the case of persons not being soldiers in actual military service or mariners or seamen at sea:

(2) Where the will is made on board one of her majesty's ships, one of the two requisite attesting witnesses shall be a commissioned officer, chaplain, or warrant or subordinate officer belonging to her majesty's naval or marine or military force:

(3) Where the will is made elsewhere than on board one of her majesty's ships, one of the two requisite attesting witnesses shall be such a commissioned officer or chaplain or warrant or subordinate officer as aforesaid, or the governor, agent, physician, surgeon, assistant surgeon, or chaplain of a naval hospital at home or abroad, or a justice of the peace, or the incumbent, curate, or minister of a church or place of worship in the parish where the will is executed, or a British consular officer, or an officer of customs, or a notary public:

A will made in conformity with the foregoing provisions shall, as regards such wages, money, or effects, be deemed to be well made for the purpose of being admitted to probate in England; and the person taking out representation to the testator under such will shall exclusively be deemed the testator's representative with respect to such wages, money, or effects.

6. Notwithstanding anything in this or any other act, a will made after the commencement of this act by a seaman or marine while he is a prisoner of war shall (as far as regards the form thereof) be valid for all purposes if it is made in conformity with the following provisions:

(1) If it is in writing and signed by him, and his signature thereto is made or acknowledged by him in the presence of and is in his presence attested by one wit

ness, being either a commissioned officer or chaplain belonging to her majesty's naval or marine or military force, or a warrant or subordinate officer of her majesty's navy, or the agent of a naval hospital, or a notary public: (2) If the will is made according to the forms required by the law of the place where it is made:

(3) If the will is in writing and executed with the formalities required by the law of England in the case of persons not being soldiers in actual military service or mariners or seamen at sea.

7. Notwithstanding anything in this act, in case of a will made after the commencement of this act by any person while serving as a marine or seaman, and being either in actual military service or a mariner or seaman at sea, the admiralty may pay or deliver any wages, prize money, bounty money, grant or other allowance in the nature thereof, or other money payable by the admiralty or any effects or money in charge of the admiralty, to any person claiming to be entitled thereto under such will, though not made in conformity with the provisions of this act, if, having regard to the special circumstances of the death of the testator, the admiralty are of opinion that compliance with the requirements of this act may be properly dispensed with.

No. 60-Accumulations Act, 1892.

[Statute of 55 & 56 Victoria, CHAPTER 58.]

(An Act to amend the Law respecting Accumulations.)

1. No person shall, after the passing of this act, settle or dispose of any property, in such manner that the rents, issues, profits, or income thereof shall be wholly or partially accumulated for the purchase of land only, for any longer period than during the minority or respective

minorities of any person or persons who under the uses or trusts of the instrument directing such accumulation would for the time being, if of full age, be entitled to receive the rents, issues, profits, or income so directed to be accumulated.

2. This act may be cited as "The Accumulations Act, 1892."

No. 61-Navy and Marines (Wills) Act, 1897.

[STATUTE OF 60 & 61 VICTORIA, CHAPTER 15.]

(An Act to amend the Navy and Marines (Wills) Act, 1865.) 1. Section five of the Navy and Marines (Wills) Act, 1865 (which contains regulations as to the wills of persons being or having been seamen or marines with respect to wages, allowances, and other like payments), shall, in its application to the will of any person who dies after the passing of this act, be amended as follows:

(1) The words "or when he had ceased so to serve" shall be repealed:

(2) After the words "or a notary public" shall be inserted the words "or a solicitor, or in Scotland a law agent."

This act may be cited as the Navy and Marines (Wills) Act, 1897, and the Navy and Marines (Wills) Act, 1865, and these acts may be cited together as the Navy and Marines (Wills) Acts, 1865 and 1897.

No. 62-Navy and Marines (Wills) Act, 1914.

[STATUTE OF 5 GEORGE V, CHAPTER 17.]

(An Act to enable the Admiralty to dispense with compliance with the requirements of the Navy and Marines (Wills) Acts, 1865 and 1897, in the case of Seamen and Marines during or in consequence of the present War.)

I. Notwithstanding anything in the Navy and Marines (Wills) Acts, 1865 and 1897, the admiralty may, in the

case of a will made by any person being or having been a seaman or marine who may have died or may hereafter die during or in consequence of the present war, pay or deliver any wages, grant or other allowance, or other money payable by the admiralty, or any effects or money in charge of the admiralty, to any person claiming to be entitled thereto under such will though not made in conformity with the provisions of said acts, if the admiralty are of the opinion that compliance with the requirements of those acts may be properly dispensed with.

No. 63 Execution of Trusts (War Facilities) Act, 1914. [STATUTE OF 5 & 6 GEO. V, CHAPTER 13.]

(1) "A trustee (whether a sole trustee or a trustee with others) may, notwithstanding any rule of law or equity to the contrary, by power of attorney, attested by one or more witnesses, delegate to any person capable of being appointed to be a trustee of the trust the execution during any period for which the trustee is engaged on war service within the meaning of this Act, and a further period of one month thereafter, of any trust of which he is trustee.

(2) "For the purpose of this Act a trustee shall be deemed to be engaged on war service:

"(a) If he is engaged on active service in connection with the present war as a member of any of the military or naval forces of the Crown; and

"(b) If he is engaged on service in any work abroad, in connection with the present war, of the British Red Cross Society, or the Saint John's Ambulance Association, or any other body with similar objects; and

"(c) If in connection with the present war he is a

prisoner of war in the enemy's country or is interned in the country of a neutral power."

(3) "All jurisdiction and powers of any court shall apply to the donee of a power of attorney given under this Act so far as respects the execution of the trust in the same manner as if the donee were a trustee of the trust."

(4) "A statutory declaration by the donee of a power of attorney under which the execution of a trust is delegated, that the donor is engaged on war service within the meaning of this Act, or that in any transaction the donee is acting in execution of the trust, shall be accepted as sufficient evidence of the fact by any person dealing with the donee."

Then follows supplemental provisions as to powers of attorney given under the Act. The Act does not extend to Scotland, nor apply to any trustee under an implied or constructive trust.

Execution of Trusts (War Facilities) Amendment Act, 1915. [STATUTE OF 5 & 6 GEO. V, CHAPTER 70.]

(2) "For removing doubts it is hereby declared that an executor or administrator of a deceased person is, in relation to the estate of the deceased, a trustee within the meaning of the principal Act, and that he may appoint as his attorney his coexecutor or coadministrator (if any), or any other person who would be capable of being appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to be administrator with the will annexed or administrator of such deceased person, if no executor or administrator existed: Provided that for the purpose of this provision, a person shall not be deemed to be incapable of being appointed administrator by reason only that some other