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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6Tit SEPTEMBER, 1884.
Government of China.
CANTON DISTRICT.
LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS No. 18.
Pilotage through torpedo positions.
H. E. the Governor General of the Liang Kuang wishes to have notice given that all the marks for the channels through the torpedo positions (Notice No. 15) will be removed by the 5th September.
After that date vessels arriving at the Hu-mên (entering port), or at. Whampoa or the Collinson Reach Bridge (leaving port), are to wait at these places until boarded by the inspecting officer (Notice No. 16) and authorized pilots specially instructed to take vessels, at their own risk, through the torpedo positions.
These pilots have only to point out the channel that should keep the vessels clear of torpedoes and are not otherwise concerned in their navigation.
The pilotage fee for this purpose will be for the round trip, as follows:
River Steamers
Launches without a tow
All other vessels.
$ 8
.$ 5
.$15
The fee for the round trip is to be paid to the Harbour Master (for transmission) immediately after the arrival of the vessel in port.
Approved:
F. E. WOODRUFF,
Commissioner of Customs.
CUSTOM HOUSE, CANTON, 4th September, 1884.
C. H. PALMER,
Harbour Master.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 318.
The Governor having received instructions from the Secretary of State to the effect that the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act, 33 and 34 Victoria, Chap. 90, entitled :-
"An Act to regulate the conduct of Her Majesty's subjects during the existence of hostilities
between Foreign States with which Her Majesty is at perce
should be strictly enforced in this Colony, directs that the subjoined Copy of the Act should be published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd September, 1884.
W. H. MARSHI,
Colonial Secretary.
THE FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT.
33 & 34 VICT., CHAP. XC.
An Act to regulate the conduct of Her Majesty's Subjects during the existence of hostilities between Foreign States with which Her Majesty is at peace.
[9th August, 1870.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the regulation of the conduct of Her Majesty's subjects during the existence of hostilities between foreign states with which Her Majesty is at peace: Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-
Preliminary.
1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870."
2. This Act shall extend to all the dominions of Her Majesty, including the adjacent territorial waters.
3. This Act shall come into operation in the United Kingdom immediately on the passing thereof, and shall be proclaimed in every British possession by the Governor thereof as soon as may be after he receives notice of this Act, and shall come into operation in that British possession on the day of such proclamation, and the time at which this Act comes into operation in any place is, as respects such place, in this Act referred to as the commencement of this Act.
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