1104 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH NOVEMVER, 1886.
"LONDON GAZETTE," 28TH SEPTEMBER, 1886.
At the Court at Balmoral, the 24th day of September, 1886.
PRESENT,
The QUEEN'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
WHEREAS by the "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," it is provided, that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are or will be given for recovering or apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories of any foreign power, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from merchant ships belonging to such power, when within Her Majesty's dominions, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the operation of such Order, and may render the operation thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any, as may be deemed expedient.
And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that due facilities are given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories of the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay.
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in Her by the said "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," and by and with the advice of the Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that from and after the publication hereof in the London Gazetle, seamen, not being slaves, and not being British subjects, who, within Her Majesty's dominions, desert from merchant ships belonging to the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, shall be liable to be appre- hended and carried on board their respective ships.
Provided always, that if any such deserter has committed any crime in Her Majesty's dominions, he may
be detained until he has been tried by a competent court, and until his sentence, if any, has been fully carried into effect.
And the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the Secretary of State for India in Council, are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.
C. L. PEEL.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 448.
Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Tuesday, the 30th instant, for the construction of retaining walls and culverts on Aberdeen New Road.
For form of tender apply at this Office.
For specification and further particulars apply at the Surveyor General's Office. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th November, 1886.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 449.
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Friday, the 3rd day of December, 1886:-
1. For picking up, channelling, reforming, macadamizing, &c., the Pray'a from Spring Garden
Lane to Fenwick's Bridge on a length of 645 feet.
2. For picking up, channelling, reforming, concreting, &c., the lower end of Hollywood Road
from Gap Street to Lower Lascar Row on a length of 310 feet,
For form of tender apply at this Office.
For specifications and further particulars apply at the Surveyor General's Office. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th Nover, 1886.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 450.
The following Lots of Crown Land at Magazine Gap, will be sold by Public Auction, on Monday, the 29th day of November, at 4 P.M.
Rural Building Lots Nos. 37, 38, 39, 49, and 50.
For Particulars and Conditions of Sale see Government Notification No. 435 of the 13th instant.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th November, 1886.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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