statute having reference to will probated at the domicile of the testator in a foreign state.

Will may be probated in a state other than that in which testator is domiciled, but such probate is strictly a proceeding in rem, affecting only the property within such state, with no extraterritorial torce, and does not entitle will to admission in the state of the domicile under the statutes or under the good-faith and credit clause of the Constitution. In re Longshore's Will, 176 N. W. 902. Maryland

Where, in a suit between the heirs of a decendent to sell her land for partition, receivers were appointed, and thereafter in a will contest instituted by the heirs in another state the validity of the will was established, the court properly discharged the receivers. Murphy v. Mackey, 109 A. 326.

NEW LAWS AND REGULATIONS. AUSTRALIA.

Operations of Foreign Companies.

The Australian Government has extended the operation of the war precautions act to January 1, 1922, so that foreign companies must obtain permission from the Federal government in order to trade within the Commonwealth. AUSTRIA.

Commercial Agreement With Jugoslavia.

"Der Neue Wiener Journal" for September 4, 1920 states that a commercial agreement has been made between Jugoslavia and Austria with a sub-agreement for the delivery of locomotives to Jugoslavia. This agreement has now been ratified by both countries, although the subagreement could be put into force before the ratification, as its terms are purely commercial. Raw products of various kinds, including hemp, wood, hides, tanning mateials, drugs, and metals, are provided for industrial purposes.

BELGIUM.

Increase in Charges for Vises.

By royal decree of July 31, 1920, the Government has raised the rates for vises on passports belonging to subjects of foreign countries to an amount equal in each case to the rate levied on Belgian subjects for vises by the officials of the foreign country to which the alien belongs. The minimum charges dating from August 1, 1920, are as follows: 10 francs for a simple passport vise, 20 francs for a vise covering entry and departure, 25 francs for a permanent vise (good for 6 to 12 months) 6 francs for the legalization of a document. Exemption from these charges is granted to seamen, indigent persons, and official personages of foreign governments. Modification of the Price of Alcohol.

The Ministry of Industry, Labor, and Provisions, in accord with the excise administration and the Minister of Finance, has just issued a decree modifying the prices of alcohol. The new prices, as from September 1, are:

For motive power, manufacture of artificial silk and other use in which alcohol is entirely denatured, 100o, 3 francs the liter (1 liter equals 1.057 quarts).

For anatomical or scientific preparation, antiseptic and medical use, manufacture of pharmaceutical products, antiseptic and medicated cotton, felt and hats, manufacture of peptonne, fulminate of mercury, collodion, artificial flowers, transparent soap, imitation leather, tannin, pyrotechnical products, smokeless powder, and aniline colors, 100o, 5 francs 20 centimes the liter.

For the manufacture of vinegar, to October 31, 1920, 7 francs 60 centimes; from November, 1920, 5 francs 60 centimes the liter; manufacture of varnish, 5 francs 72 centimes; perfumery, 13 francs; university laboratories and official establishments, 21 francs 80 centimes. For laboratories other than official, medical and pharmaceutical use, use in hospitals and clinics, and for fruits and confectionary and other uses, 21 francs 85 centimes.

observance of the provisions thereof is advised, no selling or buying operation of exchange to be effectd without the previous authorization of this office, by demanding production of the documents considered indispensable for the proof of legitimate business. In case of offense, article 2 of said decree provides as a penalty the seizure of the values in question and a fine of 50 per cent of the sums.

"You are requested, when called upon to do so, to supply the inspector with all details connected with money-exchange operations, as well as to produce the books and documents of your office for examination; also to prove that the bank's capital has been paid up according to law and that you are strictly obeying the provisions to operate, in order to facilitate the general supervision of the banks by this office according to the provisions of the Brazilian laws, and especially of the decrees of August 15, 1891 and February 5, 1892, numbered, respectively, 493 and 727."

Postal Service With France.

Terms of Moratorium.

The President declared extention of moratorium on November 30th.

The terms of the moratorium state that drafts, notes, bills of exchange, obligations, orders, and other documents of credit wihch are due or may become due up to December 31 will not be collectible until that date. The same extension is granted for transferable mortgage credits or deeds of trust which may be due previous to December 31. Only 10 per cent on checking accounts and 12 per cent on saving deposits below $2,000 can be drawn by depositors. However, necessary sums to pay customs, duties, taxes, fiscal revenues, and other taxes imposed by the municipality or the province may be drawn against the creditor's current accounts.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA.

