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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TM SEPTEMBER, 1873.
At the Court at Windsor, the 26th day of June, 1873.
PRESENT.
The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas in many Appeals now pending before Her Majesty in Council no effectual steps have been taken by the parties or their agents to set down their cases for hearing, although more than twelve months have elapsed since the arrival and registration of the transcript of appeal in this country, and it is expedient to make further provision in that behalf, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, and upon a recommendation of the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the solicitors or agents for the party appellant in all such Appeals now pending before Her Majesty in Council are hereby required to take effectual steps to set down their cases for hearing within six months from the date of this Order, and in all other Appeals to Her Majesty in Council within a period not exceeding twelve months from the date of the arrival and registration of the transcript in this country.
And Her Majesty is further pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that it shall be the duty of the Registrar of the Privy Council to report to the Lords of the Judicial Committee the names of the parties and dates of the Decrees in Appeals in which no effectual steps have been taken within the aforesaid periods of time to set down the case for hearing; and the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council shall be at liberty to call upon the Appellant or his agent in such cases to show cause why the said Appeal or Appeals should not be dismissed for non-prosecution, and (if they shall so think fit) to recommend to Her Majesty the dismissal of any such Appeal, or to give such directions therein as the justice of the case may require.
And Her Majesty is further pleased to order that nothing in the present Order shall prevent the dismissal of an Appeal under the 5th of the Rules approved by Her Majesty on the 13th of June, 1853, in cases to which that Rule is applicable.
Whereof the Governors of Her Majesty's Plantations and Dominions abroad, and the Judges or Officers of Her Majesty's Courts of Justice from which an Appeal lies to Her Majesty in Council, and all other persons whom it may concern, are to take notice and govern themselves accordingly.
(Signed) ARTHUR HELPS.
No. 129.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognize J. F. CORDES, Esquire, as Consul for Germany at this Port, provisionally, pending the receipt of Her Majesty's Exequatur.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd September, 1873.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 140.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th September, 1873.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 27.]
CHINA SEA.
YANGTSZE RIVER-HANKOW DISTRICT.
Notice is hereby given that a Lightboat has been moored off Cock's Head or Kitau.
The illuminating apparatus is Dioptric of the Sixth Order, shewing a fixed white light visible all round.
Approximate Position-Latitude,
30° 12′ 10′′ N.
Longitude, ...... 115° 12′ 23′′ E.
The position of this Lightboat will be altered as required.‚
The other four Lightboats in the Hankow district have been fitted with similar Lights, that, in clear weather, will have a range of about 7 miles, except where shut out by the land.
By order of the Inspector General of Customs.
ENGINEER'S OFFICE, CUSTOM HOUSE, SHANGHAI, 28th August, 1873.
DAVID M. HENDERSON,
Engincer-in-Chief,