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Under that particular provision "the Land Officer" was

appointed to be Registrar of Marriages, and that one appoint-

ment will be sufficient for so long as the Land Office remains

the Registry of Marriages. Without this power it would be

necessary to make a fresh appointment whenever a new Land

Officer or acting Land Officer were appointed. Section 2

of this Ordinance makes a general provision for this class

of case. It is possible that the express provision in the

Marriage Amendment Ordinance was not strictly necessary,

and

it is possible that the general sub-section now added to sec-

tion 25 of the Interpretation Ordinance, 1911, is also strictly

not necessary, but it has been thought better to deal with the

matter expressly so as to avoid any doubts being raised. No

doubt sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Interpretation

Ordinance, 1911, refers to references in Ordinances;

section 4 of that Ordinance.

3.

see

Section 3 corrects a misprint in section 3 of the Inter-

pretation Ordinance, 1911.

4. In order to reduce the pressure of work on the Assistant

Colonial Secretary, it is proposed that, while retaining his

duties as Clerk to the Executive Council, he shall be relieved

of his duties as Clerk to the Legislative Council.

There

in

was a technical obstacle in the way of this being done,

that the Ordinances generally contemplate only one clerk for

both Councils. Section 4 of this Ordinance meets this

difficulty by providing in effect, for a Deputy Clerk of

Councils. The intention is to appoint a Deputy Clerk of

Councils who will act as Clerk to the Legislative Council.

5.

Sub-sections (3) and (5) of section 22 of the Merchant

Shipping Ordinance, 1899, give the Harbour Master certain

powers over merchant ships, including, inter alia, power to

allot berths, and power to give special directions for typhoon