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Notices.

 

 

It is notified for General informa-
tion that His Excellency the Governor
has been pleased to appoint the Hon.
8. T. CHRISTIAN, O.B.E., to act fora
short period, as Puisne Judge of the
Supreme Court cf the Windward
Islands and Leeward Islands
for the trial of the criminal causes
pending for disposal at the November
Session of the Saint Christopher and
Nevis Circuits and for the hearing
and determination of any civil or
other proceedings in the said Cireuits.
The acting appointment will take
effect from the 6th November, 1954.

The Secretariat,
Antigua.
4th November, 1954.

No. 13/00061. _ -

His Excellency the Governor has
accepted under Section 8 (2) (c) of
the Leeward Islands (Amendment)
Act No. 13 of 1951, the resignation
of the Hon. §. T. CHRISTIAN, O.B.E.,
as a nominated member of the
Jeneral Legislative Council, in con-
sequence of his appointment as an
Acting Puisne Judge of the Wind-
werd Islands and Leeward Islands.
The Secretariat,

Antigua.

2nd November, 1954.
C. 18/00013.

Tie Governor has nominated under
Section 5 (i) of the Water Courses
and Water Works Ordinance, Mont-
serrat No. 8 of 1950, the undermen-
tioned persons to be members of the
Water Board of Montgerrat:—

The Member for Public Works and

Social Services

M. M. AUCHINLECK, Esq.,

EK. T. EDGECOMBE, Esq.

2. The Commissioner of Montser-
rat and the Inspector of Works are
the ex officiu members of the Board.

The Secretariat,
Antigua,
2nd November, 1954.

 

No. 98

Appointments and transfers etc.,
in the public service, with effect from
the dates stated, are published for
general information :—

Hurst, D. K., to be Junior Clerk,

Audit Office, on probation.

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Published by Authority.

THURSDAY, 4rH NOVEMBER,

JamMzEs, A. 0. E., Junior Clerk, Peas-
ant Development Office, Antigua,
confirmed in appointment.

July 1
(In substitution for Gazette Notice

No. 97 of 28th October, 1954, re

Jarvis, A. ©. K., confirmed in

appointment.

KIRWAN, Miss H., to be Junior Clerk,
Audit Office, on probation.
Aug. 16
WILKIN, Miss A., Junior Clerk, Audit
Office, resigned her ee
Nov.

CONFIRMATION OF ORDINANCES.
No. 99.

The Secretary of State for the
Colonies has informed the Governor
that the power of disallowance will
not be exercised in respect of the un-
dermentioned Acts and Ordinance:—

ACTS.
Leeward Islands.

No. 11 of 1954, “The Currency
(Amendment) Act, 1954.”

No. 14 of 1954, “ The Forgery Act,
1954.”

No. 15 of 1954, “The Evidence
(Amendment) Act, 1954.”

No. 16 of 1954, ‘The Travelling
and Subsistence Allowances (Repeal)
Act, 1954.”

No. 17 of 1954, “*The Dangerous
Drugs (Amendment) Act, 1954.”

No. 19 of 1954, The Public Holi-
days Act, 1954.”

ORDINANCE.
Antigua.
No. 6 of 1954, ‘The Development
(Telephone) Loan Ordinance, 1954.”

Bank of England
Notes.

Tne following relaxation on the
import of sterling notes into the
United Kingdom has been announced.

“From 380th September, 1954,
Bank of England notes of £10 up-
_ wards and Bank of England notes of
£5 dated prior to the 2nd September,

1944, all of which have ceased to be

legal tender (but have remained

payable. on presentation at the

Bank of England).may be sent by

post from any territory to a banker

intthe United Kingdom for collec-

tion. None of these notes has a

mettalic thread such as appears in

current £5 notes.
Notes.should be despatched at the
risk of the owner to the usual bank-

Control:

  

1954.

ing correspondents in the United
Kingdom of the owner or of the
owner’s local bank. Authorised
Banks are being given authority to
credit the proceeds of notes for
warded from outside the Scheduled
Territories to the type of account
appropriate to the country of the
remitter.

The position of all other Bank of
Kngland notes remains unchanged.
The prohibition on the import of
sterling notes (other than the notes
which are sent under this relaxa-

.tion and except notes carried by
travellers to the value of £10 per
person) remains in force.”
The notes covered by these arrange-

ments should not be taken to the
United Kingdom by travellers.
No. A. C. 24/44,

Crown Land Applications

Applications in connexion with
Crown lands are notified in the
Gazette for the purpose of giving any
person an opportunity of making any
representation to this office in relation
to any such application.

Such applications will be inserted
in at least three separate issues of the
Gazette before they will be dealt with
by the Governor, so that applicants
must be prepared for this delay.

The undermentioned application is
hereby notified.
By Order,
M. TITLEY,
Clerk to the Commissioner.
Commissioner's Office,
Virgin Islands.
10th September, 1954.

TO PURCHASE.

All that piece plot or portion of
foreshore land and land under the
sea contiguous and continuous with
the foreshore aforesaid situate at
Burt Point in Roaao Town in the
island of Tortola in the Presidency
of the Virgin Islands containing .516
of an acre and measuring from East
to West on the North side 20 feet;
from North to South on the East
side 500 feet; from East to West on
the South side 70 feet; from North to
South on the West side fronting the
public road 500 feet and butted and
bounded as follows, that is to say, on
the North by the sea; on the East by
the sea; on the South by the sea; on
the West by the public road.

Ref. No. 46/00003—IT.