THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 23, 1917.
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And the Right Honourable Walter Hume Long, one of His Majesty's Principal Secre- taries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.
J. C. LEDLIE.
SCHEDULE.
Agreement made the 29th day of July, 1916, between His Excellency Sir Francis Henry May, K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies, for and on behalf of the Government of the said Colony, (hereinafter called the Governor), of the one part, and His Honour Sir James Haldane Stewart Lock- hart, K.C.M.G., Commissioner of Weihaiwei, for and on behalf of the Government of Weihaiwei, (hereinafter called the Commissioner), of the other part.
Whereas by Section 4 of the Colonial Prisoners Removal Act, 1869, it is provided, inter alia, that any two Colonies may with the sanction of an Order of His Majesty in Council agree for the removal of any prisoners under sentence or order of transportation imprisonment or penal servitude from one of such Colonies to the other for the purpose of undergoing in such Colony the whole or any part of their punishment, and for the return of such prisoners to the former Colony at the expiration of their punishment or at such other period as may be agreed upon, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as may seem good to such Colonies :
And whereas by an Order of His Majesty in Council of the 12th August, 1915, the said Colonial Prisoners Removal Act, 1869, was made to apply to Weihaiwei:
And whereas it is desired by and between the parties hereto, in pursuance of the powers vested in them respectively, to make arrangements for the removal from time to time of prisoners from Weihaiwei to Hong Kong:
Now it is hereby agreed by and between the said parties hereto as follows:--
(1) Any prisoners at Weihaiwei under sentence or order of transportation, impri- sonment, or penal servitude, may be removed from Weihaiwei to Hong Kong for the purpose of their undergoing in Hong Kong the whole or any part of their punishment. Provided that the Gaol accommodation at Hong Kong is sufficient and not unduly taxed thereby.
(2) The Governor shall have power if at any time the Gaol accommodation is deemed by him to be insufficient, or is likely to be unduly taxed, to decline to accept any prisoner or prisoners in any particular instance. (3) At the expiration or sooner termination of the period of their punishment the said prisoners shall be returned to Weihaiwei by order under the hand of the Governor.
(4) The whole of the expense of the prisoners' removal to, maintenance in, and return from, Hong Kong shall be borne by the Government of Weihaiwei. (5) This Agreement shall receive, and shall be deemed to be in force imme- diately upon, the sanction of an Order of His Majesty in Council.
Signed by His Excellency Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY, K.C.M.G., for and on behalf of the
Government of the Colony of Hong Kong, in the presence of
F. H. MAY.
R. O. HUTCHISON,
F. KINCHIN SMITH, P.S.
Witnesses.
Signed by the Commissioner His Honour Sir JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART, K.C.M.G.,
for and on behalf of the Government of Weihaiwei, in the presence of
H. P. WILKINSON. E. A. SLY.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART.