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at any such Order in Council by, to, or upon any ollicer or! person in the service of Her Majesty or of the Lords of the, Admiralty. shall be exempt l'rnu sta'np Duty.

17. .‘ll lorl‘eited and uncl; imed shares and balances of, prize Money. and a per-eentam of Five Pounds in cvory‘ One hundred l‘ounds out of the proceeds of all prizes. and out ol'all (irants to the lloyal Navy and Marines. and out of all bounty money. and also out olall other money distri— butable in the several cases aforesaid among the ()llicers and Crew of any ol Her Majesty’s Ships of War out of which such per-crot-igc is at the Commencement of this Act by law deducted. shall. under the direction of the Lords of the Admiralty. Continue, to he carried to and to form part ol the. Naval l’rizc Cash Balance.

St) tum-h ol~ the Naval l’riz»: Cash 1} dance as the Lords ol the Admiralty think expedient shall from time to time by Her Majesty‘s l’aymaster General under the authority and direction of the Lords ol'the Admiraltv. he paid and trans- ferred to the consolidated Fund of the bniled Kingdom.

In case at any time a claim in respect of prize or Bounty Money ismade which the Naval Prize, Cash Balance is not sufficient. to mtet, there shall be paid out of the said Con— solidated Fund a sullicient sum to meet such claim.

18' A Ship's Agent shall be entitled. on request, and on payment of reasonable expensvs, to he lurnishcd with Copies ol'or extracts from any ollieial accounts kept under or lot the purpmes of this Act in relation to any of Her Majesty's Ships of War lor which he is Agent.

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1‘). Before any such Money as aforesaid is distributed among the ()llicers and Crew ol‘ any at Her Majesty’s Ships ol‘ ‘v'v'ar there shall he paid. under the direction of the Lords of the Admiralty, to the Ship's Agent a per-Centage ol'two and a hall'prl' I'm/um on the not. amount actually distributableais the sole and tall remuneration ol. the Ship's Agent lor his services in the ease.

‘20. In the l'ollowing u;t~‘£‘S,—-—

“Where more than one it llrr Majesty’s Ships of \Var are entitled to participate in any such money,—

thrrc theShip's Agent is changed pending proceedings. ‘-—tl10 Ship's Agent‘s per i-entage shall, in case ol (tilierence he apportion-id between or among the respective Agents ol the several Ships. or the sew-ral persons havrng been and being the Ship‘s Agent (is the case may he) in such manner {isthe Registrar of the liigh Court of Admiralty thinks ‘iust, having regard to the duritiou and character ol'the services ol the several Agents in the Case, subject; to objec- tion to the Registrar‘s award to be taken belore the Judge of the Court.

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ill. Any money for the time being awaiting distribution. but lor any reason not immediately distributrhlc us More Said, may, under the? direction of the Lords of the Admir- altv, he invrsted in or on any proper Stocks, Funds. or .Setiurities; and the proceeds ol~ those Stocks. Funds or Sc— curities, and any dwideads or interest. accrued due thereon. shall Le distributed as the money invested would have been distributed il'un investmr-nt had not been made:

Provided that no such irswstment shall be made ol'any money pending any adverse claim thereto, except with the eonseiit ol' the claimant.

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_-. Where any question (whether in respect of asserted joint capture. or in rcepect ol llag shares, or in respect ot'any other matter) arises concerning the distribution of any money distrilaitahle as aloresnd, or concerning any invest- ment-thereof. actual or intended, the High Court of All- mirulty shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and deter- mine the sauie; and any person claiming an interestiu such money, or the Lords of the Admiralty. may apply to the High Court of Admiralty {or a judgement on that

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question; and the Court, alter hearing the parties in- terested, shall decide thereon, and such dectslon shall be, liual, and shall be binding on all persons concerned.

