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CYPKUS.
Administra
tion of the
British
Government.
law of which they are the instruments. They will have to be pro
perly clothed and fairly paid, so that their position may be raised
in the estimation of the natives. It is believed that amongst the
Zaptiehs are to be found the materials for the formation of an
excellent police force, which will naturally now be thrown open to
Christians, instead of being, as hitherto, confined only to Mussul
mans.
The following Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , dealing with the administration
of the government in Cyprus under British rule, has been pro
mulgated.
“At the Court at Balmoral, the 14th day of September, 1878.
PRESENT,
The QUEEN’s Most Excellent Majesty.
His Royal Highness Prince Leopold.
Marquis of Lome.
Mr. Secretary Cross.
Sir Thomas Myddelton-Biddulph.
“ Whereas it is expedient to make provision for the exercise of the power
and jurisdiction vested by Treaty in Her Majesty the Queen in ahd over the
Island of Cyprus :
“ Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers in this behalf by
the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, 1843 to 1878, or otherwise in Her vested, is
pleased by and with the advice of Her Privy Council to order, and it is
ordered, as follows :—
“ L There shall be a High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief (here
inafter called ‘ the High Commissioner’) in and over the said Island of Cyprus
(hereinafter called ‘ the said island ’), and the person who shall fill the said
office of High Commissioner shall be from time to time appointed by Commis
sion under Her Majesty’s Sign-Manual and Signet.
“ II. The High Commissioner shall administer the government of the said
Island in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, and shall do and execute in
due manner all things that shall belong to his said command and to the trust
thereby reposed in him, according to the several powers and authorities
granted or appointed to him by virtue of this Order, and of such Commission
as may be issued to him under Her Majesty’s Sign-Manual and Signet, and
according to such instructions as may from time to time be given to him,
\mder Her Majesty’s Sign-Manual and Signet, or by Order of Her Majesty in
Council, or by Her Majesty through one of Her Principal Secretaries of State,
and according to such Laws and Ordinances as are or shall hereafter be in
orce in the said Island.
“ III. The High Commissioner shall have an Official Seal bearing the
style of his office, and such device as one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secre
taries of State from time to time approves, and such seal shall be deemed the
public seal of the said Island, and may be kept and used by the High Com
missioner for the sealing of all things whatsoever that shall pass the seal of
the said Island. And until a public seal shall be provided for the said
Island, the seal of the High Commissioner may be used as the public
seal of the said Island for sealing all things that shall pass the said seal.
“IV. There shall be in the said Island a Legislative Council, constituted
as hereinafter mentioned.
“V. It shall be lawful for the High Commissioner, with the advice of the
said Legislative Council, to make all such Laws and Ordinances, as may from
time to time be necessary for the peace, order, and good government of the
said Island, subject, nevertheless to all such instructions as Her Majesty may
from time to time issue under Her Sign-Manual and Signet for the guidance
of the High Commissioner and of the said Legislative Council therein : Pro
vided, nevertheless, that full authority is hereby reserved to Her Majesty^