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THE HONGKong goverNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH SEPTEMBER, 1875.
Now, therefore, Her Majesty doth by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, and in pursuance and in exercise of the authority vested in Her by the said "Passengers' Act, 1855," hereby revoke the said Order in Council of the sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and the said Order in Council of the fifth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, except in so far as the latter repeals a certain Order in Council of the ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and doth hereby order as follows:-
Any passenger ship, whether propelled by steam engines or by sails only, or by sails and steam engines, may be cleared out and proceed on her voyage, having on board in tanks or casks only half of the quantity of pure water required by the said Act to be carried for the use of the passengers, provided that the following rules and regulations be observed, that is to say.
1. That there be on board such ship an efficient apparatus for distilling fresh water from salt water of such a description as the Board of Trade may from time to time approve.
2. That the owners, charterers, or master of such ship, before clearance, lodge with the Emigra- tion Officer at the port of clearance, a certificate from one of the Engineer Surveyors appointed by the Board of Trade, declaring that the apparatus is in good working condition, and that within seven days immediately preceding the date of such certificate the same had been examined by him, and stating the number of imperial gallons of pure fresh water which it is capable of producing in every twenty- four hours, and further declaring that the apparatus on board is such as has been approved by the Board of Trade as aforesaid.
3. That in every case such Emigration Officer shall be satisfied that the number of gallons of pure water which the apparatus is so certified to be capable of producing in every twenty-four hours, is a number of gallons equal to the whole number of persons about to proceed on the intended voyage of such ship, that is to say, one gallon per head for the whole number of cabin passengers, passengers,
and crew.
4. That there is rated on the ship's articles, and that there is on board the ship, some person or persons who, to the satisfaction of the said Emigration Officer, shall be competent for the proper management and repair of such distilling apparatus; and to prevent all doubts on the construction of this Order in Council, it is hereby further ordered that the terms "Emigration Officer," "Statute Adult," "Master," and "Passenger Ship," shall herein have the same significations as are assigned to them in the said "Passengers Act, 1855," and "The Passengers Act Amendment Act, 1863," respectively, and the term "Board of Trade," shall herein have the meaning assigned to it by "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854."
No. 157.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following copy of a Treaty, duly ratified on the 3rd May last, concerning the formation of a General Postal Union, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th August, 1875.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
TREATY CONCERNING THE FORMATION OF A GENERAL POSTAL UNION,
Signed at Berne, October 9, 1874.
TRAITÉ concernant la création d'une Union générale des Postes, conclu entre l'Allemagne, l'Autriche-Hongrie, la Belgique, le Danemark, l'Egypte, l'Espagne, les Etats-Unis d'Amérique, la France, la Grande-Bretagne, la Grèce, l'Italie, le Luxembourg, la Norvège, les Pays-Bas, le Por- tugal, la Roumanie, la Russie, la Serbie, la Suède, la Suisse et la Turquie.
Les soussignés, plénipotentiaires des Gouverne- ments des pays ci-dessus énumérés, ont d'un commun accord, et sous réserve de ratification, arrêté la Convention suivante :
ARTICLE I.
Les pays entre lesquels est conclu le présent traité formeront, sous la désignation de "Union générale des Postes, un seul territoire postal pour l'échange réciproque des correspondances entre leurs bureaux de poste.
TREATY concerning the formation of a General Postal Union, concluded between Germany, Austro- Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, Spain, the United States of America, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Luxemburg, Norway, the Nether- land, Portugals, Roumania, Russia, Servia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey.
The undersigned, Plenipotentiaries of the Gov- ernments of the countries above enumerated, have by common consent, and subject to ratification, agreed upon the following Convention :
ARTICLE I.
The countries between which the present Treaty is concluded shall form, under the title of "General Postal Union," a single postal territory for the reciprocal exchange of correspondence between their Post Offices.