Regulation on Foreign Banks.

In accordance with the provisions of the act of April 15, 1920, forbidding foreign stock companies except those that had been engaged in business here on or before October 28, 1918, to engage in the banking business and establish branches in the Czecho-Slovak Republic, the ministry of finance has prepared rules and regulations relating thereto.

Any foreign company which already on October 28, 1918 (the day the republican form of government was adopted), had its branches in the territory of the Republic and was properly entered in the commercial register is permitted to continue in business, provided that within four weeks from the publication of the ministry's notice such company makes application for permission to do business and proves at the same time that it has an established office in the Republic,

is actually engaged in business, and binds itself to observe all lawful directions, and further provided that it appoints a local body of three members clothed with full powers to represent and act for the company. Companies complying with these provisions are practically put on the same level as domestic companies It must be established, however, that their home governments extend the same privileges to CzechoSlovak companies. Every foreign company must furnish its branches such working capital as the extent of their business demands. This capital must be retained in the Republic

Upon the expiration of the terms for which permission to do business was granted the right to do business may be extended for a certain period, not less than five years, upon compliance with the provisions of the law.

DANZIG.

New Polish-Danzig Food Agreement.

In April, 1920, a food agreement was signed between Poland and Danzig which governed food exchanges up to the new crop. The deliveries for food have been contracted for the quarter ending November 30, 1920.

The main features of the new food convention are as follows:

Poland delivers to Danzig sufficient quantities of grain or flour to insure, together with the Free City's own crop, a daily bread ration of 200 grams per head. Poland will further deliver an additional ration which the Free City may distribute as it sees fit. In all, Poland will deliver 2,800 metric tons (metric ton equals 2,204 pounds) of flour per month at a price based on the Danzig maxium price plus Polish costs of delivery. Payment is to be made only in German currency.

Poland agrees to deliver from Pommerellen 66 per cent of the potatoes needed by the Free City for human food, feeding stock, and distilling. Danzig can also obtain from Pommerellen milk and eggs as theretofore, as well as the necessary quantities of fruit and vegetables.

Fishermen will be permitted to bring their catch direct to the Danzig market and to fish in the waters of both parties. Each party will provide its fishermen with certificates which are to be recognized by the other party.

In consideration of the product furnished Danzig, Poland demands that Danzig's surplus foodstuffs, consisting chiefly of wheat and leguminous products, be first offered to Poland. A further condition stipulated by Poland is that Danzig maintain official administration and distribution of the most important food products.

In the case of most foodstuffs deliveries are to be made from one State to the other, and the intervention of private firms is allowed only exceptionally. as in the case of potatoes. Delivery is made by Poland at the Danzig frontier, from which point freight and other expenses are for the account of the Free City, which also must provide the necessary cars. FINLAND.

Removal of Restrictions on Foreign Exchange.

On October 29, 1920, the Government removed the restrictions on foreign exchange. Bonds payable in foreign currency can not, however, be exported without license and all transactions in foreign_currency must be effected through banks or bankers under Government control.

FRANCE.

New Prices for Coke.

"Le Journal Officiel" of October 6, publishes a decision of the Minister of Public Works fixing at 172 francs a ton, on the wagon at the mine or frontiers, the price of coke manufactured in France or imported from Germany by land and intended for the French blast furnaces. Coke employed for other purposes, no matter what its origin, is fixed at 275 francs per ton on the car at the mine, frontier, or French port.

Postal Service with Brazil.

A decree of August 13, 1920, provides for postal service between France and Brazil to be operated by the South Atlantic Navigation Co., under the supervision of the French Ministry of Public Works. Two forms of transportation I will be inaugurated: Fast mail boats, all first class, making the trip between Bordeaux, Vigo, Lisbon, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, and return every two weeks; and mixed-cargo boats making one round trip a month and touching at Bordeaux, La Corogne, Oporto, Lisbon, Dakar Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo, and Buenos

Aires. Boats must be held at Bordeaux for the Paris mail, but the delay should not exceeds 12 hours. GEORGIA.

Foreign Exchange Regulations.

