MEANING OF TERMS USED.

In this Act, and in any other Act relating to customs, unless the context otherwise requires, -

The intitials "n.e.s." represent and ahving the meaning of the words, " not elsewhere specified";

The intitials "n.o.p." represent and have the meaning of teh words "not otherwise provided for";

The expression "gallon" means an imperial gallon;

The expression "ton" means two thousand pounds avoirdupos;

The expression "proof's or "proof spirits," when applied to wines or spirits of any kind, means spirits of a strength equal to that of pure ethyl alcohol compounded with distilled water in such porportions that the resultant mixture shall at a temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit have a specific gravity of 0.9198 as compared with that of distilled water at teh same temperature;

The expression "gauge" when applied to metal sheets or plates or to wire, mean the thickness as determined by Stubb's standard gauge;

The expression "in diameter" when applied to tubing, means the actual inside diameter;

The expression "sheet," when applied to metals, means a sheet or plate not exceeding three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness.

FISH FROM THE UNITED STATES AND NEWFOUNDLAND.

The whole or part of the duties hereby imposed upon fish and other products of the fisheries may be remitted as respects either the United States or Newfoundland, or both, upon proclamation of the Governor in Council, which may be issued whenever it appears to his satisfaction that the Governments of the United States and Newfoundland, or either of them, have made changes in their tariffs of duties imopsed upon articles imported from Canada, in reduction or repeal of the duties in force in the said countries respectively.

EXPORT OF GAME PROHIBITED.

designated by him and supplied to such officers as are by him charged with the duty of sampling and testing such molasses and syrups; and the decision of any officer (to whom is so assigned the testing of such articles) as to the duties to which they are subject udner the tariff shall be final and conclusive, unless upon appeal to the commissioner of customs within thirty days from rendering of such decision, such deicsion is, with approval of the controller, charged; adn the decision of the commissioner with such approval shall be final.

DUTIES ON WINES AND SPIRITS.

In the case of all wines, spirits, or alcoholic liquors subject to duty according to their relative strength of proof, such strength shall be ascertained either by means of Sykes's hydrometer or gravity bottle, it shall be ascertained by the distillation of a sample and the subsequent test in like manner of the distillate.

MEDICINAL AND TOILET PREPARATIONS.

All medicinal or toilet preparations imported for completing the manufacture thereof, or for the manufacture of any other article by the addition of any ingredient or ingredients, or by mixing such preparations, or by putting up or labelling the same, alone or with other articles or compounds, under any proprietary or special name or trade-mark, shall be valued for duty under the provision of subsection two of section sixty-five of The Customs Act, as amended by section fifteen of chapter fourteen of the statutes of 1888.

MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS TO BE LABELLED.

All medicinal preparations, whether chemical or other, usually imported with the name of the manufacturer, shall have the true name of such manufacturer and the place where they are prepared, and the word "alcohloic" or "non-alcoholic," premanently and legibly affixed to each parcel by stamp, label or otherwise; and all medicinal preparations imported without such names and word so affixed may be forfeited.

DUTY ON PACKAGES.

Packages shall be subject to the following provisions:

PENALTY FOR HAVING BLANK INVOICE WITH CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTNESS.

Any person who, without lawful excuse, the proof shall be on the person accused, sends or brings into Canada, or who, being in Canada, has in his possession, any bill-heading or other paper appearing to be a heading or blank capable of being filled up and used as an invoice, and bearing a certificate puporting to show, or which may be used to show, that the invoice which may be made from such bill-heading or blank is correct or authentic, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars, and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months, in discretion of the court, adn the goods entered under any invoice made from any such bill-heading or blank shall be forfeited.

AFFIDAVIT OF IMPORTER CLAIMING LOWER RATE OF DUTY ON CERTAIN GOODS.

With respect to goods imported for manufacturing purposes that are admissible under this Act for any specific purposes at a lower rate of duty than would otherwise by chargeable, or exempt from duty, or proportionate exemptino from duty, shall make and subscribe to teh following affidavit or affirmation before the collector of customs at the port of entry, or before a notary public or a commissioner for taking affidavits:

I, (name of importer) the undersigned, importer of the (names of the goods or articles) mentioned in this entry, do solemnly (swear to affirm) that such (names of the goods or articles) are imported by me for themanufacture of (names of goods to be manufactured) in my own factory, situated at (name of the place, county and province), and that no portion of the same will be used for any other purpose or dispoed of until so manufactured.

BRITISH PREFERENTIAL TARIFF.

On and after the 1st day of August, 1898, section 17 of the said Act shall be repealed, and the follwing shall be substituted thereof:-

"Articles which are the growth, produce or manufacture of any of the following countries may, when imported direct into Canada from any of such countries, be entered for duty or taken out of warehouse for consumption in Canada at the reduced rate of duty provided in the Britishs preferential tariff set forth in Schedule D in this Act:- (a) The United Kingdom; (b) The British colony of Bermuda; (c) The British colonies, commonly called the British West Indies, including the following: the Bahamas, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos Islands, the Leeward Islands (Antigua, St. Christopher-Nevis, Dominica, Montserrat, and the Virgin Islands, the Windward Islands (Grenada, St. Vincent and St. Lucia), Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago; (d) British Guiana; (e) Any other British colony or possession of the customs tariff of wihch is, on th ewhole, as favourable to Canada as the British preferential tariff herein refereed to is to such colony or possession.

Deer when shot for sport, under license, may be exported under regulations of the Customs Department.

Regulations respecting the export of "Home-bred Deer."

Any person who wishes to export any carcase or parts thereof of deer raised or bred upon his own land, or upon lands owned by a company or association of personss of which he is a member, shall make affidavit upon the face fo the export entry to the effect that the deer, the carcase or parts whereof is so entered for exportation, was raised or bred upon his own lands or upon lands owned or held by a company or association of persons of which he is a member(describing the location of such lands, and naming the association or company holding the same).

DUTIES ON MOLASSES AND SYRUPS.

valorem duty of a specific and ad valorem duty, be charged with the same rate of ad valorem duty as is to be levied and collected on the goods they contain, and the value of the packages may be included in the value of such goods;

All such packages as aforesaid containing goods subject to a specific duty only, and not otherwise provided for, shall be charged with a duty of twenty per cent. and valorem;

Packages not hereinbefore specified, and not herein specially charged with or declared liable to duty, and being the usual and ordinary packages in which goods are packed for exportation, according to the general usage and custom of trade, shall be free of duty;

All such special packages or coverings as are of any use, or apparently designed for use other than the importation of the goods they contain, shall be subject to the same rate of duty as would thereon be levied if imported empty or separate from their contents;

Packages (insdie or outside) containing free goods shall be exempt from duty when the packages are of such a nature that their destruction is necessary in order to release the goods.

admittedunder such preferential tariff shall be bonfide the manufacture of a country or countries entitled to the benefits of such tariff, and that such benefits shall not extend to teh importation of articles into the production of which there has not entered a substantial portion of the labour of such countries. any question arising as to any article being entitled to such benefits shall be decide by the Minister of Customs, whose deicison shall be final.

"Raw sugar, including all sugar described in item 436 of Schedule A, may, when imported direct from any British colony or possession, be entered for duty or taken out of warehouse for consumption in Canada at the reduced rate fo duty provided in the British preferential tariff.

"The Minister of Customs, with the approval of the Governor in Council, shall determine what British colonies or psosessions, shall be entitled to teh benefits of the preferential tariff under clause (d) of subsection 1 of this section.

"The Minister of Customs may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make such regulations as are deemed necessary for carrying out the intention of this section."

You are hereby advised that the said Act provides as follows:-

"Wines, sparkling and non-sparkling, common soaps, savons de Marseille (Castille soaps) and nuts, almonds, prunes and plums of French origin entering cCanada shall enjoy the following advantages:

1. Non-sparkling wines gauging 15 degrees by the centesimal alchoholometer or less, or according to the Canadian system of testing, containing 26 per cent. or less of alcohol, and all sparkling wines shall be exempted from the surtaxe or ad valorem duty of 30 per cent.

2. The present duty charged on common soaps, savons de Marseille (Castile soaps) shall be reduced by one-half.

3. The present duty charged on nuts, almonds, prunes and plums shall be reduced by one-third.

The following articles of Canadian origin imoprted direct from that country accompanied by certificates of origin shall receive teh advantage of the minimum tariff on entering France, Algeria or the French colonies:-

Canned meats.

Condensed milk, pure.

Fresh water fish, eels.

Fish preserved in their natural form.

Lobsters and crayfish preserved in their natural form.

Apples and pears, fresh, dried or pressed.

Fruits preserved, others.

Buidling timer in rough or sawn.

Wood pavement.

Staves.

Wood pulp (cellulose).

Extract of chestnut and other tanning extracts.

Common paper, machine-made.

Prepared skins, others, whole.

Boots and shoes.

Furniture of common wood.

Furniture other than chairs, of solid wood, common.

Flooring in pine or soft wood.

Wooden sea-going ships.

It is udnerstood that the advantage of any reduction of duty gratned to any other power on any of the artiles enumerated above shall be extended fully to Canada."

Your attention is also directed to teh following provisions of "An Act respecting Commerical Treaties affecting Canada," Cahp. 3, 58-59 Vict., Viz. :-

"1. So soon as The French Treaty Act, 1894, chapter two of the Statutes of 1894, is brought into force by proclamation of the Governor General, the advantages granted to France by the treaty with that power mentioned in the said Act, with respect to its commerce with Canada, shall extend to any and every other foreign power which by reason of the operation of such treaty is, under the provisions of a treaty with Great Britain, entitled, in whole or in part, to the same or to

the like advantages with respect to its commerce with Canada, to the extent to which in manner aforesaid such otehr foreign power is entitled thereto; and such advantages shall continue to so extend to such other foreign power so long as the said Act remains in force, or until the right of such other foreign power to such advantages under its treaty with Great Britain is sooner determined.

3. The advantages so granted to France by the said treaty shall extend also to Great Britain adn to teh several British colonies and possessions with respect to their commerce with Canada, so long as France continues to be entitled to such advantages; and during the period for which France is so entitled to such advantages, all laws inconsistent with the enjoyment thereof by Great Britain and such British colonies and possessions shall be suspended to the extent to which they are so inconsistent."

The Foreign Powers entitled to the same advantages under the provisions of the said Act, as are granted to France by the Treaty in question, with respect to its commerce with Canada, are:- Argentine Repubilc, Germany (Zollverein), Austrai Hungary, Muscat, Belgium, Russia, Bolivia, Salvador, Chili, Sweden, Norway, Columbia, Spain, Costa Rica.

Satisfactory proof of the origin of the goods in question shall be furnished to the collector at the time of entry.

IMPORTANT CHANGE IN POSTAL RATES.

On and after the 1st of July, 1902, the rates of Postage on the undermentioned classes of matter, addressed to places in Canada, will be as follows:-

Letters..............................2c. per ounce.

Legal Documents......................2c. per ounce.

Commerical Papers....................2c. per ounce.

Newspapers...........................1c. per 4 ounces.

Books................................1c. per 2 ounces.

Circulars............................1c. per 2 ounces.

Catalogues...........................1c. per 2 ounces.

Printed or Lithograph Matter.........1c. per 2 ounces.

Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., Engravings, Photographs, etc., Sheet Music, Book or Newspaper Manuscript, Printers' Proof Sheets, Blank Forms and Printed Stationery, Seeds, Cuttings, Bulbs, Roots, etc., Patterns and Samples of Merchandise, 2 cents for first 4 ounces or fraction thereof, and 1 cent for each addditional 2 ounces or fraction thereof.

Merchandise, 2 cents for first 2 ounces or fraction thereof, and 2 cents for each additional 2 ounces or fraction thereof.

CHANGE IN POSTAL RATES TO AND FROM ATLIN AND YUKON DISTRICT

On all matter passing between the Atlin and Yukon districts and any other part of the Dominion (except such as is paid for at the letter rate of two cents per ounce or fraction thereof, circulars not exceeding two ounces in wieght, and newspapers from the office of publication), postal rates shall be double those charged on the same classes of matter passing in any other part of the Dominion.

Letter Rates, &c.

Canada, - Letters posted in Canada addressed to any place within the Dominion, 2 cents per oz. If unpaid, such letters cannot be forwarded but will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. If partially prepaid, the letter will be forwarded to its destination and double the delivery at or from the same office, provided that the office is not one at which free delivery by letter carriers is established, are charged 1 cent per oz., and must be at least partially prepaid; otherwise they are sent to the Dead Letter Office. Letters of this nature mailed at and for delivery from an office at which there is a free delivery by letter carriers, are liable to 2 cents per ounce. All postage must be prepaid by Postage Stamps.

Post Cards. - From any place in Cnaada to any other place in Canada, or to the United States, 1 cent each. British and Foreign, 2 cents each.

Private Post Cards. - Private Post Cards must not exceed 5 by 5/8 inches in size, and bear the words "Private Post Card," either printed or written, on the face.

