them to carry out such order as he shall deem necessary to the requirements of the case within a stated period. Any person not carrying out such order shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 107., or fourteen days' imprisonment, with hard labour.

16. Every Sanitary Inspector shall perform such duties of inspection and reporting as may be required by the Rules, or as may in special cases be required by the District Medical Officer or ViceConsul.

17. He shall also personally superintend, under the instructions of the District Medical Officer, all burials, and see that they are carried out in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.

VI.-Medical Officers of Ports.

18. The District Medical Officer shall also be the Medical Officer of the port at which he is stationed, and shall have power to board any vessel within the Protectorate at any time he may consider necessary for the discharge of his duty.

19.—" (1.) The master of any vessel arriving at any port of the Niger Coast Protectorate, having on board a case or cases of any contagious or infectious disease, such as cholera, yellow fever, or small-pox, or arriving from an infected port, or having had a death or deaths on board since leaving the last port resulting from any such disease, shall, before bringing his ship to anchor, hoist the Commercial Code Signal Q, and keep the same flying until he is visited by the Medical Officer of the port.

"During the time that the vessel remains in quarantine the master of the said vessel shall cause to be hoisted the Commercial Code Signal Q, and no person may leave the vessel or have any communication with the shore or with any vessel or vessels which have been granted free pratique.

"(2.) Any master of a vessel giving false reports or concealing from the proper authorities the existence of any of the aforesaid diseases on board, or wilfully neglecting or refusing to obey or carry out the above Regulations, shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 100%., or three months' imprisonment."

20. The Medical Officer of a port may impose any quarantine he may think fit to meet the requirements of the case, and shall as soon as possible report the matter to the Principal Medical Officer.

21. On no account is pratique to be granted to any vessel whose papers, bills of health, &c., are not in order.

22. Certificates of health shall be issued by the Medical Officer of each port to the Chief Officer of Customs.

23. In the event of any vessel having to call at more than one port in the Niger Coast Protectorate, it shall not be necessary to issue a fresh bill of health from each port. The bill of health issued at the first port of entry will be sufficient if indorsed by the Medical Officer or Vice-Consul of each subsequent port.

24. All vessels entering any port of the Protectorate shall be subject to the sanitary laws of the port.

APPENDIX V.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF HER MAJESTY'S CONSULAR OFFICERS IN GIVING EFFECT TO "THE AFRICA ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1889."

1. All previous instructions under this Order are hereby revoked, and the present instructions are substituted for them.

2. Article 5. The following are hereby constituted local jurisdictions for the purposes of this Order :

(1.) The Oil River Protectorate.

(2.) The Congo Free State.

(3.) The British sphere on the East Coast of Africa, exclusive of the dominions of His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar.

(4.) The British sphere north of the Zambesi.

3. Article 9. Madagascar, with its dependencies and territorial waters, is constituted a local jurisdiction under this Article. The other local jurisdictions, for the present constituted, are indicated above.

4. Article 15. No declaration under this Article as to the application of Colonial Laws or Ordinances appears to be necessary at present; but Her Majesty's Consular officers should report upon the subject, making any recommendations they may think needful.

5. Articles 18, 61, 78, 79, 80, and 91. A collection of the following Acts alluded to in the Order is annexed for information and guidance (Appendix A) :—

1 & 2 Geo. IV. cap. 28.
24 & 25 Vict., cap. 31.
34 & 35 Vict., cap. 8.
26 & 27 Vict., cap. 35.
36 & 37 Vict., cap. 59.
42 & 43 Vict., cap. 38.

50 & 51 Vict., cap. 54.

"The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1843" (repealed).
"The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890."

"The Admiralty Offences (Colonial) Act, 1849."
"The Admiralty Offences (Colonial) Act, 1860."
"The Merchant Shipping Act, 1867," section 11.
"The Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881."

"The Colonial Prisoners Removal Act, 1884."
"The Evidence Act, 1851," sections 7 and 11.
"The Foreign Tribunals Evidence Act, 1856."
"The Evidence by Commission Act, 1859."
"The Evidence by Commission Act, 1885."
"The British Law Ascertainment Act, 1859."
"The Foreign Law Ascertainment Act, 1861."

6. Article 19. A seal should be adopted for each Court.

7. Article 21. The following are hereby constituted Courts of Appeal from the Courts of the respective local jurisdictions hereinbefore constituted, viz.:

(1.) For the Oil River Protectorate the Court of Appeal shall be the Supreme Court of the Colony of Lagos.

(2.) For the Congo Free State the Court of Appeal shall be the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast Colony.

(3.) For the British sphere on the East Coast of Africa, exclusive

of the dominions of His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar, the Court of Appeal shall be the Supreme Court of Bombay.

(4.) For the British sphere north of the Zambesi the Court of Appeal shall be the Supreme Court of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.

(5.) For Madagascar the Court of Appeal shall be the Supreme Court of the Colony of Mauritius.

8. Article 55. A collection of the following Acts and Orders in Council respecting copyright, trade-marks, &c., and merchandize marks, is annexed (Appendix B) :—

5 & 6 Vict., cap. 45. Copyright, 1842.

These should be published at the Consular Court in conformity with proviso (1) of this Article.

9. Articles 95 and 96. Rules of Procedure are annexed to the Order in Council. Any fresh Rules which may be required from time to time should be framed by the Consular officer under these Articles, and submitted for the approval of Her Majesty's Secretary of State. When so approved they should be exhibited in each Court and Consulate, as provided in Article 97.

10. Article 96. Annexed is a scale of fees to be adopted under the Order. (Appendix C.)

11. Article 99. Queen's Regulations under this Article, as they are required from time to time, may be framed by the Consular officer, so far as necessary in his particular jurisdiction, and submitted for the approval of Her Majesty's Secretary of State. When so approved, they should be exhibited in each Court and Consulate.

12. Article 102. Under this Article, the officer exercising judicial powers under the Order should order the deportation to be made to such place as may appear to him most convenient, due regard being had to the place of birth or domicil of the person to be deported. No deportation should be made to the Cape Colony or Natal without the previous consent of the Governments of those Colonies.

13. The expenses of deportation, which may be defrayed by the officer, should be accounted for to Her Majesty's Secretary of State.

It is the desire of Her Majesty's Government that expenses incurred under this Order on account of persons born or domiciled in British Colonies or possessions abroad should, when not paid by the persons themselves, be, so far as practicable, defrayed by the