zation. The privileges attached to letters of denization will be strictly confined to the person to whom they are issued.

VII. Previous to issuing either an act of naturalization or of denization the parties must take the oath of allegiance to His Britannic Majesty and must disclaim, in the most formal manner, all other protection on the one hand or allegiance on the other.

VIII. Any person holding such act of naturalization or denization who can be proved, after the date thereof, to have taken any oath of allegiance to any other sovereign, or to have claimed or enjoyed any priviledges attached to the subject of a foreign power, without the especial permission of government to that effect, will not only forfeit all such priviledges, but will be sent forthwith from these possessions.

IX. As it is intended to grant acts of naturalization to such persons only who are in a respectable line of life and possessed of a certain competency, arising from either property or trade, the fee upon such instrument will be two hundred and fifty scudi (about $100). X. With regard to letters of denization, the fees will be regulated from one hunded and fifty scudi to twenty, according to the circumstances of the case, the privileges granted, and the situation in life of the applicant.

XI. Such persons who may already have received from this government letters of naturalization will produce the same within one month from the publication hereof at the chief secretary's office, when such letters will be canceled and the parties in lieu thereof will receive either acts of naturalization or letters of denization, according to their respective claims.

VALETTA, MALTA, August 31, 1906.

JOHN H. GROUT, Consul.

NATAL.

[Enclosures in despatch from Mr. Lay, consul-general, Cape Town, September 28, 1906.] HENRY MCCALLUM,

[No. 18, 1905.]

Governor.

ACT TO MAKE BETTER PROVISION WITH REGARD TO THE NATURALIZATION OF ALIENS."

Be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative council and legislative assembly of Natal, as follows:

1. Law No. 23, 1874, entituled law "To repeal and reenact with amendments Law No. 8, 1874, 'For further facilitating the naturalization of persons of European birth or descent "" is hereby repealed.

2. (1) An alien of European birth or descent who has been in the service of the Crown or who within such limited time before making the application hereinafter mentioned as may be prescribed by the Governor, either by general order or on any special occasion, (a) Has resided in Natal for a term of not less than five years; or (b) Who having resided in Natal for a term of one year immediately before H. Doc. 326, 59-2-27

making the application hereinafter mentioned, has also resided in any part of His Majesty's dominions for such period as together with the period of one year aforesaid, will make up five years in all; and who intends, when naturalized, to reside or to serve under the Crown in Natal, may apply for a certificate of naturalization in the form prescribed in the first schedule of this act.

(2) The applicant shall produce in support of his application a certificate signed by some magistrate or justice of the peace to the effect that the applicant is known to the person so signing, and that to the best of such person's belief and knowledge the applicant is a person of good repute; and shall give such further evidence of the completion by him of the said term of service or of residence and of his intention to reside or to serve under the Crown in Natal as the governor may require; and shall furnish proof that notice of his intention to apply for a certificate of naturalization has been published in two issues of the Government Gazette.

(3) The governor, if satisfied with the evidence, shall take the applicant's case into consideration and may with or without assigning any reason grant or withhold the certificate as he thinks most conducive to the public good, and no appeal shall lie from his decision.

(4) No such certificate shall have any effect until the applicant has made and subscribed to the declaration of allegiance in the form prescribed in the second schedule hereto.

3. If the governor thinks fit to grant such certificate of naturalization, he shall direct the applicant to make and subscribe the declaration of allegiance in the form prescribed in the second schedule of this act before some magistrate or justice of the peace; and upon the certificate of such magistrate or justice of the peace that the applicant has made and subscribed before him the said declaration, he shall cause to be issued to the applicant a certificate of naturalization in the form prescribed by the governor.

4. Every person to whom a certificate of naturalization under this act is granted shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be entitled to all the rights, powers, and privileges, and be subject to all obligations to which a natural-born British subject is entitled or subject in this colony.

5. Any person who shall have been granted a certificate of naturalization in the United Kingdom under section 7 of the naturalization act, 1870, of the Imperial Parliament, or who shall have been granted a certificate of readmission to British nationality under section 8 of the said act, and shall not subsequently have divested himself of his status as a British subject, shall, subject to any existing or future laws of this colony, be entitled in the colony to all the rights, powers, and privileges and be subject to all the obligations to which he would be entitled and subject if he had been granted a certificate of naturalization under the provisions of this act.

6. (1) Every married woman shall in this colony be deemed to be a subject of the State of which her husband is for the time being a subject.

(2) Where the father or the mother (being a widow) shall be or become naturalized under this act any child of such father or mother who while under age shall be or become resident with such father or

mother in this colony shall be deemed and taken to be naturalized under this act.

7. A return of all persons to whom certificates of naturalization shall have been granted under this act during the preceding half-year shall be published in the Government Gazette in the months of January and July, and such return shall show in respect of each person: (1) Name in full. (2) Birthplace. (3) Nationality prior to grant of certificate. (4) Occupation. (5) Period of service. under the Crown or of residence in Natal. (6) Date of issue of certificate.

8. If any person shall knowingly make any false statement in any application made under this act for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of naturalization, he shall, upon conviction, incur the same penalties as are by law provided against persons convicted of perjury; and in case a certificate of naturalization shall have been granted such certificate may be revoked by notice in the Government Gazette, and from the date of such notice shall be deemed to be void.

9. Every person obtaining a certificate of naturalization under this act shall pay for the same a fee of one pound, to be denoted by revenue stamps to be affixed to such certificate and cancelled by the officer issuing it.

10. The colonial secretary shall cause a register to be made and kept of all certificates of naturalization granted under this act, and shall, upon the application in writing of any person, and upon payment of a fee of five shillings, to be denoted by revenue stamps affixed to the application and cancelled by the officer receiving it, permit a search to be made for the name of any person upon or supposed to be upon the register.

