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(2.) The process received with such letter of request; and (3.) The evidence of service upon , the person named 'in such letter of request, together with the verification of a notary public. And I certify that such service so proved, and the proof thereof, are such as are required by the law and practice of the English Supreme Court regulating the service of English legal process in England, and the proof thereof. And I certify that the cost of effecting such service, as duly certified by the Taxing Master of the English Supreme Court, amounts to the sum of £ : : Dated this day , 191 . We certify that these rules are urgent. Dated this 24th day of March, 1911. LoREBURN, C. Alverstone, C. J. Herbert H. Cozens-Hardy, M.E. A. M. Channell, J. R. J. Parker, J. W. PICKPORD, J. P. Ogden Lawrence. S. A. T. Eowlatt. Wμ. H. Winterbotham. C. H. Morton. Copies may be obtained on application at the Lord Chancellor's Office, House of Lords, S.W.

No. 19. . New Zealand, No. 167. My Lord,— Downing Street, 10th May, 1911. I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, copies of a circular instruction which has been issued by the Board of Trade to the officers in British possessions, with whom the Board correspond in matters affecting merchant shipping, with regard to an amendment in forms of ships' agreements in respect of the discipline regulations. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. Lord Islington, K.C.M.G., D.5.0., &c.

Enclosure. Board of Trade, Marine Department, March, 1911. Instructions to Consuls, Superintendents, and Officers in British Possessions Abroad. Forms of Agreement: Regulations for maintaining Discipline. In pursuance of section 114 (2) (g) of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, the Board of Trade have sanctioned an additional regulation for maintaining discipline on board ships, which is as follows : —

The form of ships' agreements will accordingly be amended by the addition of this regulation as reprints are required. In order to avoid the destruction of the existing stock of these forms, printed slips have been prepared which should be affixed to all forms in the possession of Superintendents, Consuls, or officers in British possessions abroad. For this purpose requisitions should be made to the Storekeeper, Board of Trade Stores, Poplar E., for a supply of slips sufficient for the number of forms of agreement in hand, should the quantity forwarded herewith be found insufficient. It should be observed that this regulation does not become part of the agreement unless it is adopted by the parties thereto, and embodied in the agreement by the insertion of the number (6) in the space provided for the purpose on page 1, at the time when the agreement is entered into by the master and crew. Care should be taken to bring the new regulation to the notice of both parties. H. Llewellyn Smith, Secretary. Walter J. Howell, Assistant Secretary

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No. Offence. Amount of Fine or Punishment. 6 Absence without leave (if not otherwise dealt with according to law) for each day on which such absence occurs Five shillings.