THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18th JANUARY, 1890.
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l'his intervention shall not give rise to any charges, with the exception of those which the salvage tions and the protection of the articles saved shall have rendered necessary, and those to which nal ships would, under similar circumstances, be liable. These charges shall be paid according e circumstances of the case, either by the agents of the Consular service, or by their owners or proxies.
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In case absence, sickness, or any other cause should prevent the Agents of the Consular service seeing to the operations and the management of the salvage, the local authorities who may be red with the operations and management in question shall be bound to remit to the aforesaid its the ship's papers and the net proceeds of the ship and the cargo.
ARTICLE V.
The merchandize and articles saved shall not be liable to any customs duties, unless they are ded for home consumption, in which case they shall pay the same duties as they would have had y if they had been imported in national vessels.
ARTICLE VI.
The stipulations of the present Declaration shall be applicable to all the Colonies and foreign essions of Her Britannic Majesty, excepting to those hereinafter named, that is to say, except to:
India.
The Dominion of Canada.
Newfoundland.
The Cape.
Natal.
New South Wales.
Victoria. Queensland. Tasmania.
South Australia.
Western Australia. New Zealand.
Provided always that the stipulations of the present Declaration shall be made applicable to any he above-named Colonies or foreign possessions on whose behalf notice to that effect shall have been on by Her Britannic Majesty's Representative to the French Republic within one year from the
of the signature of the present Declaration.
The stipulatious of the present Declaration shall be applicable to all the Colonies and foreign sessions of France.
ARTICLE VII.
The present Declaration shall come into operation three months after the date of its signature, I shall remain in force until the expiration of one year from the day on which either Party may e notice of its intention to terminate it.
In witness whereof, the Undersigned Plenipotentiaries, his Excellency the Earl of Lytton, abassador of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress India, and his Excellency M. Eugène Spuller, Minister for Foreign Affairs, have signed the present claration, and have affixed thereto their seals.
Done at Paris, this twenty-third day of October, 1889.
(L.S.) (L.S.)
LYTTON.
E. SPULLER.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 37.
A competitive examination for the post of Assistant Hindustani Interpreter and Fifth Clerk at e Magistracy will be held on Thursday, the 6th proximo, at 2.30 P.M., in the Council Chamber,
ɔvernment Offices.
Duties,...
Interpretation and general office work.
Qualifications.......Good handwriting, knowledge of the Hindustani language and the Punjaub
dialect, and ability to interpret into English and vice versa. $360 per annum.
Salary.
The examination will be held in accordance with the Regulations made by the Governor in ouncil, and published in Government Gazette No. 26 of 1883.
Applications with copies of testimonials as to character and certificates of age and health to be sent › the Colonial Secretary's Office not later than Wednesday, the 29th instant, at Noon.
By Command,
anuary, 1890.
Colonial Secretary's Office. Hongkong, 18th January,
F. FLEMING,
:
Colonial Secretary.