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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH DECEMBER, 1877.
as are by the 4th section of the said Order specified should be exercised according to the provisions of the said Order and not otherwise, and that, save as expressly provided by the said Order, all jurisdiction, power and authority of the Supreme Court of Hongkong exerciseable in relation to British subjects resident in or resorting to China or Japan should absolutely cease:
And whereas by the Foreign Jurisdiction Amendment Act, 1866, it was enacted that it should be lawful for Her Majesty in Council, by Order in Council under the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts, to confer upon any Court in Her Majesty's Possessions out of the United Kingdom any jurisdiction which Her Majesty in Council might lawfully by any such Order confer on any Court in any Country or Place out of Her Majesty's Dominions within which Her Majesty has power or jurisdiction:
And whereas Her Majesty was pleased by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, by another Order in Council of the 28th day of March 1868, to ordain (amongst other things) that in addition to the powers then vested in the Supreme Court of Hongkong the said Supreme Court might have jurisdiction over and take cognizance of all crimes and offences committed by British subjects at any place on land being within 6 miles of any part of the Colony of Hongkong, and not being on the mainland of China, and of and over all disputes and differences between British subjects being in any such place within such lit as aforesaid:
And whereas it has seemed to Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to be expedient to revoke the said last-mentioned Order in Council and to extend the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Hongkong in respect to matters arising in the neighbourhood of the Colony of Hongkong:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers in this behalf by the said recited Act or otherwise vested in Her, is pleased by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order and it is hereby ordered as follows:-
1. In addition to the powers now vested in the said Supreme Court of Hongkong, the said Supreme Court may have jurisdiction over and take cognizance of all crimes and offences committed by British subjects at any place on land being within 10 miles of any part of the Colony of Hongkong and of and over all disputes and differences between British subjects being in any such place within such limit as aforesaid, and the said Court shall and may deal with, try, hear and deterinine all such cases as fully and effectually as if such crimes or offences had been committed or such disputes or differences had arisen by or between British subjects within the said Colony of Hongkong.
2. The said Order in Council of the 28th day of March 1868 is hereby revoked, except for the purpose of completing any proceedings, criminal or civil, which may have been commenced thereunder before this Order is published in the said Colony of Hongkong, and any proceedings so commenced may be completed, and any sentences and judgments given therein may be executed, as fully and effectually as if this Order had not been made.
3. The jurisdiction hereby conferred upon the Supreme Court of Hongkong shall be in addition to and concurrent with any power or jurisdiction now possessed by the Supreme Court for China or Japan or any Provincial Court under the said Order in Council of the 9th of March 1865, to deal with, try, hear and determine such cases as are herein mentioned, and nothing in this Order contained shall affect the power of the said Supreme Court for China or Japan or of any Provincial Court under the said last mentioned Order in Council to deal with, hear, try, and determine the said cases.
And the Right Honourable the Earl of Derby and the Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon, two of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.
No. 265.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
C. L. PEEL.
The following Circular Despatch from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, together with the enclosure accompanying it, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th December, 1877.
CIRCULAR.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
DOWNING STREET, 29th September, 1877. SIR,-I transmit to you at the request of the Civil Service Commissioners, the enclosed Regulations for an Examination of Candidates for the Civil Service of India, which is to be held in June and July,
1878.
The Officer Administering
the Government of Hongkong.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble Servant,
CARNARVON.