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Registered as a Newspaper For Contents see last page * * TUESDAY, lOra AUGUST 1965 State Intelligence Whitehall, London S.W.I. of the British Empire, dated the 1st January 1946, 10th August 1965. shall be cancelled and annulled, and his name erased from the Register. The following Address was laid before The QUEEN on 21st July 1965 : MAY IT PLEASE YOUR We, La Dame, the Senechal, Prevot and Chief PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE Pleas of the Island of Sark in this year of the Quatercentenary of the Charter granted by Your Majesty's illustrious predecessor Queen Elizabeth I STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS with our humble duty on behalf of all the inhabitants, 1965 No. 1526 beg to express anew to Your Majesty our deep sense of loyalty and our gratitude to Your Royal House MERCHANT SHIPPING for four hundred years of security and ever increasing SAFETY CONVENTION prosperity. Sustained by Your Majesty's gracious favour we The Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention Countries) have been enabled to keep our ancient laws and (Various) (No. 2) Order 1965 privileges to which we are deeply attached, and to Made - - - - 3rd August 1965 adapt' them to the changing conditions of modern Laid before Parliament 9th August 1965 life. We remember with gratitude the visit of Your Coming into Operation 10th August 1965 Majesty and His Royal The Prince Philip At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 3rd day of Duke of Edinburgh and shall ever pray that God August 1965 may bless Your Majesty and all your family. Present, To which Address Her Majesty was pleased to return the following gracious answer: The Queen's in Council I thank you, La Dame, the Senechal, Prevot and Whereas by section 31 of the Merchant Shipping Chief Pleas of Sark for your loyal address on the (Safety Convention) Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. occasion of the celebration of the 400th anniversary 6. c. 43) as amended by section 1 of the Merchant of the grant of a Charter to Sir Helier de Carteret Shipping Act 1964 (1964 c. 47) it is enacted that Her by Queen Elizabeth I. Majesty, if satisfied that the government of any I gratefully acknowledge the steadfast loyalty of country has accepted the International Convention the people of Sark to the British Crown over so many for die Safety of Life at Sea 1960 (hereinafter re- years, and I shall follow your progress with keen ferred to as "the 1960 Convention") or that that interest. Convention extends to any territory, may, by Order I trust that the future may bring increasing in Council make a declaration to that effect: happiness and prosperity to you all. And Whereas Her Majesty is satisfied that the governments of the countries specified in Part I of Buckingham Palace, the Schedule to this Order have accepted the 1960 Convention: 4th August 1965. And Whereas Her Majesty is satisfied that the This day had Audience of The QUEEN: 1960 Convention extends to the territory specified in His Senor Doctor Hector Santaella, to Part II of the said Schedule: present the Letters of Recall of his predecessor Senor Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of the Marcos Falcon-Briceno, and his own Letters of Cre- powers vested in Her by the aforesaid sections and dence as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten- of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, by tiary from the Republic of Venezuela. and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to order, and doth hereby order, as follows: 1. It is hereby declared that the governments of the countries specified in Part I of the Schedule to HONOURS AND AWARDS this Order have accepted the 1960 Convention. 2. It is hereby declared that the 1960 Convention CENTRAL CHANCERY OF extends to the territory specified in Part II of the THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD said Schedule. St. James's Palace, London S.W.I. 3. This Order may be cited as the Merchant 10th August 1965. Shipping (Safety Convention Countries) (Various) The QUEEN has directed that the appointment of (No. 2) Order 1965, and shall come into operation on Mr. Harold Adrian Russell Philby to be an Officer the 10th August 1965. of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order W. G. Agnew.