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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH SEPTEMBER, 1894.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 338.
The following letter from Her Britannic Majesty's Minister at Tokio and its enclosure are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th September, 1894.
J. H. STEWART Lockhart,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
TOKIO, August 24, 1894.
A
SIR,
I have the honour to transmit to you herewith copy of an Imperial Ordinance issued in this country promulgating Regulations for Prize Courts.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
His Excellency
Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.,
&c.,
&C., Hongkong.
&c.,
P. LE POER TRENCH.
THE PRIZE COURTS.
IMPERIAL ORDINANCE.
We hereby give Our Sanction to the Prize Examination Regulations and order the same to be promulgated.
[His Imperial Majesty's Sign-manual.] (Privy Seal.)
Dated August 20th of the 27th year of Meiji.
Countersigned.
Count ITO Hirobumi,
Minister President of State;
Count SAIGO TSUKUMICHI,
Minister for the Navy :
MUTSU MUNEMITSU,
Minister for Foreign Affairs.
IMPERIAL ORDINANCE, No. CXLIX.
Prize Examination Regulations.
CHAPTER I.-ORGANIZATION AND COMPETENCE OF PRIZE COURT AND HIGHER PRIZE Court.
Art. I.-A prize affair shall be adjudged in the first instance at the Prize Court and in the second instance at the Higher Prize Court.
Art. II.--In the Prize Court one President and six Councillors shall be appointed.
The President shall be a judge of a Court of Appeal.
Of the Councillors one shall be a Naval Officer, two Judges of Courts, one a legal expert of the Navy, one a Councillor of the Legislative Bureau, and one either a Councillor or Secretary of the Foreign Department.
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