United Kingodom, and the following British Possessions and Protectorates: Aden, Ascension, Bahama Islands, Barbados, Bermuda, Honduras, British India, Biritsh North Borneo Company's Territory (including Labuan), Cape Colony, Cayman Islands, Ceylon, China (British Postal Agencies in), viz., Amoy, Canton, Foochow, Hankow, Hoihow, Liu-Kung-Tau(Wei-Hai-Wei)< Ningpo, Shanghai and Swatow; Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gambia, Givraltar, Gold Coast Colony, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Johore, Lagos, Leeward Islands, Malay States, Malta, Mauritius, Natal, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Nigeria (Northern), Nigeria (Southern),

Patterns and Samples within the Dominion.

Patterns and Samples of Merchandise and Goods for sale, not exceeding 3 lbs. in weight, except samples of tea, which must not exceed 8 oz. in weight, may be posted in Canada, to be forwarded to any place within the Dominion, on prepayment by Postage Stamp of a rate of 2 cents for teh first 4 ozs., and 1 cent for each additional 2 ozs., under the following regulations:

If insufficiently prepaid the packet will be forwarded charged with double the deficient postage, provided at least 1 cent is prepaid.

Packages of Samples and Patterns, addressed to any place in Canada, may be registered by affixing thereto stamps to the value of 5 cents in addition to the postage rate, and provided such packet be hadned into the Post Office for registration.

Patterns or Samples must be sent in covers open at the ends, so as to be easy of examination. Samples, however, of seeds, drugs, &c., which cannot be sent in open ocvers, may be enclosed in bags of linen, or such like material, fastened in such manner that they may be readily opened, so that the officers of the Post Office may be able to satify themsevles as to the nature of the contents.

The packet may bear on the outside the address of the sender, in addition to the address of teh perosn for whom it may be intended; and also a trade mark or number, and the price of the sample enclosed; inside, there must be no enclosure but the samples or patterns themselves.

The particulars, however, of the trade marks, numbers, and prices may be marked on the articles themselves instead of on the outside of the packet, at the option of the sender.

Goods sent for sale or in execution of an order, however small the quantity may be, or any article sent by one private individual to another, which are not actually trade patterns or samples, are not admissible.

Liquids, oils, etc., may be sent by mail in the Dominion if put up carefully in strict accordance with the directions given in the Postal Guide and ascertainable at any post office.

United Kingdom, United States and Foreign Countries.

Patterns and Samples of Merchandise, when addressed to places in the United Kingdom, must not exceed 5 lbs. in weight; to the United States adn other foreign countries, 12oz, and must be preapid by postage stamp at the following rates:- 1 cent per 2 oz. or fraction of 2 oz., with a minimum prepayment of 2 cents covering a weight of 4 oz.

Samples of liquids, oils, glass, etc., are admitted as samples provided they are put up in strict accordance with the directions given in the Postal Guide.

Parcel Post with the United Kingdom, Newfoundland, and other British Colonies and Foreign Countries.

Closed Parcels may be exchanged with the United Kingdom, Newfoundland, and most foreign countries and British colonies, under the following regulations:-

1. The dimensions of a Parcel addressed to the United Kingdom must not exceed 30 inches in length or 1 foot in width or depth, nor must the combined length and girth of any Parcel exceed 6 feet. The dimensions of a Parcel addressed to any country other than the United Kingdom must not exceed 2 feet in length by 1 foot in width or depth.

2. A Parcel must not contain any explosive, combustible, or dangerous articles.

3. All Parcels must be securely and substantially packed and closed.

Orange River Colony, Sarawak, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Straits Settlements, St. Helena, Tobago, Transvaal Colony, Trinidad, Turks Islands, Uganda, Windward Islands, Zanzibar. - Postage on Letters, 2 cents per half oz.

Foreign Countries, except United States.- Postage on Letters, 5 cents per half oz. If sent unpaid, double postage will be charged.

United States.- The rate on Letters to the United States is the same as in Canada, and at least one rate must be prepaid.

It is very important to bear in mind that the postage upon letters for the United Kingdom and all Foreign Countries is calculated by the half-ounce, and double the defficient postage is charged on all unpaid or short-paid letters.

Registration of Letters.

Persons posting letters containing value should be careful to require them to be Registered, and to obtain from the Postmaster a certificate of receitp for Registration.

The charge for Registration on all classes of matter, in addition to the postage, is five cents.

Both the Postage charge and Registration fee should, in all cases, be prepaid by stamp.

Registration is not an absolute guarantee against the miscarriage or loss of a letter: but a Registered Letter can be traced where an Unregistered Letter cannot, and the posting and delivery or non-delivery can be proven.

