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(Fazther Exten ing the Estiblishment of Adequate Shipping Service In, Aad Defer- ring Extsrsion of the Coastwise Laws of thc United States to the Yirgin I:lands.) BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. & A Proclamation. HEREAS, an act of Congress, en- titied the ‘*Merchant Marine Act of 1920°’, approved June 5, '1921, con- tains the following provisions: “*Sec. 21. That from and after Febru- ary 1, 1922, the coastwise laws of the United States shall extend to the is- land Territories and possessions of the United States rot row covered there- by, and the board i; directed prior to the expiration of such year to have established adequate steamship service at reasonahle rates to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of said isiands and to maintain and oper- ate such service until it can be taken over and operated and maintained upon satisfactory terms by private capital and enterprises: Provided, That if adequate shipping service is not established by Feopruary 1, 1922, the President shall extend the period herein allowed for the establishment of such service in the case of any is- land Territory or possession for such time as may be necessary for the es- tablishment nf adequate shipping facili- ties therefor: Provided further, That until Congress shall have authorized the registry as vessels of the United States of vessels owned in the Philip- pine Islands, the Government of the Philippine Islands is hereby authorized to adopt, from time to time, and en- force regulations governing the trans- portation of merchandise and passen- gers between ports or places in the Philippine Archipelago: And provided further, That the foregoing provisions of this section shall not take effect with reference to the Philippine Is- lands until the President of the United States after a full investigation of the local peeds and conditions shall, by Proclamation, declare that an ade- quate shipping service has been estab- lished as herein provided and fix a date for the going into effect of the same.”” AND WHEREAS, an adequate suip- ping service to accommodate the com- merce and passenger travel of the Virgin Islands has not yet been established as provided by Section 21 of the **Merchant Marine Act of 1920°’: NOW THEREFORE, I, Warren G. Harding, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred on me by Sec- tion 2% of said act of Congress, having =T 0 I Iy L VS issued a proclamation cn February 1, 1922, declaring that the perioa icr the establishment of adequate shipping seor- vice of the aforesaid Virgin Islands be extended from Februar 1, 1922 to May 1, 1922, and that the extension of the coast- wise laws of the United States to the aforesaid Virgin Isiands be deferred from February 1, 1922-to May 1, 1922; and having issued a second proclamation on May 18, 1922, declaring that the period for the establishment of adegquate shipping service of the aforesail Virgin Islands be extended from May i, 1922 to November 1, 1922, and that ths exten- sion of the ¢oastwise laws of the United States to the aforesaid Virgin Islands be deferred from May 1, 1922 tuo Novem- ber 1, 1922, do hereby declare and proclaim that the period for the estab lishment of adequate shipping service of the aforesaid Virgin Islands be *urther extended fron November Ist 1922 to November 1, 1923. AND INASMUCH as the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the aforesaid Virgin Islands, as pro- vided in Section 21 of the aforesaid act, is dependent upon the establishment of an adequate shipping service to such island possession, I do hereby further proclaim and declare that the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the Virgin Islands is deferred from Novemkter 1, 1922 to November 1, 1923. : IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this twentv-eighth day of Octo- ber, in the year of our Lord, (SEAL.) One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-Two and of the In- dependence of the United States of America the One Hundred and Forty-Seventh. WARREN G. HARDING. By the President: CHARLES E. HUGHES Secretary of State. (No. 1642). LIST OF UNCLAIMED MAILFOR THE WEEK ENDED DECEMBER 2, 1922. Jacob Christian; Est. Mt. Pellier, Mrs. Christiana Daniels, Mr. Jaimo Elisha James, Miss Rebecca Jordon; Water Gut, (2) Mr. William Hendrickson; Orange Grove, cfo Mr. David Meyers. John Patterson, Miss E. Selligsmann, Miss Estal Simmond, Miss Marie Swari. Miss Marie Thomas. Post Office, Christiansted, Virgiu Is- lands, December 4, 1822 B. R. LARSEN, Postmaster. 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