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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 27, 1915.

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conditions as the court thinks fit, into the jurisdiction of the other court, and, A.D. 1915. where any such order of removal is made, either court may direct that any expenses incurred in the removal shall be borne by the cargo or any part of the cargo or the ship in such manner as the court thinks proper.

(2) For the purpose of the voyage of a ship from the jurisdiction of one court to that of another under such an order of removal, the ship, if not a British. ship, shall be treated as if it were a British ship registered in the United Kingdom.

(3) The power of His Majesty in Council to make rules for regulating the procedure and practice of prize courts shall extend to making rules for carrying this Act into effect.

(4) The powers conferred by this Act are without prejudice to any other powers which the High Court in England may possess for the like purposes independently of this Act, and to the obligation imposed on prize courts by section nine of the Naval Prize Act, 1864.

27 & 28

Vict. c. 25.

remunera-

officers of

4.--(1) The power conferred by section ten of the Naval Prize Act, 1864, Salaries and to grant salaries in lieu of fees to judges of prize courts shall be extended so as tion of also to confer a power of granting a remuneration by way of a lump sum, and, judges and. as so extended, shall, notwithstanding anything in any other enactment, apply prize courts. also to officers of prize courts or performing duties in connection with matters of prize :

Provided that the powers under that section or this section shall not be exercised as respects any prize court in India except on the application of the Governor General of India in Council, or as respects any prize court in the Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, or Newfoundland, except on the application of the Governor General or of the Governor in Council, as the case may be.

(2) This section shall be deemed to have had effect since the commence- ment of the present war.

struction.

5. This Act may be cited as the Prize Courts Act, 1915, and shall be con- Short title strued as one with the Naval Prize Act, 1864; and the Naval Prize Acts, 1864 and con- to 1914, and the Prize Courts (Egypt, Zanzibar and Cyprus) Act, 1914, and this 4 & 5 Geo. Act may be cited together as the Naval Prize Acts, 1864 to 1915.

No. 384.

CIRCULAR.

5, c. 79.

DOWNING STREET,

17th July, 1915.

SIR,-I have the honour to inform you that His Majesty's Government have had under their careful consideration the precise form to be required in the case of bills of lading for goods, consigned to neutral countries, which are contraband of war or fall to be dealt with under the Retaliation Order in Council of the 11th March, and that they have come to the following conclusions.

2. In regard to goods destined for a neutral country in Europe (and the same rule. is to be applied also to goods destined for Russia) there is likely to be considerable delay if the bills of lading, no matter what may be the nature of the goods or the country of origin, are not made out to a named consignee-or, as an alternative, to a bank or finan- cial house of high standing, with the remark Notify "A. B.," "A. B." being the name of the person or firm for whom the goods are ultimately destined.

3. It is not necessary that goods destined for a British, French, or Italian destina- tion should be shipped to a named consignee, provided it is clearly indicated on the bill of lading and manifest that the ultimate destination is as stated.

4. It is desirable, in cases where the use of another form of consignment might result in an interruption of the voyage, that goods shipped to neutral countries outside Europe should be consigned in the same way as goods consigned to neutral countries in Europe; but this is not so necessary, provided always that it is clearly indicated that the destination of the goods is outside Europe and not in Turkey in Asia.

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