Regulations have been issued by the government prohibiting firms or institutions from possessing, selling, purchasing, or loaning foreign currency or credits or conducting any other transactions having to do with foreign currency or credits, unless business is transacted through the State Bank or other licensed institutions. With the exception of Russian credit drafts, the export and transfer of foreign currency are forbidden. Six months in prison is the penalty for firms or individuals found with foreign money or paper in their possession. The rate fixed by the government must be used if the State Bank and institutions that are licensed to deal in foreign exchange wish to operate.

GREAT BRITAIN.

Restrictions Against Alien Shareholders Abolished.

The regulation in force provided that a person should not, without the consent of the (Government) Board of Trade transfer or agree to transfer to or for the benefit of an alien or a foreign controlled company any interest in the following described undertakings and properties:

1) Any mine, wherever situated, from which any ores of the following metals are extracted that is to say, copper, lead, tin, tungsten, zinc, or any other metal which may hereafter be added by order of the Board of Trade.

2) Any oil field.

3) Any business, factory, or undertaking situate in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, Holland, Spain or Switzerland which is engaged in or used for the manufacture, treatment, production, or supply of any article or commodity which is declared for the time being to be contraband, either absolute or conditional, or which is required or used for the manufacture, treatment, or production of any article or commodity so declared.

The regulation continued in effect until October 13, when an Order in Council was issued expressly revoking regulation 30BB, which was the number under which the above described prohibition appeared.

Maximum Prices for Canned Salmon.

The following official statement from the Food Controller embodies the revised canned salmon prices which came into force in the United Kingdom on October 7, 1920:

I pound talls and I pound flats, 96s. per case of 48 tins, or 2s. 21⁄2d. per tin; I pound ovals, 103s. per case of 48 tins, or 2s. 4d. per tin; 1⁄2 pound flats, 103s. per case of 96 tins, or Is. 6d. per tin.

Maximum Wholesale Price for Apples. After December 31, the sale of imported apples in England must be through a broker registered by the Food Ministry. Importers desiring to sell their own apples are entitled to be registered as brokers on application V, Division of Food Ministry. The maximum wholesale prices for apples effective from November 15 are: For Canadian and United States apples, barrels not less than 120 lbs. 68 shillings, 64 shillings, and 53 shillings for sound, slack, and wasty grades, respectively in cases not less than 37 pounds, Canadian, United States and Australian apples, 21 shillings and 6 pence, 20 shillings and 3 pence, and 17 shillings, respectively; for Canadian, United States, and Australian apples, cases not less than 40 pounds, 23 shillings and 6 pence 22 shillings and 2 pence, and 18 shillings and 6 pence, respective grades. Any variety otherwise than in above packages 60 shillings per hundredweight.

Precautions Against Cattle Plague.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries announces that owing to the appearance of Cattle Plague or Rinderpest in Belgium, an Order will come into effect immediately by which cattle, sheep, goats and swine from Belgium will not be permitted to enter British ports in future, whether as ships' stores or otherwise. Similar restrictions also apply to the aforementioned animals when carried on vessels touching at Belgian ports en route to Great Britain, irrespective of whether the animals were actually shipped at a Belgian port or not.

on and after September 19, 1920, and until further notice. The maximum price on the occasion of a sale by wholesale of imported flour will be at the rate of 88s. 3d. per 280 pounds ex store, net cash for settlement within 28 days from date of invoice, or subject to discount of Is. per 290 pounds for settlement within 7 days, or 8d. per 280 pounds within 14 days. or 4d. per 280 pounds within 21 days. The maximum prices for damaged imported flour sold under any conditions will be at the rate of 83s. 6d. per 280 pounds.

Before its adjournment the Italian Chamber of Deputies approved the new measures proposed by the Ministry with regard to regulation of trade.

A provision stipulates that within three months from the date of the law the list of commodities whose importation or exportation is subject to restriction shall be revised and number of such commodities reduced.

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The special Government offices which have been maintained in connection with the supply and distribution of newsprint paper wool, cotton, and other textile materials, will be abolished, and the stocks of these goods which are on hand will be turned over to the consortiums or cooperative associations, by which their liquidation will be brought about under regulations established by the Government. The office controlling the manufacture and distribution of "national" shoes will also be given up.

The regulations considered necessary to assure a regular supply of newsprint to the press and to prevent the cornering of the market will be issued by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, which, however will not continue to exercise the direct control which it has been exercising over production. JAMAICA.

Requisition of Sugar.