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.WISW [lo/trons. Nothing in this Act shall——

(1.) authorizea Ship's Agent or his Sub Agent to practise or act as a Proctor. Attorney, Solicitor, or other legal Practitioner in any Court; or

(:3 ) affect the right or power of the Ollicers and Crew of any of Her Majesty's Ships of War as Salvors. Seizure. (Liptors. lie-captors. or otherwise, or il any of such ()lii- cers and Crew. to take or eause or procure to be taken any step or proceeding. or do or cause or procure to he done any thing that may he nt‘Ct‘SSJ'J‘Y or proper to be taken or done for any purpose in any Court or elsewhere, in case of the absence or dclhltlt ol' the Ship‘s Agent: or

(3) alfeet. anv right or power of Control or other authority, that Her Majesty has or may exercise in any prize, Cause or other proceeding.

24. Nothing in this Act shall invalidate an appointment of an Agent made before the commencement of this Act under the Navy Prize Agents Act. 1803; but eVery Agent so appointed shall, from the commencement of this Act, be subject to this Act as Who Were appointed under it.

25. Her Majesty in Council may, from time to time. make ﬁch orders as seem meet for the better execiition of this Act.

26. Every Order in Council under this Act. shall he pub- lished in the [mm/on (Tau/(w, and shall he laid before both Houses of Parliament within thirty days alter the making thereof, it' Parliament is then sitting, and. if not, then within thirty days after the. next meeting of Pariiament.

27. This Act shall commence on such d-y not later than the ﬁrst day of January, One thousand Fight. hundred and sixty-live, as Her Majesty in Council thinks fit to direct.

SCHEDULE. Form (f dippohzxmrnl ol' Ship‘s Age/ti. (l) Commanding Ollicer of Her Majesty's (2) hereby appoint (3) (it (4) to he the Ship's Agent for the Purposes of the Naval Agency and Distribution Act, 180-1.

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Dated the dayol (Signed) .l. B. “’itnnss. (Signed) (7 .D. (1.) Name of Officer. (2.) Description and Name ofShip. t3.) Nameongent. (L) Address ot'Agcnt.

AHSESSH EXT ()N LAND A ND REA L 'lS'I‘ATE L‘s" (REA R LOTT STUVIN AND (303131014. 'l‘rmisurcr’s (illicc. (‘llzlt‘lrittt‘tu"'ﬂ, lst Novetubcr,1865.

'N' pursuance ol" an Act of the th-nerul Assembly of this Island, _ passed in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of llct‘ present Majesty Queen Victoria. intitu (-tl “ An Act to consdi-iatc and amend the several laws imposing an Aescssntent on all Lands in this Colony. and for the cnt'riurugenieut of Education,”

I do hereby publicly notily the owners or occupi *rs of Land and Real Estate in Charlottctowu and Common, for which the annual ASSCSSIHUHC levied thereon by the Assessors for said 'i‘own and Common, is payahle, that unless the Asncssmcnt for the current year be paid into the handsof Mr. William Shepherd, my Collector l'orsaid Town and Common, within the time presetibcd by law proceedings will lat: taken against all such Lands and lical Estate as shall then be in arrears l'or nonpayment ol‘ the sums charng thereon, agreeably to the directions ol the above recited act. ti EURU [C \‘i' lll ti 1 l’l‘, Treasurer;

'I‘rcasurcr‘s Ollicc. Charlottetown, lst Now, 1865- .IIEREBY give. notice that I have this day appointed Mr. WM. > Stini'umin, ol' Charlottetown, Collector ot‘Asscssmcnt on Land and lteal listate, in Charlottetown and Common, in terms of the Act '27 Vic. Cap. 137.

GEORGE WRIGHT, Treasurer.

Colonial Secretary’s ()llit'c.

7th October, 1865. ' IS Honor the Atliiiinistrator of the Government has been [—1 pleased to appoint Mr. John McKay, (Neil’s son), a Pilot for the Harbor et‘ New London, in terms of the Act of 7th Will. ‘ttb, W. ll. l‘tll’lg‘, Cohﬁccy'.