THE ADMINISTRATION OF CYPRUS.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 70, 1 February 1879, Page 3

THE ADMINISTRATION OF CYPRUS.

The (cllowicg has appeared in the Lon <ji:> Gazette :

of State, to confirm or disallow any such laws and ordinance* as aforesaid in the whole or in part, and to make and establish from time to time, with the advice of her Privy Council, all such laws or ordinances as may to her appear necessary for the peace, order, and good government of the said island as fully as if this order had not been made. I

" G The legislative Coui.cil for th) said island shall consist of the High Commissioner for the timo being, and oi' sucn other public officers and persons wilhh the saws, not r >eiiig ess than Kur or oiort than ei.ht in number, it> shall be named or designated for that purpose by Her Majesty, by any instruction 01 inetru u i is. si warrant or warrants, t. be by b*r for that purpose issued nndei W sign manual and signet, or s'uli t» provisionally appointed subject to He' Majesty's wti_ and pleasure, byrtl.e High Commissioner, in pursuance of any in str'uotion or instructions, warrant or warrants, uuder such sign manual - af sai i; trcviin i always ni( the members ~ i.. - u C than the said High Commissi uer, liaii; DC OS 1 . - holdi i£ pU i ■ ofti ■ • aid is!a . i v.. > si.»i! e - .' ,il wl I members,' and ins other ha I inhacitams of the said island, who ( all! ;e styled ' unofficial members,'and ■■lj j hold taeir seats an the said Council fori f period of two years only subjeot Jo re-' appoi. tmeat for a iike period as from I time tc -ir,'e fr.ay seei, .it. "7 In case any member or t v e =aH Council shad ce temporarily p.:.»e.v. ;'rom the stxt isiana. or iucapaYis of a:tiag in the exep i-e - his nffije, or in case the shall die, o» from aiy cause shall .ease ic be i member of the said Council, it shall be lawful for the High Commis--;o.ei by ant instrument tinder the Besi of the island-.0 appoiii' provisionally my £t person to be an -mi Jiai or unorKoia councillor, as me case may be, ii, the place cf sii''h member; and in all cases where su hj provisional appcintineno shali oe i.i.- ) i > r.iis-.n of the temporary a r se»e or incapacity cf such member so soon i: be shall return tc uie said is,»nd, or oe ueolare«l by the Ki;.-.. C.mmissi-.'ie' ;j.paole cf exereisvi -jiS of legislative councillor, ta r - p-/ .o so pr-visiotinliy appointed shall ea-e <■ j be a member of the siid Couiioii E- ri i -u'h p-ovisnnal appointmeni may •. , disjiiCwed oy ner Majesty tnr:tiga one j )f her Principal Secretaries oii &.".le. or may ';•.! revoked oy the High Cotnmis- I iicr.er by sucli instrument ai afores lid. 6 Every Legislative councillor shall, notnithstandiiig :m\ ttii.,; herein before cr.|.'a.i.*d .010 ■'.'li.': duimg ii i ilaj 5 •ya pl-'asure. and wnriic'-- •. omiwiliui ship > ■ ji.. any cause to hold ,Ji>:e .tie su. 'y u..cii niay oouuuu- t' \,< .<, i>. business, ind its pri/CeeQlugs iu.u. j, vaha, u.twithstanding tua' lb.- p.vpormemVers may be tempeiorii.i aitered, pending the appointment, provisimiily or Ovherivise, oi a new uiember in «l. place -.. tile eouucilior ceasing c uolu ,ilij° as aforesaid 'S. The fli Ui mewaTS .. ,i- C u,i;i. shah Ltk: precedence « uiiwunciui meuibers, u.o saali t*.k; rauk themselves hi the order :j preceieno . theirrespecu . :otibiH ..ih..-s •> in -':•.- of any douo as t.ir jdiga <Join:jii3si)ner shall direct Inc unotfieial rneiii'.eis shali take ran!, acuordi i, to t, 3 'I •..• > tbeir oppointnsetit, )r, i< appuiv»i Oj the' Same instrument, according to thi lessl the rli„i' C nr.iis.-i ;:iei shaii .a j11y C..5U : 10 TneHigh Oimmissioner, or m his at*em.e auy :iiemoci-o, tue Council appointeu 0; u.m i.i "-■ mg wr in default •jI sucli U[pOi.'..ni.:ji. Hi ..:■ euui' preselV who sii.'.i i.iiv.i. .ii-' ii. Mtier . piecetiei ce, Mi;ni p e-.Je a :ver laeeHug o the ■".<. Council .v., jue»'io.H 'io'igai b'iiore the Oouncil s.i nl Jc oeeid.-J ey M.e intijont) o. Nic vines jji'e i,and me ii i^• ■ Coimmssioner oi preaiuing menibei shal havt an oii ri :na n te on -ll such '.pieslio.ic unt' also .- be equalij ciuued "11. Until otherwise provided by the Council no business (except that oi iuir jourriieei" l .] snail be trausacted, unltss Mie.'v sb.'.i oe pre-em Ltiree uiembeis ol j;uneil esioes the lli„ii Coiumissi-jnei or p ssii-.i.ig member 12. rhfrCouncil shaiiiu hetransaotioii of ausinesoaui passing of laws oenticrm a.l ."ic..'.'i\ us ma* he to such instruclious unu.'i Her -Majesty's sign manual and si ■.me... as may hereafter be addressed lo the High Commissioner in thai bebuli " 13. Subject to such instructions the Council may umkc standing rules and orders for tho regulation ol their own proceeaings.