The food controller has issued an order under date of August 10, 1920, requisitioning 12 per cent of the total quantity of sugar manufactured by all sugar estates from November 1, 1920 to October 31, 1921, inclusive.

The requisition of 8 per cent for the crop year 1920 only realized 3,750 tons, while it is estimated that the requisition of 12 per cent for 1921 should yield 4,509 tons.

Law Governing Foreign Banks.

The Governor of Jamica approved a law providing that no alien shall commence or carry on any banking business in the colony unless he has a license from the Governor in Privy Council authorizing him to do so.

Licenses under this law are to privide for such payments

PARAGUAY.

Government to Issue Currency.

The Senate and House of Deputies on September 8, passed the following Act, which had been presented by the President of the Republic:

Article I. The exchange office is authorized to make an emission of legal currency up to the amount of 30,000,000 pesos, to be used only and exclusively to grant loans to the banks of this capital in the form expresed by this law.

Article 2. The loans shall be granted by the board of directors of the exchange office under the folowing conditions: They shall not exceed a period of six months; they shall pay interest at the rate of 12 per cent per annum, and shall be guarThe amount of the loans anteed by the assets of the banks.

shall not exceed 50 per cent of the value of the documents accepted as security by the exchange office.

Art. 3.

The State shall have rights over all the property of the debtor bank in security for loans authorized in virtue of this law.

Art. 4. The loans shall be made in such a manner that they can be paid off within a period of one year, counting from the date when the office begins the operations authorized by this law.

Art. 5. When the notes loaned for a fixed period have been repaid, as referred to in the preceeding article, the exchange office shall proceed immediately to the complete destruction of them by burning.

Arts. 6-8. The interests on the credits authorized by the exchange office in accordance with this law shall become part of the funds of that institution. To comply with the provisions of this law, the amount of notes at present in possession of the exchange office for exchange purposes will be used. The exchange office shall be permitted to apply its present resources in paper currency for the fulfillment of these provisions of this law.

Declaration of Moratorium.

Law passed by Congress on November 11, 1920 proclaims 60 days provisional moratorium on all civil commercial banking obligations.

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guaranteed and covered by gold deposited by the various Lima banks. The new issue is as follows: 300,000 pounds ($1,500,000) of 5 pound ($25) denomination; 400,000 pounds ($2,000,000) of I pound ($5) denomination; and 300,000 pounds ($1,500,000) of 5 soles or 11⁄2 Peruvian pound ($2.50) denomination. POLAND.

Use of Codes in Commercial Correspondence. Permission has been revived from the Polish Government for the use of codes in commercial correspondence. Police authorities have been provided with copies of leading American commercial codes.

New Regulation for Foreign Exchange.

The Polish Ministry of Finance wishes to advise all interested institutions and organizations that in view of the recent organization of the Commission for the Regulation of Foreign Exchange in Warsaw, remittances to Poland may be forwarded in Polish marks.

New Polish-Danzig Food Agrement.
See Danzig" above.

SALVADOR.

Commercial Traveler Regulations.

"El Diario Oficial" of San Salvador for August 9, 1920, contained an order regarding the treatment of samples of commercial travelers upon their entry at the ports of Salvador. The regulations are as follows:

All samples having commercial value shall be free from taxes. To be considered as such, said samples must be marked sealed, or defaced in such a manner that they can not be used for other purposes. The samples having commercial value shall be admitted provisionally, with previous guaranty or actual deposit for the total taxes, and the samples not re-exported shall pay taxes and duties in accordance with the law. Those selling samples of commercial value directly to the consumer shall not be designated as traveling salesmen. The customhouse administrators shall notify the Ministry of Finance of the names of the salesmen arriving in the country, with the principal kind of samples imported. This notice must be given immediately on verification of the registration.

Law on Exploitation of Petroleum Mines. Following is the translation of an article published in "El Diario Oficial" of San Salvador of August 17, 1920:

In view of the world-wide importance of petroleum and of the fact that our mining laws in force are not adapted to the modern exploitation of the hydro-carbons in general, and in order to protect the development of this natural wealth which may exist in our lands, the National Legislative Assembly of the Republic of El Salvador, in use of its constitutional powers, decrees:

Article 1. The exploration of the petroleum mines and the exploitation of same and the industries which are derived therefrom and are annexed shall be subject to special concessions which the executive power shall authorize in each case as best suits the national interest.