Book Post, &c.

A Book Packet may contain any number of separate books. Limit of weight of domestic post, 5 lbs. (unless consisting of a single book, in which case a weight of 10 lbs. is allowed): for foreign post, 4 lbs. Limit of size, two feet in length, or one foot in width or depth.

Book Packets must be open at both ends or both sides, and must not contain any letter or sealed inclosure.

Book for the use of the blind are free of Canada postage, and correspondence passing between blind persons in raised characters is chargeable at the rate of 1 cent per ozs.

The rate on the Book Packets for delivery in Canada, Great Britain, the United States and all Postal Union Countries, is 1 cent per 2 ozs.

Miscellaneous Matter.

Miscellaneous matter, described as under, may pass between places in the Dominion of Canada upon prepayment of the rates indicated below. The regulations of the British Post Office do not admit of the transmission by mail to the United Kingdom (or other countries beyong the sea) of miscellaneous matter as such; but a great part of the matter referred to under the head may be forwarded to the United Kingdom by Book Post.

No packet of miscellaneous matter can be transmitted by mail if it exceeds 30 inches in length or 12 inches in width or depth, or over 5 lbs. in weight.

Legal and commerical papers generally are liable to letter rate of postage.

Printed or written requests for return will now be recognized on 3rd and 4th class matter, addressed to places within the Domininon, and same will be returned direct to the sender, subject to the payment by the sender, on delivery to him through the Post Office, of the full amount of postage to which the article was in first place liable, together with any charges ratedd thereon in connection with any deficiency in the original prepayment.

Transient Newspapers.

Transient newspapers and periodicals include all newspapers and periodicals posted in Canada, other than Canadian newspapers sent from the office of publications, adn British and foreign newspapers posted by news agents for regualr subscribers in Canada. When addressed to any place within the Dominion or the United States, they must be prepaid the following rates by Postage Stamp:-

If posted singly and weighing not more than 1 oz., half cent each.

If weighing over 1 oz., one cent per four oz., half cent each.

The newspaper rate to England, whether for transient newspapers or for those sent to regular subscribers, is 1c. per 2 oz. by whatever route they may be forwarded.

4. Oils, liquids, etc., can only be forwarded if put up with the same security required in connection with their transmissino as samples in the ordinary mails. Fragile articles should be packed with special care.

5. Each Parcel must be plainly directed, and such directions must include hte name and full address of the person for whom the Parcel is intended.

6. For each Parcel the sender must fill up a Customs Declaration. On this form the sender will supply an accurate statement of the contents and value of the Parcel, also the address thereof, with signature and place of of abode of the sender. The Customs Declaration must be securely affixed by mucilage or paste to the Parcel to which it relates.

Parcels from the United Kingdom or any other place beyond the Dominion will be liable to Canadian Customs duties, and under existing regulations must be examined for the purpose by an Officer of the Customs in the presence of the persons addressed.

Rates and limits of weight vary. See Postal Guide, or enquire at Post Office.

Prepayment by postage stamp is required in all cases. Parcels must be handed to the Postmaster; in no case should they be dropped into a letter box or other receptacle for mail matter.

Post Office Money Orders.

In sending money by mail it is always best to transmit by Money Order, if possible.

Commissions on Money Orders.

On Money Orders drawn by any Money Order Office in Cnaada on any other Money Order Office in the Dominion, the United States and Newfoundland, the Commission is as follows:

On order up to.......$5.00............3 cents.

Over $5.00 and up to $10.00...........6 cents.

Over $10.00 and up to $30.00..........10 cents.

Over $30.00 and up to $50.00..........15 cents.

Over $50.00 and up to $75.00..........25 cents.

Over $75.00 and up to $100.00.........30 cents.

No single Money Order, payable in the Dominion of Canada, the United States and Newfoundland, can be issued for more than $100; but as many of $100 each may be given as the remitter requires.

Postal Notes.

Postal Notes have been placed in the hands of all Money Order and Postal Note Offices in Canada. They offer a convenient and safe means of transmitting small sums through the mails. Their use is confined to Canada.

