ter himself or herself in a register to be kept at the Consulate of the Consular district within which he or she resides.

Every such British subject, not so resident arriving at any place within the Ottoman dominions where a Consular Office is maintained, unless borne on the muster-roll of a British vessel there arriving, shall, within one month after his or her arrival, register himself or her self in a register to be kept at the Consular Office, but so that no person shall be required to register himself or herself more than once in any year, reckoned from any 1st day of January. Every such British subject shall on every such registration of himself or herself pay a fee of five shillings.

Any such British subject failing so to register himself or herself, and not excusing his or her failure to the satisfaction of the Consular Officer, shall not be entitled to be recognized or protected as a British subject in the Ottoman dominions, and shall be liable to a fine of not more than forty shillings for each instance of such failure; in the case of a married woman (not living apart from her husband) such fine to be levied on her husband's property.

The Consular Officer shall issue to every British subject so registered a certificate of registration under his hand and Consular seal.

VIII.-DEATHS OF BRITISH SUBJECTS NONRESIDENT.

63. Where a British subject, not having at the time of death his fixed place of abode in the Ottoman dominions, dies in those dominions, the Consular Court, within whose district he dies, shall, where the circumstances of the case appear to the Court so to require, forthwith on the death

of the deceased, or as soon after as may be, take possession of his personal property within the particular jurisdiction, or put it under the seal of the Court (in either case, if the nature of the property or other circumstances so require, making an inventory), and so keep the property until it can be dealt with according to law.

IX.-OFFENCES AGAINST RELIGION.

64. If any British subject is guilty of publicly deriding, mocking, or insulting any religion established or observed within the Ottoman dominions, or of publicly offering any insult to any religious service, feast, or ceremony established or kept in any part of those dominions, or to any place of worship, tomb, or sanctuary belonging to any such religion, or to the ministers or professors thereof,-or wilfully commits any act tending to bring any such religion, or its ceremonies, mode of worship, or observances into hatred, ridicule, or contempt, and thereby to provoke a breach of the public peace, he shall be liable (in the discretion of the Court) to imprisonment for not more than two years, with or without hard labour, and with or without a fine of not more than one hundred pounds sterling, or to a fine of not more than one hundred pounds sterling alone.

Notwithstanding anything in this Order, every charge against a British subject of having committed any such offence shall be heard and determined in a summary way, and any Provincial Consular Court shall have power to impose the punishment aforesaid.

Her Majesty's Consular Officers shall take such precautionary measures as may seem to them proper and expedient for the prevention of such offences.

X.-FOREIGNERS. FOREIGN TRIBUNALS.

65. Where a foreigner desires to institute or take any suit or proceeding of a civil nature against a British subject, or a British subject against a foreigner, the Supreme or other Consular Court, according to its respective jurisdiction, shall entertain the same, and shall hear and determine it, either by the Judge or proper Consular Officer sitting alone, or, if all parties desire, or the Court think fit to direct, a trial with a jury, then by such Judge or Officer with a jury, but in all other respects according to the ordinary course of the Court:

Provided that the foreigner first obtains and files in the Court the consent in writing of the competent local authority on behalf of the Sublime Ottoman Porte or of the Consul of his own nation (as the case may be) to his submitting, and does submit, to the jurisdiction of the Court, and, if required, gives security to the satisfaction of the Court, by deposit or otherwise, to pay fees, damages, costs, and expenses, and abide by and perform such decision as may be given by the Supreme or other Consular Court originally or on appeal (as the case may require).

66. Where it is shown to a Consular Court that the attendance of a British subject to give evidence, or for any other purpose connected with the administration of justice, is required in a Court or before a judicial officer of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, or in a Court or before a judicial officer in the Ottoman dominions of any State in amity with Her Majesty, the Consular Court may, in cases and under circumstances which would require the attendance of such British subject before one of Her Majesty's Consular Courts in the Ottoman dominions, and if it seems to the Consular Court just and expedient so to

do, make an order for the attendance of such British subject in such Court or before such judicial officer and for such purpose as aforesaid,but so that a Provincial Consular Court shall not have power to make an order for such attendance of a British subject at any place beyond the particular jurisdiction of the Court.

Any British subject, duly served with such an order, and with reasonable notice of the time and place at which his attendance is required, failing to attend accordingly, and not excusing his failure to the satisfaction of the Court making the order, shall be liable to a fine of not more than one hundred pounds sterling, or to imprisonment for not more than one month, in the discretion of the Court.

XI.-APPEAL TO SUPREME CONSULAR COURT.

I.-IN CIVIL CASES.

67. Where any decision of a Provincial Consular Court, sitting with or without Assessors, is given in a civil case in respect of a sum or matter at issue of the amount or value of fifty pounds sterling or upwards,--or determines, directly or indirectly, any claim. or question respecting property or any civil right, of the amount or value of fifty pounds sterling or upwards, any party aggrieved by the decision may apply to the Provincial Consular Court for leave to appeal to the Supreme Consular Court, and shall be entitled to leave on the terms prescribed by the Rules made under this Order, and subject to such restrictions and exceptions as may be therein contained.

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In any other case the Provincial Consular Court may, if it seems just and expedient, give leave to appeal on like terms.

In any case the Supreme Consular Court may give leave to appeal on such terms as may seem just.

II.-IN CRIMINAL CASES.

68. Where any person is convicted otherwise than in any summary way of a crime or offence, the Court or Consular Officer before whom he is tried may reserve for the consideration of the Supreme Consular Court any question of law arising on the trial.

The Court or Officer shall then state a special case setting out the question reserved, with the facts and circumstances on which it arose, and shall send the case to the Supreme Consular Court.

69. Where any person is convicted in a summary way of a crime or offence, and is dissatisfied with the conviction as being erroneous in point of law, the Court or Consular Officer before whom he is tried shall, on his application, unless the application appears merely frivolous, in which case the Court or Officer may refuse the application, state a special case setting out the facts and the grounds of the conviction for the opinion of the Supreme Consular Court, and send it to that Court.

70. In any such case the Court or Consular Officer shall, as may seem fit, either postpone judgment on the conviction, or respite execution of the judgment, and either commit the person convicted to prison, or take proper security for him to appear and receive judgment, or to render himself in execution (as the case may require) at an appointed time and place.

71. The Supreme Consular Court shall hear and finally determine the matter, and thereupon shall reverse, affirm, or amend any judgment given at the trial,-or set aside such judgment,