THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH APRIL, 1878.
AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR,
The 11th day of June 1863.
PRESENT, .
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
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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 powers 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 will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who desert from British merchant ships in the territories of the Republic of Salvador:
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 Her 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 Gazette, seamen, not being slaves, who, within Her Majesty's dominions, desert from merchant ships belonging to citizens of the Republic of Salvador, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships:
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Provided always, that if any such deserter has committed any crime in Her Majesty's dominions, be detained until he has been tried by a competent Court, and until his sentence (if any) has been fully carried into effect.
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And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Secre- tary of State for India in 'Council, are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.
No. 88.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
EDMUND HARRISON.
The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.
By Command
J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th April, 1878.
Government of South Australia.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
SHOAL, TRINITY BAY.
The position of the Shoal reported by Captain Saunders, of the S. S. Alexandra, and of which a notice was published from this office on the 16th November last, having been examined by Lieut. Connor, R.N., the officer in charge of the Admiralty Survey, the supposed danger has been found to be the north-east extremity of the main reef, which lies in the following position, viz.:-
North extremity of Island Point,. Round Hill,..
.N.W. by W. W. S. by W. westerly.
Vessels passing along the coast will be clear of this danger while keeping the two remarkable hills denoted on the chart as 2,652 and 2,710 feet in height respectively, and lying south-west of Cape Grafton, open to the north-east of Double Island; while vessels going to or from Port Douglas, will clear it by keeping the hill, denoted as 1,757 feet in height, open to the north-east of Island Point.
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 1st March, 1878.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N., Portmaster.
LIGHT VESSEL OFF CHANNEL ROCK, CAPE MELVILLE.
On and after this date, a light will be exhibited from a Light-vessel moored in 14 fathoms in the following position, viz. :---
Channel Rock,
Pipon Island Reef Beacon,..
.S. W. .E. ₫ N.
The Light, which is dioptric, is at an elevation of 35 feet above the water, and should be visible from the deck of a small craft about 10 miles.
Vessels in rounding the Cape will pass to the northward and eastward of the Light-vessel.
Department of Ports and Harbours, Brisbane, 6th March, 1878.
G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N., Portmaster