11. A certificate under the hand of the colonial secretary attesting the fact of the issue of a certificate of naturalization to any person whose name appears upon said register shall be issued upon payment of a fee of five shillings, to be donated by revenue stamps affixed to the certificate and cancelled by the officer issuing it. Every such certificate shall be received as evidence of the facts therein stated.

12. Every certificate granted under this act shall be admissible in evidence without proof of the signature or seal attesting the same and shall be prima facie evidence of the person named therein being duly naturalized, and of the signature or seal attesting the same and of the official character of the persons appearing to have signed the

same.

13. This act may be cited as the "Naturalization of Aliens Act, 1905."

SCHEDULE I.

Form of Application for Certificate of Naturalization.

To the Colonial Secretary of Natal:

I, A B, do hereby apply for a certificate of naturalization in the colony of Natal, and I declare that the following statements are true and correct in every particular:

1. Name of applicant in full

2. Married or single

3. Names and ages of children (if any)

4. Present nationality, and whether acquired by birth or naturalization

5. If applicant has resided in British dominion other than Natal, state place or places and period or periods of such residence

6. Names and nationality of parents

7. Birthplace (state fully name of place and country)

S. Age next birthday

9. Occupation

10. Place of residence in Natal

11. Period or periods during which, and place or places in which applicant has resided in Natal, giving dates and addresses

12. Length of time during which applicant has been in service of Crown

13. Does the applicant, if naturalized, intend to reside in Natal Declared at

this

day of

190-.

-?

Before me,

Magistrate, or Justice of the Peace.

SCHEDULE II.

Declaration of Allegiance.

Signature of Applicant.

I, A B, of

do sincerely promise that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty, King Edward VII, his heirs and successors, according to law.

Before me,

Justice of the Peace.

Given at Government House, Natal, this 6th day of July, 1905.
By command of His Excellency the Governor,

CHARLES J. SMYTHE,

Colonial Secretary.

No. 7, 1858.]

(Signed) J. SCOTT.

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LAW ENACTED BY THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF NATAL, WITH ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THEREOF, FOR ENABLING ALIENS TO HOLD FIXED PROPERTY IN THIS COLONY."

Whereas by the law of this colony aliens are disabled from purchasing, acquiring, or owning fixed property therein; and whereas the circumstances of this colony are such as to render it expedient that such persons should be enabled to purchase, acquire, and own such property: Be it enacted by the lieutenant-governor of Natal, with the advice and consent of the legislative council thereof, as follows:

1. From and after the commencement and taking effect of this law it shall be lawful for aliens to purchase, acquire, and own fixed property in this colony, and to dispose of and give transfer of said property, in like manner as natural-born subjects of Her Majesty; but nothing in this law contained shall be deemed or taken to naturalize any alien, or to bestow upon any alien any of the privileges conferred by certificate of naturalization, save and except only the privilege of purchasing, acquiring, owning, disposing, and giving transfer of fixed property.

2. This law shall commence and take effect from and after the promulgation of Her Majesty's confirmation thereof.

Given at Government House this tenth day of April, 1858.
By command of his excellency the lieutenant-governor :

PHILIP ALLEN, Acting Colonial Secretary.

NEWFOUNDLAND.

[Enclosure in despatch from Mr. Cornelius, consul at St. John's, October 11, 1906.] THE CONSOLIDATED STATUTES OF NEWFOUNDLAND (SECOND SERIES1892).

Sec.

TITLE XIX.-CHAPTER 145.-Of the naturalization of aliens.

1. An alien may be naturalized after five years' residence.

2. After declaration magistrate may sign certificate.

3. Oath of allegiance.

4. Certificate of allegiance.

5. Copy of declaration and oath shall be sent to colonial secretary.

Sec.

6. Fee for certificate.

7. An alien complying with provisions
of the chapter shall be entitled to
all rights, etc., of a British sub-
ject.

8. Penalty for false declaration.
9. Meaning of "disability."

1. Any alien, not being under any disability, who shall desire to become naturalized as a British subject, and who shall have resided in this colony for a period of five years next preceding the date of the declaration hereinafter mentioned, may make and sign before a stipendary magistrate a declaration in duplicate in the form of Schedule A to this chapter.

2. After such declaration in duplicate shall have been so made, signed, and deposited with such stipendary magistrate, he may sign and deliver to such alien a certificate of naturalization in the form of Schedule B to this chapter.

3. Every alien receiving such certificate of naturalization shall forthwith take the oath of allegiance and subscribe the same in duplicate as set forth in Schedule C to this chapter; and, until such oath shall have been taken and subscribed, the certificate of naturalization shall not be valid.

4. Such stipendary magistrate administering the oath of allegiance shall certify under his hand, on such certificate of naturalization, the fact of the same having been taken and subscribed in the form of Schedule D to this chapter, which certificate shall be evidence if its

contents.

5. One copy of the said declaration and oath of allegiance so made, signed, taken, and subscribed, shall be transmitted by the stipendary magistrate to the colonial secretary, and the other to the chief clerk of the supreme court, to be filled in their respective offices.

6. Every alien shall pay to the stipendary magistrate a fee of two dollars and fifty cents upon receiving the said certificate of naturalization, two dollars of which he shall transmit to the receiver-general for the use of the colony and retain fifty cents to his own use.

7. An alien, having complied with the provisions of this chapter, and receiving such certificate of naturalization, shall be entitled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities, and subject to all the liabilities of British subjects in this colony: Provided, that nothing in this chapter contained shall qualify an alien to be the owner of a British ship.

8. Any person wilfully and corruptly making or subscribing any declaration under this chapter, knowing the same to be untrue in any material particular, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be liable.