malt imported into Canada, crushed or ground, shall be subject to a duty of five cents per pound. "279. There shall be imposed, levied and collected on Duties of tobacco and cigars manufactured in Canada the following excise on duties of excise, which shall be paid to the collector as by tured this Act provided, that is to say:— (a) on all chewing and smoking tobacco, fine-cut, cavendish, plug or twist, cut or granulated, of every description, on tobacco twisted by hand or reduced into a condition to be consumed or, in any manner other than the ordinary mode of drying and curing, prepared for sale or consumption, even if prepared without the use of any machine or instrument and without being pressed or sweetened, and on all finecut shorts and refuse scraps, cuttings and sweepings of tobacco made from raw leaf tobacco or the product in any form, other than in this Act otherwise provided, of raw leaf tobacco, ten cents per pound, actual weight; manufac tobacco. twist. (b) on common Canada twist, when made solely from on common tobacco grown in Canada, and on the farm or premises Canada where grown, by the cultivator duly licensed therefor, or in a licensed tobacco manufactory, ten cents per pound, actual weight; (c) on all snuff made from raw leaf tobacco, or the On snuff. product in any form of raw leaf tobacco or any substitute for tobacco, ground, dry, scented or otherwise, of all descriptions, when prepared for use, ten cents per pound, actual weight; flour. (d) snuff flour, when sold or removed for use or con- On snuff sumption, shall pay the same duty as snuff, and shall be put up in packages and stamped in the same manner as herein prescribed for snuff completely manufactured, except that snuff flour not prepared for use, but which needs to be subjected to further processes, by sifting, pickling, scenting or otherwise, before it is in a condition fit for use or consumption, may be sold by one tobacco manufacturer directly to another tobacco manufacturer, and without the payment of the duty, under such regulations as are provided in that behalf by the Department; (e) on cigars of all descriptions, made from raw leaf on cigars. tobacco, or any substitute therefor, three dollars per thousand; (f) on all cigars, when put up in packages containing Less than less than ten cigars each, four dollars per thousand; ten in packages. (g) on cigarettes made from raw leaf tobacco or any On cigarettes. substitute therefor, weighing not more than three pounds per thousand, three dollars per thousand; Over 3 lb. per 1,000. On foreign leaf unstemmed. (h) on cigarettes made from raw leaf tobacco or any substitute therefor, weighing more than three pounds per thousand, eight dollars per thousand; (i) on all foreign raw leaf tobacco, unstemmed, taken out of warehouse for manufacture in any cigar or tobacco manufactory, twenty-eight cents per pound, computed according to the standard of leaf tobacco as hereinbefore established; (j) on all foreign raw leaf tobacco, stemmed, taken out of leaf stemmed. warehouse for manufacture in any cigar or tobacco manufactory, forty-two cents per pound, computed according to the standard of leaf tobacco as hereinbefore established. On foreign Duties on other materials. Commence 2. In all tobacco manufactories where less than fifty per cent of Canadian raw leaf tobacco is used, and where ten per cent, or more, of other materials is used, such materials shall be subject to a duty of sixteen cents per pound actual weight.' 2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into force ment of Act. on the seventh day of August, nineteen hundred and fourteen. OTTAWA: Printed by JOSEPH DE LABROQUERIE TACHÉ, Law Printer CHAP. 7. An Act to amend The Naturalization Act, 1914. [Assented to 22nd August, 1914.] WHEREAS by The Naturalization Act, 1914, the Dom- Preamble. inion of Canada adopted Part II of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which was before the said Parliament at the time of the passing of The Naturalization Act, 1914, and which received the assent of His Majesty on the seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen; and whereas amendments were made in Parts II and III of the said Act while it was being passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which are not contained in The Naturalization Act, 1914, and 1914, c. 44. it is desirable that corresponding amendments be made in The Naturalization Act, 1914: Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: of aliens 1. Subsection 5 of section 2 of The Naturalization Act, Widows 1914, chapter 44 of the statutes of 1914, is repealed and the who were following is substituted therefor: "5. In the case of a woman who was a British subject previously to her marriage to an alien and whose husband has died, or whose marriage has been dissolved, the requirements of this section as to residence shall not apply, and the Secretary of State may, in any other special case, if he thinks fit, grant a certificate of naturalization, although the four years' residence or five years' service has not been within the last eight years before the application." 2. Section 10 of the said Act is amended by adding thereto the following proviso: British subjects. "Provided that where a man ceases during the continu- Married ance of his marriage to be a British subject, it shall be women. lawful for his wife to make a declaration that she desires to retain British nationality, and thereupon she shall be deemed to remain a British subject." Regulations 3. Paragraph (b) of section 25 of the said Act is repealed and the following is enacted in lieu thereof: (b) The form and registration of declarations of alienage and declarations of resumption or retention of British nationality." OTTAWA: Printed by Joseph de LabroquERIE TACHÉ, Law Printer CHAP. 8. An Act to incorporate The Canadian Patriotic Fund. [Assented to 22nd August, 1914.] HEREAS it is desirable to provide a fund for the Preamble. assistance, in case of need, of the wives, children and dependent relatives of officers and men, residents of Canada, who, during the present war, may be on active service with the naval and military forces of the British Empire and Great Britain's allies; and whereas money is now being raised for the said purpose, and it is desirable to provide for the administration of the same: Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as The Canadian Patriotic Fund Short titlo. Act, 1914. tion. 2. His Royal Highness The Governor General, His IncorporaHonour Sir J. M. Gibson, K.C.M.G., Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, His Honour Sir François Langelier, K.C.M.G., Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, His Honour Josiah Wood, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, His Honour D. C. Cameron, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, His Honour Thomas W. Paterson, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, His Honour James His Honour James D. McGregor, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, His Honour B. Rogers, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, His Honour Geo. E. Brown, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, His Honour G. H. V. Bulyea, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, The Right Honourable Sir Robert Borden, P.C., G.C.M.G., The Honourable Sir George E. Foster, K.C.M.G., The Honourable George H. Perley, The Honourable Robert Rogers, The Honourable W. T. White, The Honourable L. P. Pelletier, The Honourable J. D. Hazen, Colonel The Honourable Samuel Hughes, |