diately before making the application hereinafter mentioned, has also resided in any part of His Majesty's dominions for such period as together with the period of one year aforesaid, will make up five years in all;

and who intends when naturalized to reside or to serve under the Crown in Natal, may apply for a certificate of naturalization in the form prescribed in the First Schedule of this Act.

(2.) The applicant shall produce in support of his application a certificate signed by some Magistrate or Justice of the Peace to the effect that the applicant is known to the person so signing, and that to the best of such person's belief and knowledge the applicant is a person of good repute; and shall give such further evidence of the completion by him of the said term of service or of residence, and of his intention to reside or to serve under the Crown in Natal as the Governor may require; and shall furnish proof that notice of his intention to apply for a certificate of naturalization has been published in two issues of the "Government Gazette."

(3.) The Governor, if satisfied with the evidence, shall take the applicant's case into consideration, and may with or without assigning any reason, grant or withhold the certificate as he thinks most conducive to the public good, and no appeal shall lie from his decision.

(4.) No such certificate shall have any effect until the applicant has made and subscribed to the declaration of allegiance in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule hereto.

3. If the Governor thinks fit to grant such certificate of naturalization, he shall direct the applicant to make and subscribe the declaration of allegiance in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule of this Act before some Magistrate or Justice of the Peace; and upon the certificate of such Magistrate or Justice of the Peace that the applicant has made and subscribed before him the said declaration, he shall cause to be issued to the applicant a certificate of naturalization in the form prescribed by the Governor.

4. Every person to whom a certificate of naturalization under this Act is granted shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be entitled to all the rights, powers, and privileges, and be subject to all obligations to which a natural born British subject is entitled or subject in this Colony.

5. Any person who shall have been granted a certificate of naturalization in the United Kingdom under section 7 of "The Naturalization Act, 1870," of the Imperial Parliament, or who shall have been granted a certificate of readmission to British nationality under section 8 of the said Act, and shall not subsequently have divested himself of his status as a British subject, shall, subject to any existing or future laws of this Colony, be entitled in this Colony

to all the rights, powers, and privileges, and be subject to all the obligations to which he would be entitled and subject if he had been granted a certificate of naturalization under the provisions of this Act.

6.-(1.) Every married woman shall in this Colony be deemed to be a subject of the State of which her husband is for the time being a subject.

(2.) Where the father or the mother (being a widow) shall be or become naturalized under this Act, any child of such father or mother who, while under age shall be or become resident with such father or mother in this Colony, shall be deemed and taken to be naturalized under this Act.

7. A return of all persons to whom certificates of naturalization shall have been granted under this Act during the preceding half year shall be published in the "Government Gazette" in the months of January and July, and such return shall show in respect of each person—

(1.) Name in full.

(2.) Birthplace.

(3.) Nationality prior to grant of certificate.

(4.) Occupation.

(5.) Period of service under the Crown, or of residence in Natal.

(6.) Date of issue of certificate.

8. If any person shall knowingly make any false statement in any application made under this Act for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of naturalization, he shall upon conviction incur the same penalties as are by law provided against persons convicted of perjury; and in case a certificate of naturalization shall have been granted, such certificate may be revoked by notice in the "Government Gazette," and from the date of such notice shall be deemed to be void.

9. Every person obtaining a certificate of naturalization under this Act shall pay for the same a fee of 11. to be denoted by revenue stamps to be affixed to such certificate and cancelled by the officer issuing it.

10. The Colonial Secretary shall cause a register to be made and kept of all certificates of naturalization granted under this Act, and shall upon the application, in writing, of any person, and upon payment of a fee of 5s. to be denoted by revenue stamps affixed to the application and cancelled by the officer receiving it, permit a search to be made for the name of any person upon or supposed to be upon the register.

11. A certificate under the hand of the Colonial Secretary attesting the fact of the issue of a certificate of naturalization to any

person whose name appears upon the said register, shall be issued upon payment of a fee of 5s. to be denoted by revenue stamps affixed to the certificate and cancelled by the officer issuing it. Every such certificate shall be received as evidence of the facts therein stated.

12. Every certificate granted under this Act shall be admissible in evidence without proof of the signature or seal attesting the same, and shall be prima facie evidence of the person named therein being duly naturalized, and of the signature or seal attesting the same, and of the official character of the persons appearing to have signed the same.

13. This Act may be cited as The Naturalization of Aliens Act,

1905."

SCHEDULE I.

Form of Application for Certificate of Naturalization.

To the Colonial Secretary of Natal.