Tehre are seventeen denominations of Postal Notes; the different amounts and the commissions payable thereon are as follows:

PROMISSORY NOTES AND BILLS OF EXCHANGE. - Must be payable absolutely, and not depend on a contingency. Three days' grace allowed except when payable upon demand. Can be written in ink or lead pencil. Notice to dishonour must be sent to all endorsers. Those not notified are released from all liability. Notice must be sent to teh ocrrect address of endorser; but if that is not known, notice is sent to the place where note or bill purports to be made will be sufficient. Cheques are treated as bills of exchange, and must be presented on the day they are received or on the following day. Notes and bills endorsed in blank are transferable by delivery, the same if payable to bearer.Notes bear interest during currency only if so stated. The loss of a bill or note does not prevent the collection of it, but if required the holder must give indemnity before the lost note is paid. Notes and bills are payable any time during the day they mature. If no time is mentioned for payment, notes and bills payable on demand. Notes made on Sunday are void. Notes and bills falling due on Sunday are payable the next day porvided it is not a holiday.

LANDLORD AND TENANT.- An agreement for a lease must be in writing; a lease, however, for less than three years can be made verbally. Rent must be due before it can be distrained for. If tenancy continues for a term of years, without any new bargain, it will be as a tenancy from year to year. No notice is required in case of the termination of a definite ime. A full six months' notice, ending with the end of the year, is required to terminate a tenancy from year to year. A monthly tenancy requires a month's notice. A weekly tenancy requires a week's notice to end it. A covenant for renewal does not call for a renewal covenant in the new lease, unless expressly called for. Destruction by fire during the currency of a lease does not release the tenant from payment of rent unless expressly provided for. The landlord is required to look after the roof and outside walls, but the tenant cannot require any defect apparent at the time of the lease to be repaired. Defective

sion must be in writing, with an affidavit of execution and affidavit of bona fides in the form required by the Act, and must be filed within five days (except in certain outlying districts of Ontario, where the time is extended by the Act) from date of execution in the office of the Clerk of the County Court of the county where the property so mortgaged or sold is at the time of the execution of the instrument, otherwise are void as against creditors of vendor or mortgagor and subsequent purchasers mortgagees in good faith for value. Mortgages for securing against the indorsement of any bills or promissory notes or other liability incurred for the mortgagor (which liability must not extednd for a longer period than one year from the date of the mortgage), must set forth the terms of the agreement as to the indorsements and the amount of liability intended to be created. Mortgages for securing repayment of advances to be made in pursuance of an agreement in writing for the purpose of enabling the borrower to enter into and carry on business with such advances (the time for repayment not to be longer than one year from the making of the agreement), must set out terms of the agreement. A contract to give a chattel mortgage is considered by the Act to be a chattel mortgage, and is subject to the above requirements. A contract to make a sale is considered a sale, and is also subject to the above requirements. A renewal of chattel mortgage must be filled within thirty days proceding the expiration of one year from date of previous filing, otehrwise the mortgage becomes void as against the creditors of teh mortgagor and subsequent purchasers and mortgagees in good faith for value.

LIEN NOTES.- Lien notes, hire receipts and receipt notes given by persons purchase is such that the possession of the chattel passes without any ownership therein being acquired by such purchaser until the payment of the purchase money, shall only be valid as against subsequent purchasers or mortgagees without notice in good faith for valuable con-

responsible for the acts of their agents. Agency may be either general or limited. An agent must be a third person, not the other contracting party. A subsequent ratification of the acts of an agent will bind the principal. Agent's authority is not revoked till revocation is communicated to him. An agent signing in his own name is not allowed to offer parol evidence to prove that he did not intend to bind himself personally, but parol evidence is admissible to bind his prinicpal. A broker is not entitled to receive payment for goods, while a factor is. A del credere agency is where teh agent in consideration of larger commission guarantees the price of the goods.

PARTNERSHIP.- Each member of a partnership is responsible for the whole amount of debts of the firm, except in case of special partnership. A special partner is only responsible to the amount of the capital contributed by him, but he cannot take any part in the management of the business. The act of one partner binds all. Partners are bound to keep good faith with each other. Partnership may be either for a term of years or at-will. A partnership at will may be dissolved at any time. The death of one partner dissolves the partnership, unless provided for in the articles of co-partnership. The sale by a partner of his interest in the firm also dissolves the partnership. In the absence of express agreement partners share equally. If a partner retires from the firm, he should give public notice of the fact and notify all persons doing business with the firm. All persons associated in partnership for trading, manufacturing or mining purposes must register within six months after the formation of the partnership with teh Registrar of the Registry Divison in which they carry on business, a declaration in writing, signed by the members of the partnership, setting forth the names, occupations and residences of every partenr, the name of the partnership is to exist, and that the persons therein named are the only partners. A similiar declaration must be registered in