No. 237.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that the Right Honourable the EARL OF KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principai Secretary of State for the Colonies, has transmitted to His Excellency Sir JoпN POPE HENNESSY, K.C.M.G.. Governor of Hongkong, a copy of a Commission which the Queen has been pleased to issue under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet appointing The Right Honourable the EARL OF CAMPERDOWN and SAMUEL WHITBREAD, Esq., M.P. to be Commissioners to inquire into the state of the Defences of the more important Colonial Ports and Coaling Stations, and to consider the apportionment of the cost of such Defences, in the place of the Right Honourable HUGH CULLING EARDLEY CHILDERS, M.P., ant THOMAS BRASSEY, Esq., M.P., who have been discharged by Her Majesty from further service as such Commissioners.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th October, 1880.
No. 238.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
The following Circular Despatches are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th October, 1880.
FREDERICK STEwart,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
DOWNING STREET, 31st July, 1880.
SIR,-With reference to my Predecessor's Circular Despatch of the 5th of February, 1879, Clauses 147-151. I have the honour to transmit to you, for your information, copies of amended Regulations relating to the remission of duties in the Colonies on articles imported for the use of Her Majesty's Troops.
These Regulations have been drawn up by the War Office after considering all the suggestions made in reply to my Predecessor's Circular, and they will be promulgated on the 1st of August.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
The Officer Administering The Government of
KIMBERLEY.
HONGKONG.
REGULATIONS FOR THE COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.
Exemption from Customs Duties.
1. The following will be substituted for paragraphs 147 to 151 of the Commissariat- Regulations (Revised Army Regulations, Vol. IV., Part I.):-
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Bahamas.
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147. In Foreign Possessions of the Crown, the Senior Commissariat Officer will apply to the Colonial Government for the remission of duties on supplies of every description, imported or supplied by sea or inland carriage or navigation, for the public, use of Her Majesty's Forces, whether the duties are imposed by Acts of the Imperial Parliament, or of the Colonial Législatures.
148. When articles ordinarily liable to duty are supplied under contract for the use of the troops, the following course will be pursued, except in those Colonies where the steps indicated in paragraph 151 are taken :--
(a.) The Senior Commissariat Officer will cause a statement to be prepared detailing the articles to be imported, and specifying the vessel in which they have arrived or will
arrive.
(b.) He will forward this statement to the proper Custom House Officer, and obtain
authority thereon for the admission of the supplies free of duty.
(c.) He will then hand over the statement to the Commissariat Officer who is to receive the supplies, in order that he may deliver the same to the Collector of Customs at the port where the goods are to be landed. The Commissariat Officer will give a receipt in duplicate for the articles delivered to him under the superintendence of the Officers of Customs.