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19.

For

In noting up in the schedule to the Stamp Ordinance, 1921,

the amendments made by section 6 of thie Ordinance it will he

found that in some cases the sign "Do." will, in the octavo forme

of the Ordinances, give a wrong meaning unless it is read without

reference to the insertions made by this Ordinance.

example, the sign "Do." in the fourth column of Heading Wo. 15

will still refer to the word "Overeabosted" and not to the word

"Adhesive" and should be altered accordingly to "Overembossed."

It might be supposed that these formal alterations ought to have

been made by this bill. The reason why this has not been done

is that, as it happens, no such alterations are necessary in the

official copy of the

Ordinance, which is in foolscap form, and

in which the paging of the schedule is different from that in

the octavo form of the Ordinance.

The octavo form of the

Ordinances is the form in which they appear in the annual volume.

The lines of the sections are of the same length in both forma

of the Ordinances.

The copy of the Ordinance deposited in

the Registry of the Supreme Court is here described as the official

copy in reliance on the provisions of section 10 of the Interpre-

tation Ordinance, 1911. It would of course have been better

if the sign "Do." had not been used in the principal Ordinance

at all.

20.

In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His Excellency

the Governor may properly assent in the name of His Majesty and

on His behalf.

Attorney General.