omaP. Xx] MILITARY AND NAVAL DEFENCE 1273 
time being made or to be made by the Government of a 
Colony, to place at Her Majesty’s disposal any vessel of war 
provided by that Government, and the men and officers from 
time to time serving therein ; and while any vessel accepted 
by the Admiralty under such authority is at the disposal of 
Her Majesty, such vessel shall be deemed to all intents a 
vessel of war of the Royal Navy, and the men and officers 
from time to time serving in such vessel shall be deemed to 
all intents men and officers of the Royal Navy, and shall 
accordingly be subject to all enactments and regulations for 
the time being in force for the discipline of the Royal Navy. 
7. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council from time 
to time as occasion requires, and on such conditions as seem 
fit, to authorize the Admiralty to accept any offer for the 
time being made or to be made by the Government of a 
Colony, to place at Her Majesty’s disposal for general service 
in the Royal Navy, the whole or any part of the body of 
volunteers, with all or any of the officers raised and appointed 
by that Government in accordance with the provisions of this 
Act ; and when any such offer is accepted, such of the pro- 
visions of the Act of 1859 (Naval Forces Act, 1903), as relate 
to men of the Royal Naval (Volunteer) Reserve raised in the 
United Kingdom when in actual service shall extend and 
apply to the volunteers whose services are so accepted.! 
8. The Admiralty may, if they think fit, from time to time 
by warrant authorize any officer of Her Majesty's Navy of 
the rank of captain, or of a higher rank, to exercise in the 
name and on behalf of the Admiralty, in relation to any 
Colony, for such time and subject to such limitations, if any, 
as the Admiralty think fit, any power exercisable by the 
Admiralty under this Act. 
9. Nothing done under this Act by Order in Council, or by 
the Admiralty, or otherwise, shall impose any charge on the 
revenues of the United Kingdom without express provision 
made by Parliament for meeting the same. 
10. Nothing in this Act shall take away or abridge any 
power vested in or exercisable by the Legislature or Govern- 
ment of any Colony. 
The result of this Act is set out in a dispatch from the 
Secretary of State to the Governor of Queensland of 
November 17, 18842 dealing with an offer made by the 
* By 5. 2 of 9 Edw. VIL ¢. 19 the Colonial Legislatures can provide for 
men being entered as bound to serve in the Royal Navy on emergency. 
* Parl. Pap., H. C. 125, 1884-5.