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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TMп OCTOBER, 1880.
War Office to Colonial Office.
CENTRAL DEPARTMENT,
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WAR OFFICE, 26th July, 1879.
SIR,-In forwarding for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies the enclosed of the Army Discipline and Regulation Act of 1879, I am directed by Secretary Colonel Stanley to request that Sir Michael Hicks-Beach's attention may be drawn to clauses 62 to 65, with regard to the necessity of the concurrence of a Secretary of State with the Governors of the several Colonies as "authorized Prisons" to which criminal prisoners can be sent; and also to clauses 126 to 128 to the with reference to the further arrangements to be made by a Secretary of State with the Governors of Colonies as to the Prisons in their jurisdiction.
I am to request that the necessary steps may be taken for carrying out these provisions of the Act, and that you will be good enough to acquaint this Department with the localities of the Prisons which have been selected.
I have &c.,
(Signed)
RALPH THOMPSON. -
The Under Secretary of State. Colonial Office.
No. 96.
GOVERNOR SIR JOHN POPE HENNESSY, K.C.M.G., TO THE EARL OF KIMBERLEY.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 8th July, 1880.
MY LORD,In reply to Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH's Circular Despatch of the 8th of October, 1879, I have the honour to report that the Gaol in Hongkong, commonly called the Victoria Gaol, is the place I would propose, at present, to appoint as an "Authorised Prison" under the Imperial Act No. 33 of 1879.
I have &c.,
(Signed)
J. POPE HENNESSY.
The Right Honourable THE EARL OF KIMBERLEY,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,
HONGKONG,
GENERAL.
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J.,
&c.
DOWNING STREET,
10th September, 1880.
SIR, I have the honour to inform you, in reply to your despatch No. 96 of the 8th of July, that the Secretary of State for War approves of your proposal to appoint the Victoria Gaol in Hongkong as an authorized Irison under the Army Discipline and Regulation Act 1879.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
Governor SIR J. POPE HENNESSY, K.C.M.G.
Sc.,
So..
&'c.
KIMBERLEY.
DOWNING STREET, 22nd July, 1880.
Government, a copy
of it
SIR, I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of your Treaty of Friendship and Commerce, dated the 7th of February, 1880, which has been entered into between this Country and Servia, together with a copy of a Despatch from the British Minister at Belgrade, notifying that Belgrade and Vrania have been designated by the Government of Servia as the places where Goods liable to ad valorem duties are to be imported.
I have the honour to be,
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Your most obedient humble Servant,
KIMBERLEY.
The Officer Administering the Government of
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HONGKONG.