' a: tn* L.niri at Balmoral, the 14th ja :! Sepienv.er, IH7H—present, the Que-.;.'? Most Excellent Majesty, his liovi' Highness Prince Leopold, Marqois o£ L r ;e, Mr. Secretary Cross, Sir Tho mas Myddelwn-Bio. '.uiph ' \S ho'eas i' is expedient to make piv vision ioi the exercise of the power tuia juriStti?;ion <estud by treaty in Her Majesty the Queen in and over the island Or Cyprus :

" New, there.ors, Her Majfisty, by vir- | u? of tlie powers in this behalf by the Foreig i Jurisdiction A:ts, 1543 lo 1878, cr otherwise in her \ested, is pleas.ee! cy iu.u v.i.n the advice of Her Privy Council to order, and it is ordered, as follows:

" 1. There .slian oe a Hia;l> Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief (hereinafter cailed ' the Higa in a; d ever the said Island cf Cyprus (hereinafter called 'the said island'), and th« pe.sM whe sl'.aii fill ttie said olfiee of Hi§L. Commissioner Nini! bo from time te time appointed cy Commission undei Her Majesty's sig,; manual and signet. ''2 The Higli Co't'missioner o|n]| -..d----mimsterthe government .of the said is land in the name and vu behalf of Hei Majesty, and shall do and execute i.. r.ue manner all things that shall belong to his said command and to the trust thereby repesed in him, according to the so oral powers and authorities granted or appointed to him by virtue oi this Order, ano oi such commission as may be issued tu biui under Her Majesty's siirn manual and signet, and according to sucn instruction' »- may no. time ,c Urns ae gi -en to eim under Her Majesty's -lgn manual aro sit'aet. or oy Order of Her Majesty ir. Council, or by Her Majesty throuffn one c. her Principal Secretaries of Sttte, anc foisrding to euch laws and ordinances as are o =r.al hereafter be in force in tn; saic :--.f._d.

" 3. Ino High Commissioner shall have an official seui hearing tho style of id* office, ami such d&vice as one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State from time to time approves, and such sea! shall be deemed the public seal of the said island, and may be kept ind used by the High Commissioner for the sealing of nil things whatsoever that shall pass tho seal of the said island. And until a public seal shall bo provided for tho said island, the seal of the High Commissioner may bo used as the public seal of the said island for sealing all things that shall pass the said seal" " 4. There shall bo in the snid island a legislative Council, constituted ns hereinafter mentioned.

" 14. If auy councillor shall become bankrupt or insolent Or shall be couvictedof any criminal offence, or siall absent himself from the said inland lor more than three months without leave from the High Commissioner, tiio High Commissioner may declare in writing thai his seat at tne Council is vacant, and immediately on the rJablicaUoo <.f suoh declaration he shall cease to be a member of the Council.

" 5. It shall be lawful for the High Commissioner, with tho advice of the said Legislative Council, to mako all such laws sua ordinances as may from time to time be necessary for the peace, order, and good government of the said island, subject, nevertheless, to all Buch instructions as her Majesty may from timo to timo isßue under her sign-manual and signet for the guidance of the High Commissioner and of the said Legislative Council therein ; provided, nevertheless, that full authority is hereby reserved to Her Majesty, through one of her Principal Secretaries

' 15. Tho High Coinmissiuuor may by writing uudor his hand and seal suspend any councillor from the exercise of liis office, proceeding therein in such manner as msy from time to timo l*> eujnined by such instructions under Her Mojosty 1 manual and sitrncc iu» may ba iddressed to the Commissioner vn that behalf

"10 Any unofficial councillor may bis office by writing under his

band, but no such resignation shall amending the said Order of the 12th day lake effect until it bo accepted in writing of December, 1 -i73, shall cease to have bv the High Commissioner, or by Her any force and effect in the island of CyJlajeHy through one of her Principal Se- prus from and after a day to be named eretariea of .State. m a proclamation to be issued in the said ■l7. Xo law or ordinance nndebv the b >' of the High ComHigh Cbnmkwnw, with the adme of l ? w ' th Ruch J" ving ?" a , excep ," theWd Legislative Cuncil, shall take tier* (if any) as may be contained in such effect until the High Commissioner shall. P Tf a "' J..11 m „ „„,, have uaented t&> iu the name of Her ' , 2 \ ih,s °^ er *«H oommenco and MajeMy and on her behalf, and dial] nave *»• «;**»" fo " ows: ~ . . . ~, Sped the same iu token ol such us- j "M, * the ° f . luß aeul iliah Commissioner, and the issue of any instructions immediately from and after J thfr making of this Order, i " ,'A) A 10 aii other matters and provisions comprised and contained in this Or.ler immediately from uud after a day to )xs pained in any proclamation to be issued in the said island by authority of the High Commissioner. "And (.his order shall remain iu force until the same shall be revoked or altered by Her Majesty with the advice of her Privy Council. ' And the Host Honourable the Mai> uis of Salisbury and the Kight Honour•ble Viscount Orankbrook, two of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, und thel/oids Commissioners of the Treasury, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain."

