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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH JULY, 1887.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 301.
The following Circular Despatch, accompanying an Extract from the London Gazette containing an Order of the Queen in Council of the 13th instant, is published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th July, 1887.
CIRCULAR.
DOWNING STREET, 31st May, 1887. SIR,With reference to the EARL OF CARNARVON'S Circular Despatch of the 2nd of August, 1876, I have the honour to transmit to you, for information and publication in the Colony under your Government, an Extract from the London Gazette containing an Order of the Queen in Council of the 13th instant, for carrying into effect the Declaration concluded on the 21st of April last for amending Article I. of the Treaty between Great Britain and Belgium of the 20th of May, 1876, for the mutual surrender of Fugitive Criminals.
The Declaration came into operation on the 30th instant, in conformity with Article III.
I have the honour to be,
The Officer Administering the Government of
HONGKONG.
Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
H. T. HOLLAND.
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At the Court at Windsor, the 13th day of May, 1887.
PRESENT.
The QUEEN'S Most Excellent Majesty.
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Lord President.
Earl of Coventry.
Earl of Kintore.
HEREAS by the Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873, it was amongst other things enacted that, where an arrangement has been made with any foreign State with respect to the surrender to such State of any fugitive criminals, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct that the said Acts shall apply in the case of such foreign State; and that Her Majesty may, by the same or any subse- quent Order, limit the operation of the Order, and restrict the same to fugitive criminals who are in or suspected of being in the part of Her Majesty's dominions specified in the Order, and render the operation thereof subject to such conditions, exceptions, and qualifications as may be deemed expedient; and that if, by any law made after the passing of the Act of 1870 by the Legislature of any British. possession, provision is made for carrying into effect within such possession the surrender of fugitive criminals who are in or suspected of being in such British possession, Her Majesty may, by the Order in Council applying the said Acts in the case of any foreign State, or by any subsequent Order, suspend the operation within any such British possession of the said Acts, or of any part thereof, so far as it relates to such foreign State, and so long as such Law continues in force there and no longer
And whereas, in accordance with section 18 of "The Extradition Act, 1870," the Legislature of the Dominion of Canada has, by laws passed in the years 1877 and 1882, and respectively styled "The Extradition Act, 1877," and "An Act to Amend the Extradition Act, 1877," made provision for carrying into effect within the Dominion the surrender of fugitive criminals who are in, or are suspected of being in, the Dominion:
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And whereas a Treaty was concluded on the twentieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, between Her Majesty and the King of the Belgians, for the mutual extradition of fugitive criminals, in the case of which Treaty the above-mentioned Acts of Parliament were applied by an Order in Council of the twenty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six : And whereas a Declaration was concluded on the twenty-third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, between the Government of Her Majesty and the Government of His Majesty the King of the Belgians, extending the provisions of the above-mentioned Treaty to certain additional crimes in the case of which Declaration the above-mentioned Acts of Parliament were applied by an Order in Council of the thirteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven :