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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH DECEMBER, 1871.
Naval service:"
"United Kingdom:
British possession:
"The Secretary of
State:"
"Governor :"
""
"Court of Admiralty:"
"Ship:"
"Building:"
"Equipping:"
"Ship and equip-
ment:" "Master."
Repeal of Foreign
Enlistment Act. 59 G. 3. c. 69.
Saving as to commis-
sioned foreign ships.
Penalties not to extend to persons
entering into military
service in Asia.
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"Naval servico" shall, as respects a person, include service as a marine, employment as a pilot in piloting or directing the course of a ship of war or other ship when such ship of war or other ship is being used in any military or naval operation, and any employment whatever on board a ship of war, transport, store ship, privateer or ship under letters of marque; and as respects a ship include any user of a ship as a transport, store ship, privateer or ship under letters of marque: "United Kingdom" includes the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, and other adjacent islands: "British possession" means any territory, colony, or place being part of Her Majesty's dominions,
and not part of the United Kingdom, as defined by this Act:
"The Secretary of State" shall mean any one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State: "The Governor shall as respects India mean the Governor General or the governor of any presidency, and where a British possession consists of several constituent colonies, mean the Governor General of the whole possession or the Governor of any of the constituent colonies, and as respects any other British possession it shall mean the officer for the time being adininistering the Government of such possession; also any person acting for or in the capacity of a governor shall be included under the term "Governor":
"Court of Admiralty" shall mean the High Court of Admiralty of England or Ireland, the Court of
Session of Scotland, or any Vice-Admiralty Court within Her Majesty's dominions:
"Ship" shall include any description of boat, vessel, floating battery. or floating craft; also any description of boat, vessel, or other craft or battery, made to move either on the surface of c under water, or sometimes on the surface of and sometimes under water:
"Building" in relation to a ship shall include the doing any act towards or incidental to the con- struction of a ship, and all words having relation to building shall be construed accordingly: Equipping" in relation to a ship shall include the furnishing a ship with any tackle, apparel, furniture, provisions, arms, munitions, or stores, or any other thing which is used in or about a ship for the purpose of fitting or adapting her for the sea or for naval service, and all words relating to equipping shall be construed accordingly:
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Ship and equipment" shall include a ship and everything in or belonging to a ship: "Master" shall include any person having the charge or command of a ship.
Repeal of Acts, and Saving Clauses.
31. From and after the commencement of this Act, an Act passed in the fifty-ninth year of the reign of Iiis late Majesty King George the Third, chapter sixty-nine, intituled "An Act to prevent the enlisting or engagement of His Majesty's subjects to serve in foreign service, and the fitting out or equipping, in "His Majesty's dominions, vessels for warlike purposes, without His Majesty's license," shall be repealed: Provided that such repeal shall not affect any penalty, forfeiture, or other punishment incurred or to be incurred in respect of any offence committed before this Act comes into operation, nor the institution of any investigation or legal proceeding, or any other remedy for enforcing any such penalty, forfeiture, or punishment as aforesaid.
32. Nothing in this Act contained shall subject to forfeiture any commissioned ship of any foreign state, or give to any British court over or in respect of any ship entitled to recognition as a commissioned ship of any foreign state any jurisdiction which it would not have had if this Act had not passed.
33. Nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to subject to any penalty any person who enters into the military service of any prince, state, or potentate in Asia, with such leave or license as is for the time being required by law in the case of subjects of Her Majesty entering into the
59 G. 3. c. 69. s. 12. military service of princes, states, or potentates in Asia.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Nolice to Mariners, received from Shanghae, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th December, 1871.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 11 of 1871.
LANGSHAN CROSSING, YANGTSZE.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Until further notice, vessels are advised to pass to the Eastward of the Langshan Light-vessel, as the Waterman or Middle Bank is now rapidly extending to the Eastward.
WOOSUNG BAR.
On the 1st January next, the two Red Buoys now placed to mark the Channel over the Woosung Bar will be removed.
ENGINEER'S OFFICE, CUSTOM HOUSE,
Shanghai, 11th December, 1871.
DAVID M. HENDERSON,
Engineer-in-chief.