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Application of Act to

French mail ships.

Application

of Act to French

public ships.

Act to apply to certain self-govern-

MAIL SHIPS.

THE MAIL SHIPS (FRANCE) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1892.

At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 6th day of

February, 1892.

PRESENT:

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.

WHEREAS by the Mail Ships Act, 1891, it is provided

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AND WHEREAS on the 30th day of August. 1890, a convention was made at London between Her Majesty and the President of the French Republic respecting the postal service between France and French possessions and the United Kingdom and British possessions, the terms. of which convention are set forth in the schedule to this Order;

AND WHEREAS the ratifications of the said convention were exchanged on the 23rd day of March, 1891;

AND WHEREAS the Governments of certain of the British possessions named in the schedule to the said Act, namely, Newfoundland, Queens- land, New Zealand, Cape of Good Hope and Natal, have adhered to the said convention;

AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the Mail Ships Act, 1891, should apply as regards the said convention and the French Republic and the postal service and mail ships described in the said convention;

AND WHEREAS it is also expedient that the said Act should, for the purpose of the said convention, apply to the above-mentioned British possessions, and also to all British possessions not named in the schedule to the said Act, subject to the exceptions and modifications in this Order contained;

Now, Therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by the Mail Ships Act, 1891, or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, as follows:--

1. The Mail Ships Act, 1891, shall apply during the continuance of this Order as regards the convention set forth in the schedule to this Order, and as regards the French Republic and the postal service and mail ships described in that convention.

2. The said Act shall apply as regards any public ship of the French Republic when employed as a mail ship in the cases authorised by Article V of the said convention.

3. The said Act shall for the purpose of the said convention apply to the following British possessions, namely, Newfoundland, Queensland, ing Colonies, New Zealand, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, and also to every British possession not named in the schedule to the said Act, subject, however, to the provisions of section 8 of the said Act, and also to the exceptions and modifications following, that is to say:-

and to the Crown Colonies.

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