2. The executive power can not, however, authorize concessions to foreign persons or companies other than under the following conditions:

a) They must obligate themselves to be subject to the laws in general and specially to the mining ones of El Salvador, and not to resort to the intervention of the governments to which they belong in any way concerning concessions and mining exploitation, without having first exhausted in each case the resources which are provided by said law in matters discussed or pending.

(b) They must establish their domicile in the capital of the Republic and have legal representation thereat. Art. 3. No concessionaire can transfer his concession to third persons or companies without the consent of the executive power, who can not concede it in acticipation in the concession nor by former instrument, in a general manner, but definitely and seeing to it that the concessionaire fulfill the conditions required in the foregoing article.

Art. 4. The failure of complying with the obligations contracted in virtue of the concession of the executive, the same as the violation of the mining laws on the part of the concessionaire, when these carry that provision, cancel the concession and shall subject the concessionaire to that provided for in cases of cancellation of mining concessions.

TURKEY.

Circulation of the Drachmae in Smyrna. The commander in chief of the Greek military forces in Asia Minor, who also acts as the general military governor of the Independent Smyrna District, issued a proclamation on August 5, 1920 modifying protocol No. 220, dated July 25, 1920, relative to the obligatory circulation of the drachmae as follows: (A) The order in question is valid without any restriction for payments effected by officers or soldiers of the Greek Army or of the Royal Navy for their personal needs as well as for payments made by the military authorities for supplies of every description and for services rendered to the army and navy, regardless of the kind of money in which values have been computed.

(B) For payments not falling under the preceding categories the following will hold good:

(1) Our order for the obligatory circulation of the drachmae not valid with regard to the payment of obligations inBut cured prior to the order in question dated July 25, 1920. with regard to payments for personal property and real estate which have been used after the above date the order is applicable despite the fact that the original convention was entered into prior to the date of that order.

(2) The order is not applicable with regard to money brokers or bankers buying from individual mechants, or even from military men, drachmae in exchange for other money in paper or specie.

(3) The order is not applicable with regard to bank loans to merchants or other concluded in paper piasters or paper pounds. In this case the debtor must pay the loan in the Turkish paper money agreed on. Also with regard to deposits with banks or merchants, or without interest, the latter must return the deposits in the money agreed on.

(4) The order does not apply to every commercial transaction between merchants or other persons having the character of a merchant if it has been formally, concluded that the payment is to be made either immediately or in the terms of Turkish paper money. The same will hold good with regard to individuals who, although not merchants by profession, enter into commercial or exchange transactions and for which transactions they shall have agreed to pay in Turkish paper money.

(5) The preceding order is valid from the date of the first order, of which it is simply an explanation. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

General Enemy Trade License Amended.

The War Trade Board Section of the Department of State announces that the general enemy trade license described in W. T. B. R. 845, issued July 8, 1920 as now amended authorized all persons in the United States, on and after October 2, 1920 to trade and communicate with all persons with whom trade and communication is prohibited by the Trading with the Enemy Act; subject, however, to the following specific limitations and exceptions, to wit:

I. The above mentioned general license does not affect existing export and import regulations of the War Trade Board Section or regulations which may be promulgated hereafter.

2. The above mentioned general license does not authorize any trade with respect to any property which heretofore, pursuant to the provisions of the Trading with the Enemy Act as amended, has been reported to the Alien Property Custodian or should have been so reported to him, or any property which heretofore pursuant to the provisions of said act, the Alien Property Custodian has seized or has required to be conveyed, transferred, assigned, delivered, or paid over to him, provided, however, that nothing contained in this paragraph 2 shall be held to prohibit communications which constitute merely inquiries or information concerning the property hereinabove described, or to prohibit trade with respect to any property which the Alien Property Custodian has stated in writing he would not seize or require to be conveyed, transferred, assigned, delivered, or paid over to him, such communications and trade with respect to the property described in this provision being fully authorized by the general enemy trade license hereinabove referred to; and provided further, that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit trade and communication with respect to money or other property which has been or shall be paid, conveyed, transferred, assigned, or delivered under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 5, 1920.

Money Orders to Italy.

According to information received from the Third Postmaster General, on or after December 15 all money orders issued in the United States, payable in Italy, will be expressed in dollars and cents and converted in Italy on the day of receipt at the current exchange rate of that day into lire by the exchange office of Italy.