18 Notwithstanding anything in this Ordei coAUioed, it s.alf Se kwfui

■ '•■ tut High Commissioner, in oases oi emergency, to make and piodaim from time to time ordinances for the peace, order, and good a rernmei lof he laid island, subject, however, t. the I .. w nice ' the whole oi any pan there I by Her Majesty through one i irce i . aw with an i nlinance made b\ tl ■ High Co i lissi mer with the advice '. ilative Council .is by this Ordei provided, ioi ihuepa 1., Ijnoi. ibao ■ x. i... ■.' : from its promulgation unless the dual] vranceo nb o hnancj made by Hei Majesty shall be earlier signified to the High Commissioner by one of Her Majesty b Principal Secretaries of Slate, or unless such ordinance shall be controlled or superseded by c law or ordinance made oy tuc High Commissioner with tno advice of tae sai:. Legislative Council. " 19. Am law or ordinance, or any part thereof, made by the High Commissioner, with the advice ot tne said Legislative Council, or ot his own authority by proclamation as aforesaid which shall oe disallowed by H.-r Majesty undo/ the provisions hereinbefore coni '.: ;ed s!;al: cua.se to oe oi' any foice r -.-<_: .-i >i..,i as me disaliowoucc tne eoi -;.■. oe puolished in the said island by c.ie ..iifeu Coinciissioi.er.

" 20. The High Commissioner may I make an execute m Her Majesij s camt | •f- •: oir her behalf, under the public seal :-.i ihe said islana, grouts and dispositional oi any lands which may U, lawful granted •..; disposed of by Her Ai.j -sty witiimt.be l a;c island. ' 21. The High Commissioner may constitute and appoint nil such Judges Justice of the Peace, and other necessary ■aiders in toe said island; as may lawfully be appointed by Her Majesty, ail of whom shall hold their Dince.-. during lie* Majesty's pleasure. '22 iiie High Commissioner may, as lie sucll see occasion, in Her Majesty's •ia ~■ ond on her behalf, grant to any He.Mir convicted of any mine in any eomt, cr beiore any Judge, Justice, cr magistrate ttithhi tne said island, ti live mi", unconuiuonal pardon, oi a pardon subject to such conditions as uiav al anv tin o-iio lawniuy tuereuiAo aimeitou, or ■any respite oi the execution if we sentence of an stmh itleuder for such period ' _.' i. ibe High Commissioner may, as . ',t shall see Occasion, in Her Majesty's j ,iame a..d .m her behalf, remit am ones, penalties, i..r forfeitures which mav accrue : jr becoino payable to her, provided the -Mine uo nit exceed the sum of fifty pum.ds sterling iu any ono case, and may suspend the payment i f any such tine, .•r.,A y, or forfeiture exceeding the said <am . Et'y ; minis, until Her Majesty's . Iga-ure thereon shall be ma le known and signified to him. "21. The High Commissioner may, upon sufficient cause to him appearing, suspend from the exercise of his oiiice wiuiiu the saiu island any person exercising ;.,'■ same, which suspension shall continue and have etfect only until Her Majesty's pleasure therein shall be made known and signified to the High Commissi mer. And iu proceeding to any sin ii suspension, :ie is to observe :he .dreetions in thai behalf given to him by any such instructions under Her Majesty s sign manual and signet as may be hereafter addressed to him. " 23. Tliere shall be in the said island, for the purpose of advising the High Commissioner, an Executive Council, which shall be composed of such persons and constituted in such manner as may ie nirected by any instructions which may from time to time be addressed to the High Commissioner by Her Majesty, under her si;i> manual and signet, and ail such persons shall hold their places in the said Council during Her Majesty's pleasure ; and the said Executive Council shall observe such rules in the conduct of business as may from timo to time be contained in any such instructions as aforesaid.

" 20. In the event of the death, incapacity, removal, or absence from the said island of the High Commissioner for the time being, all and every the powers and authorities herein granted to him shall, until Her Majesty s further pleasure is signified therein, be vested in such person as may be appointed to administer tho same by any instrument undor Her Majesty's sign manual and signet ; or if there be not iu the island any person so appointed, then iu the senior military ollioer for the time being in command of Her Majesty's regular troops in tho said island

"27. Tho following Orders of Her Mafesty tho Quoen in Council, that is to say, the Order of the 12th d»v of December, 1H73, for tho Regulation of Consular Jurisdiction in the Dominions of the .Subline forte ; the Order >.' th■ I3tu day of May, 1875, for the Reflation of Hospital dues levied in Britiah shipping wiiiiin bo suid domhtlotu; ami tho Order of the 20th day of October, 1875