I, A. B., do hereby apply for a certificate of naturalization in the Colony of Natal, and I declare that the following statements are true and correct in every particular:

1. Name of applicant in full.

2. Married or single.

3. Names and ages of children (if any).

4. Present nationality, and whether acquired by birth or naturalization.

5. If applicant has resided in British dominion other than Natal, state place

or places and period or periods of such residence.

6. Names and nationality of parents.

7. Birthplace (state fully name of place and country).

8. Age next birthday.

9. Occupation.

10. Place of residence in Natal.

11. Period or periods during which, and place or places in which, applicant has resided in Natal, giving dates and addresses.

12. Length of time during which applicant has been in service of Crown. 13. Does the applicant, if naturalized, intend to reside in Natal?

I, A. B.,

of

SCHEDULE II.

Declaration of Allegiance.

do sincerely promise that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty, King Edward VII, his heirs and successors, according to law.

Given at Government House, Natal, this 6th day of July, 1905.
By command of his Excellency the Governor,
CHARLES J. SMYTHE,

Colonial Secretary.

ACCESSION of Ceylon to the Industrial Property Convention of 1883 and Additional Act of 1900; and Accession of New Zealand to the Additional Act of 1900.-June 10 and May 10, 1905.

No. 1.-M. Carlin to the Marquess of Lansdowne.-(Received

M. LE MARQUIS,

May 16.)

Légation de Suisse, Londres, le 15 Mai, 1905.

SUR l'ordre de mon Gouvernement, j'ai l'honneur de vous faire part qu'à la demande du Ministre de Sa Majesté Britannique à Berne, le Conseil Fédéral Suisse, en date du 10 de ce mois, a notifié aux Gouvernements membres de l'Union pour la Protection de la Propriété Industrielle

1. Que la Colonie de la Nouvelle-Zélande, qui appartient à l'Union depuis l'année 1891, a adhéré à l'Acte Additionnel de Bruxelles du 14 Décembre, 1900.*

2. Que la Colonie de Ceylan a accédé à la Convention pour la Protection de la Propriété Industrielle du 20 Mars, 1883,† telle qu'elle a été modifiée par l'Acte Additionnel du 14 Décembre, 1900.

Aucune date spéciale n'ayant été indiquée pour l'entrée en vigueur de la Convention en ce qui concerne la Colonie de Ceylan, le Conseil Fédéral a fait remarquer, dans sa Circulaire aux États intéressés, qu'il y avait lieu d'appliquer les dispositions de l'Article XVI revisé de la dite Convention, aux termes duquel cette dernière produit ses effets un mois après la notification faite par le Gouvernement Suisse aux autres États Unionistes. Il en résulte que la Convention entrera en vigueur, en ce qui concerne Ceylan, le 10 Juin prochain.

En priant votre Seigneurie de vouloir bien consentir à me donner acte de la présente communication, je saisis, &c., The Marquess of Lansdowne.

CARLIN.

*Vol. XCII, page 807.

† Vol. LXXIV, page 44.

SIB,

No. 2.-The Marquess of Lansdowne to M. Carlin.

Foreign Office, June 8, 1905. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 15th ultimo, informing me that, at the request of His Majesty's Minister at Berne, the Swiss Federal Council notified, on the 10th ultimo, to the Governments parties to the Union for the Protection of Industrial Property

1. That the Colony of New Zealand, which has been a member of the Union since 1891, has adhered to the Additional Act signed at Brussels on the 14th December, 1900.

2. That the Colony of Ceylon has acceded to the Industrial Property Convention of the 20th March, 1883, as modified by the Additional Act of the 14th December, 1900.

You also acquaint me that, no special date having been fixed for the accession of Ceylon, the Swiss Federal Council have informed the States interested that, in accordance with Article XVI of the revised Convention, such accession will take effect one month after the notification made by the Swiss Government, and that consequently the Convention will come into force, so far as regards Ceylon, on the 10th instant.

In taking note of this communication, I have, &c., M. Carlin.

LANSDOWNE.

PROCLAMATION by the Governor-General of the Soudan, respecting Customs Duties on Imports from Uganda, the Congo Free State, and the French Congo.*

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to order and proclaim that, until further notice, there shall be extended to goods coming from the Uganda Protectorate the same privileges in respect of custom duties and royalties as are granted to the Italian Colony of Erythræa.

Such privileges are as follows:

1. No other or higher duties will be imposed than those which are payable for the time being under the Egyptian Tariff on the importation into Egypt of the like goods coming from any third country which is the most favoured in this respect; but in the case of natural products which the Soudan custom-house is satisfied are the products of Uganda and intended for consumption in the Soudan the duties will not exceed 5 per cent.

Such goods, however, will be charged if they enter Egypt with

"Soudan Gazette," April 1, 1904.