THE CYPRUS GAZETTE

ITThe Cjrprus Gazette.(Published byAuthority.)No. 1325.J FRIDAY, 5TH APRIL, 1918.NO. 155.SPEECHmHis Excellency the High CommissionerDELIVERED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILAT THE OPENING OF THESESSION,ON TUESDAY, 2ND APRIL, 1918.HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVECOUNCIL,IN this second Session of the present Council theprogramme of legislation to be laid before youwill be a very short one.A considerable number of Laws were placed onthe Statute Book during your first Session, andtwo or three of the Bills to be presented to younow merely deal with matters which were thendiscussed and almost settled, but had to be postponedfor various reasons.The Laws relating to Village Authorities andField Watchmen received careful considerationlast year by Select Committees and in the fuUCouncil, but it was found impossible to attain asufl&cient consensus of opinion with regard to theremedies to be applied to meet the defects in thoselaws.In present war circumstances it is not practicableto proceed with these and certain other complicatedmeasures of domestic legislation calhng fordetailed enquiries and prolonged deliberation.I hope however that it may be possible in thecourse of the Session to lay on the Table of theCouncil a report of the Commission appointed inAugust, 1917, to enquire into the subject of indebtednessin the Island and the reUef of insolventdebtors. His Honour the Chief Justice and hiscolleagues have taken opportunities of consultmgmany of the principal merchants and other gentlemenmost competent to give advice on that matter,and I feel confident that this work will havevaluable results.A short Bill amending the Land AcquisitionLaw will be introduced to facihtate purchases ofland by the War Department.The usual Appropriation Bills with the Estimatesof Expenditure will be laid before you atthe earliest opportunity. ,I trust that your deliberations in this Sessionof the Legislative Council wiU, under the guidanceof Divine Providence, continue to advance thebest interests of the people of Cyprus ; and I now,in the name of His Majesty King George V.,declare this Session of the Council to be open.(M.P. 334/18.)No. 156.ADDEESSOFLEGISLATIVETHECOUNCILIN REPLY TO THE SPEECH OF HIS EXCELLENCY THEHIGH COMMISSIONER AT THE OPENING OF THESESSION ON 2ND APRIL, 1918.MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY,We, the Members of the Legislative Council,beg leave to offer our thanks to Your Excellencyfor the Speech which Your Excellency hasaddressed to the Legislative Council.(M.P. 334/18.)No. 157.ORDER OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE HIGHCOMMISSIONER IN COUNCIL.—No. 739.JOHN E. CLAUSON,High Commissioner.IN exercise of the powers vested in him by the GoatsLaw, 1913, and otherwise, and with the advice ofthe Executive Council, His Excellency the High Commissioneris pleased to order and it is hereby orderedthat Ayios Yeorghios Kaphkalo in the District ofNicosia shall be a prescribed village within the meaningof the Goats Law, 1913.Given under the hand and official seal of theHigh Commissioner at Nicosia, this 27th dayof March, 1918.(M.P. 998/13/27.)E. H. HEIDENSTAM,No. 158.Clerk of CouncU.ORDER OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE HIGHCOMMISSIONER IN COUNCIL.—No. 740.JOHN E. CLAUSON,Hiyh Commissioner.IN exercise of the powers vested in liim by the GoatsLaw, 1913, and otherwise, and with the advice ofthe Executive Council, His Excellency the High Commissioneris pleased to order and it is hereby orderedthat Mesa Khorion in the District of Paphos |hall be aprescribed village within the meaning of the GoatsLaw, 1913.Given under the hand and official seal of theHigh Commissioner at Nicosia, this 27th davof March, 1918.ΚΥΠΡΙΑΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ(M.P. 1002/13/33.)E. H. HEIDENSTAM,Clerk of CouncU.