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No. 2.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD JUNE, 1877.
[L.S.] J. POPE HENNESSY.
PROCLAMATION,
By His Excellency JOHN POPE HENNESSY, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Sain Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and it: Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas the Right Honourable The EARL OF CARNARVON, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary o State for the Colonies, has, in a Circular Despatch dated the 3rd day of May, 1877, communicated to the Government of this Colony, Her Majesty's Commands, that the Rules contained in the following Letter from the Right Honourable The EARL OF DERBY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, for the Maintenance of Neutrality during the State of War existing between Hi: Imperial Majesty The Emperor of all the Russias, and His Imperial Majesty The Emperor of the Ottomans, shall be published and enforced throughout this Colony:
Now, therefore, in obedience to such Instructions as aforesaid, the said Circular Despatch, and the said Letter of the Right Honourable The EARL OF DERBY, are hereby published for general informa tion; and it is hereby declared, that the Rules therein contained are to be obeyed by all Person: within this Colony, and that Obedience thereto will be strictly enforced.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 18th Day of June, 1877.
Circular.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Downing Street, 3rd May, 1877.
Sir, I enclose, for your guidance, a copy of a letter which I have received from the Earl of Derby from which you will learn Her Majesty's pleasure on various matters connected with the hostilities which have broken out between Russia and Turkey. You will not fail to conform to Her Majesty's commands, and to give them publicity throughout the Colony under your government.
The Officer administering the Government of
I have the honour to be,
Sie,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
CARNARVON.
HONGKONG.
MY LORDS,
The Earl of Derby to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.*
Foreign Office, April 30, 1877.
Her Majesty being fully determined to observe the duties of neutrality during the existing state of war between the Emperor of all the Russias and the Emperor of the Ottomans, and being moreover resolved to prevent, as far as possible, the use of Her Majesty's harbours, ports, and coasts, and the waters within Her Majesty's territorial jurisdiction, in aid of the warlike purposes of either belligerent. has commanded me to communicate to your Lordships, for your guidance, the following rules, which are to be treated and enforced as Her Majesty's orders and directions:-
Her Majesty is pleased further to command that these rules shall be put in force in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands, on and after the 5th of May instant, and in Her Majesty's territories and possessions beyond the seas, six days after the day when the Governor, or other chief authority of each of such territories or possessions respectively, shall have notified and published the same; stating in such Notification that the said rules are to be obeyed by all persons within the same territories and possessions.
1. During the continuance of the present state of war, all ships of war of either belligerent are prohibited from making use of any port or roadstead in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, or the Channel Islands, or in any of Her Majesty's Colonies or foreign possessions or dependencies, or of any waters subject to the territorial jurisdiction of the British Crown, as a station, or place of resort, for any warlike purpose, or for the purpose of obtaining any facilities of warlike equipment; and no ship of war of either belligerent shall hereafter be permitted to sail out of or leave any port, roadstead, oi
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* Similar letters have been addressed to the Treasury, Home Office, Colonial Office, War Office, and India Office..