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Our will and pleasure therefore is that you Henry Duke of Norfolk, to whom the cognizance of matters of this nature doth properly belong, do require and command that this our concession and declaration be recorded in our College of Arms in order that our officers of arms and all other public functionaries whom it may concern may take full notice and have knowledge thereof in their several and respective departments. And for so doing this shall be your Warrant. Given at our Court, at St. James's, in this 26th day of August, 1911, in the second year of our reign. By His Majesty's commands. L. Harcourt. No. 113. New Zealand, No. 357. My Lord,— Downing Street, 17th October, 1911. With reference to my despatch, No. 344, of the sth instant, I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, the enclosed copies of a notice to shipbuilders and others in the United Kingdom advising them as to their position under the Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870, during the war between Italy and Turkey. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. Lord Islington, K.C.M.G., D.5.0., &c. Enclosure. Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870.—Notice to Shipbuilders and others. With reference to the war now in progress between Italy and Turkey, the attention of shipbuilders and others is called to the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870 (33 and 34 Vict. cap. 90), sections 8, 9, and 23, which indicate their duties and liabilities in the matter of building and equipping ships which are intended to, or may, be used in the military or naval service of belligerents. Section 8 provides that any person within His Majesty's dominions who without Royal license builds, commissions, equips, or despatches any ship with intent or knowledge or having reasonable cause to believe that the same will be employed in the military or naval service of the belligerents, shall be liable to fine and imprisonment and forfeiture of the ship and equipment. Any person building or equipping such a ship in pursuance of a contract made before the commencement of the war shall not be liable to these penalties if— (i.) Forthwith upon a Proclamation of neutrality being issued by His Majesty he gives notice to the Secretary of State that he is so buildingj causing to be built, or equipping such ship, and furnishes such particulars of the contract and of any matters relating to, or done, or to be done under the contract as may be required by the Secretary of State; (ii.) He gives such security, and takes and permits to be taken such other measures, if any, as the Secretary of State may prescribe for ensuring that such ship shall not be despatched, delivered, or removed without the license of His Majesty until the termination of such war as aforesaid. In any case in which overtures are made for the purchase or equipment of such ships bypersons who do not satisfactorily disclose the ultimate destination of the ships it would be the duty of all persons having knowledge of the fact to give notice to the Home Secretary in order that he might take the steps which he is empowered by the 23rd section of the said Act to take so as to ensure that such vessel should not be employed in contravention of the said Act Whitehall, 1911. No. 114. New Zealand, No, 358. My Lord,— Downing Street, 17th October, 1911. I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, copies of a notice issued by the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament with regard to the nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize of 1912. 2. I have to request that your Ministers will be so good as to cause the conditions of the prize to be made known to those bodies and persons who are qualified to nominate candidates.

No. 113. New Zealand, No. 357. My Lord, — Downing Street, 17th October, 1911. With reference to my despatch, No. 344, of the sth instant, I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, the enclosed copies of a notice to shipbuilders and others in the United Kingdom advising them as to their position under the Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870, during the war between Italy and Turkey. I have, &c, L. HARCOURT. Governor the Right Hon. Lord Islington, K.C.M.G., D.5.0., &c.

Enclosure. Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870.—Notice to Shipbuilders and others. With reference to the war now in progress between Italy and Turkey, the attention of shipbuilders and others is called to the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870 (33 and 34 Vict. cap. 90), sections 8, 9, and 23, which indicate their duties and liabilities in the matter of building and equipping ships which are intended to, or may, be used in the military or naval service of belligerents. Section 8 provides that any person within His Majesty's dominions who without Eoyal license builds, commissions, equips, or despatches any ship with intent or knowledge or having reasonable cause to believe that the same will be employed in the military or naval service of the belligerents, shall be liable to fine and imprisonment and forfeiture of the ship and equipment. Any person building or equipping such a ship in pursuance of a contract made before the commencement of the war shall not be liable to these penalties if— (i.) Forthwith upon a Proclamation of neutrality being issued by His Majesty he gives notice to the Secretary of State that he is so building t causing to be built, or equipping such ship, and furnishes such particulars of the contract and of any matters relating to, or done, or to be done under the contract as may be required by the Secretary of State; (ii.) He gives such security, and takes and permits to be taken such other measures, if any, as the Secretary of State may prescribe for ensuring that such ship shall not be despatched, delivered, or removed without the license of His Majesty until the termination of such war as aforesaid. In any case in which overtures are made for the purchase or equipment of such ships by persons who do not satisfactorily disclose the ultimate destination of the ships it would be the duty of all persons having knowledge of the fact to give notice to the Home Secretary in order that he might take the steps which he is empowered by the 23rd section of the said Act to take so as to ensure that such vessel should not be employed in contravention of the said Act Whitehall, 1911.

No. 114. New Zealand, No, 358. My Lord, — Downing Street, 17th October, 1911. I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Ministers, copies of a notice issued by the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament with regard to the nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize of 1912. 2. I have to request that your Ministers will be so good as to cause the conditions of the prize to be made known to those bodies and persons who are qualified to nominate candidates.