.
We have, &c.,
W. S. ROBSON. S. T. EVANS.
The Right Honourable
the Earl of Crewe, K.G.,
&c.,
&c., &c.
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