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relating to the Medical Eegister and to offences in respect thereof, shall, so far as may be, apply in the case of colonial and foreign practitioners registered under this Act and of the said lists of those practitioners, in the same way as such provisions apply in the casa of persons registered under the said " Medical Act, 1858," and of the register as kept under that Act. Medical titles of colonial and foreign practitioners. io. On and after the appointed day it shall be lawful for any registered medical practitioner who, being on the list of colonial or foreign practitioners, is on that day in possession of or thereafter obtains any recognized colonial or foreign medical diploma granted in a British possession or foreign country to which this Act applies, to cause a description of such diploma to be added to his name in the Medical Eegister. Registration of foreign degrees held by registered medical practitioners. 16. On and after the appointed day it shall be lawful for any registered medical practitioner who, being on the Medical Eegister by virtue of English, Scotch, or Irish qualifications, is in possession of a foreign degree in medicine, to cause a description of such foreign medical degree to be added to his name as an additional title in the Medical Eegister, provided he shall satisfy the General Council that he obtained such degree after proper examination and prior to the passing of this Act. Power of Her Majesty in Council to define colonies and foreign countries to which this Part of the Act applies. 17. (1.) Her Majesty in Council may from time to time by Order in Council declare that this Part of this Act shall be deemed, on and after a day to be named in such order, to apply to any British possession or foreign country which, in the opinion of Her Majesty, affords to the registered medical practitioners of the United Kingdom such privileges of practising in the said British possession or foreign country as to Her Majesty may seem just; and from and after the day named in such Order in Council such British possession or foreign country shall be deemed to be a British possession or foreign country to which this Act applies within the meaning of this Part thereof; but until such Order in Council has been made in respect of any British possession or foreign country this Part of this Act shall not be deemed to apply to any such possession or country; and the expression "the prescribed day" as used in this Part of this Act means, as respects any British possession or foreign country, the day on and after which this Part of this Act is declared by Order in Council to apply to such British possession or foreign country. (2.) Her Majesty may from time to time by Order in Council revoke and renew any order made in pursuance of this section ; and on the revocation of such order as respects any British possession or foreign country such possession or foreign country shall cease to be a possession or country to which this Part of this Act applies, without prejudice nevertheless to the right of any persons whose names have been already entered on the register. Amendment of 21 and 22 Viet., c. 90, s. 36, as to medical officers in ships. 18. Nothing in "The Medical Act, 1858," shall prevent a person holding a medical diploma entitling him to practise medicine or surgery in a British possession to which this Act applies from holding an appointment as a medical officer in any vessel registered in that possession.

No. 70. (New Zealand, No. 54.) Sir,— Downing Street, 27th July, 1880. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 39, a.of the 20th May, forwarding copies of the Speech with which, on the 13th of ia that month, you opened the Third Session of the Ninth Parliament of New Zealand. I have, &c, GEANVILLE. Governor Sir W. F. D. Jervois, G.C.M.G., C.8., &c.

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No. 71. (Circular.) Bib,— Dawning Street, 31st July, 1886. I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of the colony under your government, a copy of a letter from the Foreign Office, enclosing a list received from the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, showing the modifications introduced by his Government into the limits of jurisdiction of the AustroHungarian Consulates in the British Empire. I have, &c, GEANVILLE. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

1 Enclosures. Sib,— - Foreign Office, 15th July, 1886. I am directed by the Earl of Eosebery to transmit to you herewith, to be laid before Earl Granville, a copy of a note from the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at this Court, enclosing a list