bestowed by the Sovereign, shall be conferred upon a British subject resident in Canada, except upon the advice of the Prime Minister of Canada.

(2) The British Government shall exercise the same authority as hitherto in determining the character and number of titles to be allocated to Canada.

(3) No hereditary title shall hereafter be conferred upon a British subject resident in Canada.

(4) Appropriate action shall be taken by the Government to provide that after a prescribed period no title held by a British subject now or hereafter ordinarily resident in Canada shall be recognized as having hereditary effect.

AFFIDAVITS TAKEN OVERSEAS.

The attention of solicitors is directed to an amendment of the Ontario Evidence Act, by which certain officers of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces on active service, out of Canada, are permitted to administer oaths and affirmations for use in Ontario.

The amendment is contained in sec. 13 of the Statute Law Amendment Act, 1916, 6 Geo. V. ch. 24, as amended by sec. 68 of the Statute Law Amendment Act, 1917, 7 Geo. V. c. 27.

Section 13, as amended, reads as follows:

13. In addition to the classes of persons named in section 38 of the Evidence Act, an oath, affidavit, affirmation or declaration for use in Ontario, may be administered, sworn, affirmed or made out of Ontario by a Colonel or LieutenantColonel or Major of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces on active service, out of Canada, and shall be as valid and effectual and shall be of like force and effect to all intents and purposes as if it had been administered, sworn, affirmed or made in Ontario before a commissioner for taking affidavits therein or other competent authority of the like nature.

Solicitors who send to soldiers overseas documents to be executed should instruct them to go to these officers for the purpose. The ordinary notarial charges in England are high.

NEW RULES OF SUPREME COURT OF

ONTARIO.

On October 1st, 1917, Rule 733 (e) was passed, amending several Rules as follow:

(1) Rule 544 is amended so as to read as follows:

544 (1). Where a judgment directs the recovery of specific goods, chattels, deeds, securities, documents, or any property other than land or money, a writ of delivery may issue directing the sheriff to cause such goods or property to be delivered up in accordance with the judgment.

(2) If the goods and property are not delivered up by the judgment debtor and cannot be found and taken by the sheriff, the judgment creditor may apply for an order directing the sheriff to take goods and chattels of the judgment debtor to double the value of the property in question to be kept until the further order of the Court to enforce obedience to the judgment.

(3) By leave of the Court such judgment may also be enforced by attachment, committal, or sequestration. (2) Form 118 is amended so as to read as follows:

Writ of Delivery.

We command you that without delay you cause the following chattels, that is to say [here enumerate the chattels recovered by the judgment] to be returned to A. B., which chattels the said A. B. by a judgment in this action dated recovered against C. D. [or C. D. was ordered

to deliver to the said A. B.]

(3) Rule 722 (3) is amended by inserting "5 per cent." in lieu of "4% per cent."

(4) Rule 768 is amended by adding clauses (2) and (3) as follows:

(2) The Court may fix the remuneration of any such person
and may direct payment thereof by any of the parties.
(3) Unless all parties are sui juris and consent, the powers
conferred by this Rule shall only be exercised by or by
leave of a Judge.

(5) Rule 735 is amended by adding clauses (2) and (3) as follows:

(2) All money paid into a Surrogate or County Court and unclaimed for two years, shall be transmitted by the registrar or clerk to the Accountant, together with a statement shewing when the money was paid in and a certified copy of all judgments or orders affecting the same.

(3) Such money shall be paid out to any person found entitled
thereto upon the production of a judgment or order of
the Surrogate or County Court Judge, and shall in the
meantime be dealt with as other money in the Supreme
Court. This rule is to come into effect forthwith.
Rule passed December 7th, 1917.

Rule 492 is amended by adding clause 6 as follows:(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 176, the time limited by this Rule may, either before or after its expiry, be extended only by a judge of the Appellate Division. An application to extend time may be referred to a Divisional Court.

This Rule is to come into effect forthwith.

ARTICLES AWAITING PUBLICATION.

The Basis of Law and Obedience, by J. E. S. de Montmorency, of London, England.

The Provincial Judiciary: Federal Legislation, by Albert Dubuc, Winnipeg, Man.

Registration and its Effect, by John D. Falconbridge, Toronto.

The Statute of Frauds in the Province of Quebec, by A. Rives Hall, K.C., Montreal, Que.

The Judicature Act in New Brunswick, by M. L. Hayward, B.C.L., Hartland, N.B.

The Dominion Insurance Act, 1917, by H. G. Garrett, Victoria, B.C.

Mens Rea, by Silas Alward, K.C., St. John, N.B.

The Anglo-Saxon Period of English Law, by the Editor.

Workmen's Compensation Acts, by F. W. Wegenast, Toronto.

SIR,-There was but a very short interval between the Prorogation of Parliament and the opening of the new Session. The Prorogation took place on February 6th and the new Session commenced on February 12th. In the King's speech it is satisfactory to find the following words:

"I have summoned representatives of My Dominions and of My Indian Empire to a further session of the Imperial War Cabinet in order that I may again receive their advice on questions of moment affecting the common interests of the Empire."

Foremost among the Bills before Parliament is Mr. Fisher's Education Bill, and it is hoped that early and rapid progress will be made with this measure of reform. Mr. Walter Long has a Bill to set up a central emigration authority, and Dr. Macnamara will introduce a Bill making certain amendments in Naval Prize Law. In addition there are Bills to deal with Trustee Savings Banks and Income Tax Consolidation (the latter a much needed measure).

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has been introduced to the House of Lords with the time-honoured ceremonial and has taken his seat as a Peer of the Realm.

Among the most important measures which received the Royal assent at the conclusion of the last Session of Parliament was the Wills (Soldiers' and Sailors') Act, 1918. This statute declares (sec. 1) that in order to remove the doubts which had arisen

as to the construction of the Wills Act, 1837, sec. 11 of that Act

"authorizes, and always has authorized, any soldier being on actual military service, or any mariner or seaman being at sea, to dispose of his personal estate as he might have done before the passing of that Act, though under the age of 21 years."

By sec. 3 of the new Act the same latitude for the making of wills by infant soldiers and sailors, without any of the usual formalities, is extended to wills dealing with real estate. It is further declared (sec. 2) that the exemption accorded to mariners or seamen "being at sea "by the Wills Act shall extend to them. not only when at sea, but also whenever they are so circumstanced that if soldiers they would be regarded as being "on actual military service." By sec. 5 (2) it is enacted that the expression "soldier" in the Wills Act is to include every member of the Air Force.

Sir George Cave, having been offered the office of Master of the Rolls, has at the request of the Prime Minister declined it and will remain at the Home Office. It is no doubt a sense of public duty which has dictated Sir George Cave's decision in refusing one of the three chief legal offices in the country, and it is not remarkable that the Prime Minister should desire to retain in the House of Commons the services of so successful a parliamentarian as the Home Secretary has proved himself to be in his management of the Reform Bill. Presumably a new Master of Rolls will soon be appointed, and it is universally acknowledged that no better choice could be made than Lord Justice Swinfen Eady, who for several years past has presided over the second Court of Appeal with great ability.

Now that the right to vote at Parliamentary elections has been conferred on women, it appears certain that their admission to the legal profession cannot long be delayed. A lady, well-known as a lecturer on social questions, has recently been refused admission as a student of the Middle Temple, but there is every indication that the matter will not be allowed to rest.