Les frais de transport des individus et objets susmentionnés d'un État à l'autre seront à la charge du Gouvernement qui a fait la demande.

XV. Les Gouvernements Contractants s'engagent à se communiquer réciproquement les jugements pour crimes ou délits de tout genre, qui ont été rendus par les tribunaux de l'un des pays contre des ressortissants de l'autre. Cette communication aura lieu par la voie diplomatique, et l'envoi complet ou sous forme d'extrait du jugement prononcé et devenu exécutoire au Gouvernement du pays auquel appartient le condamné. Les deux Gouvernements Contractants donneront aux autorités compétentes les instructions nécessaires à cet effet.

XVI. La présente Convention est conclue pour 10 années.

Les Conventions concernant l'extradition de criminels conclues précédemment entre les divers États de l'Empire Allemand et la Suisse sont et demeurent abrogées.

Dans le cas où 6 mois avant l'expiration de 10 années, aucune des Parties Contractantes n'aurait déclaré y renoncer, elle sera valable pour 10 autres années et ainsi de suite de 10 ans en 10 aus.

En foi de quoi, les Plénipotentiaires respectifs ont signé la présente Convention, et y ont apposé le cachet e leurs armes, sous réserve de la ratification des autorités législatives.

Fait à Berlin, le 24 Janvier, 1874.

(L.S.) HAMMER, Colonel. (L.S.) WILKE.

PROTOCOL.

(Translation.)

Berlin, July 6, 1874.

On the occasion of the exchange of the ratifications of the Extradition Treaty concluded between the German Empire and Switzerland on the 24th of January this year, the Undersigned, in the name of the High Contracting Parties, have agreed, in reference to the execution of Article VII of this Treaty, that in extradition cases which require more speedy attention direct communication may take place between the Governments of the German Federal States adjacent to Switzerland and the Swiss Federal Council, as well as vice versâ, between the Swiss Federal Council and the Governments of the aforesaid Federal States.

Accordingly, the present Protocol has been signed in duplicate and exchanged.

VON BULOW.
HAMMER, Colonel.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL for the regulation of Hos pital Dues levied on British Shipping in the Ottoman Dominions.-Windsor, May 13, 1875.

At the Court at Windsor, the 13th day of May, 1875. PRESENT: THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS Her Majesty the Queen has power and jurisdiction within the Dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts or otherwise in Her vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1. This Order shall commence and have effect from and immediately after the expiration of 30 days from the date of its publication in the "London Gazette."*

2. Every Order in Council relating to the matters comprised in this Order is hereby repealed; but this repeal shall not affect any liability accrued under any such Order, or interfere with the institution or prosecution of any proceeding in respect of any such liability. 3. In this Order

"The Ottoman Dominions" means the Dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte.

"Consul" includes Consul-General and Vice-Consul.

"British merchant-ship" means a merchant-ship being a British ship within "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," and the Acts amending the same.

4. Her Majesty's Consuls in the Ottoman Dominions may levy on British merchant-ships entering ports in their respective Consulates, dues not exceeding the rate of 2d. a ton.

5. The produce of the dues levied under this Order shall be applied towards the establishment, maintenance, and support, in the Ottoman Dominions, of British hospitals; and the dues shail be called hospital dues.

6. One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State may, from time to time, by writing under his hand, issue such instructions as to him seem fit, for the following purposes, or any of them; and may from time to time revoke or alter the same (that is to say) :For fixing (within the limit of 2d. a ton) the rate per ton at which dues are to be levied under this Order at any port:

For exempting any ship in respect whereof, within any defined period, dues have once been paid, from any further payment thereof:

* Published in the "London Gazette" of May 14, 1875.

+ Vol. XLV. Page 1347.

For regulating the application of the produce of the dues :

For limiting the extent to which any Consul shall exercise jurisdiction over British subjects in the Ottoman Dominions in any matter relating to the dues:

And the Right Honourable the Earl of Derby, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

C. L. PEEL.

BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL, amending the Table of Fees leviable under the Order in Council of December 12, 1873,* for the regulation of Consular Jurisdiction in the Ottoman Dominions.t-Balmoral, October 26, 1875.

At the Court at Balmoral, the 26th day of October, 1875. PRESENT: THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS Her Majesty the Queen, having power and jurisdiction within the Dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, by an Order of Her Majesty in Council, made at Windsor, the 12th day of December, 1873, was pleased to make provision for regulation of the power and jurisdiction aforesaid, the Third Schedule to which Order contained a table of Fees to be paid in Her Majesty's Consular Courts, and it has seemed good to Her Majesty that those fees should in some particulars be altered:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf, by the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, or otherwise, in Her vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1. The Order in Council made at Windsor, the 12th day of December, 1873, for the regulation of Consular jurisdiction in the Dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte shall, from and after the commencement of this Order, be read and have effect as if for the Third Schedule to that Order there were substituted the Schedule to this Order.

2. Notwithstanding anything in the said Order, where any money received before the commencement of this Order in respect of Fees under the said Third Schedule is in excess of the amount that would be payable in the like case under this Order, the same may remitted or repaid, in whole or in part, or be otherwise dealt , as the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury think fit. 3. This Order shall commence and have effect from and imdiately after the 31st day of December, 1875.

* Vol. LXIII. Page 59.

Published in the "London Gazette" of November 2, 1875.

And the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Right Honourable the Earl of Derby, and the Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon, and the Most Honourable the Marquis of Salisbury, three of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain.

THE SCHEDULE.

EDMUND HARRISON.

Fees.

Service.

For service of summons, petition, answer, motion-paper,
notice, warrant, decree, order, or other document on a
party, witness, juror, assessor, or other person under any
branch whatever of the civil jurisdiction-
Within one mile (English) of Court
Beyond, for every further complete mile

£ s. d.

026
010

1 0 0

0 10 0

1 0 0

1 0 0
100

Bankruptcy and Liquidation by Arrangement or
Composition.

On declaration by a debtor of inability to pay his debts

To each surveyor

(a.) At Constantinople

For a vessel in the port, extending from the second
bridge (immediately below the arsenal) to To-
phané on the one side, and Seraglio Point on the
other

For a vessel in the upper harbour, extending from
the second bridge upwards towards Haskioi; or
between Tophané and Bujukdéré on the one side,
and Kadakioi and Beicos on the other
For a vessel between Bujukdéré on the one side, and
Beicos on the other, and the Black Sea entrance of
the Bosphorus; or between the Seven Towers and
St. Stefano (inclusive), or Kadakioi and Prince's
Island (inclusive)

For a vessel beyond these limits, when the time
occupied exceeds one day

(b.) At a Provincial Consulate

For a vessel within two miles (English) of the Court

For a vessel beyond that distance

For extension of report of survey and copies..
On petition for appointment of adjusters

To cach adjuster..

On extending average bond

To agent of owner of cargo

On every notice, motion, application, or demand

On a reference to the Registrar

If the attendance of one or two merchants is required, to

each merchant, per diem..

In cases of great intricacy and large amount-
To the Registrar and to each merchant, per diem
On drawing the Report and Schedule

If at the hearing the attendance of one or two naval
assessors is required, to each assessor, per diem, such
sum as the Court directs, not exceeding..

Probate and Administration.

On application for probate or administration

On oath of every executor, administrator, and surety
On every security

On probate or letters of administration with Will annexed