SAMAS
COROIT
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 7..
No. 20.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 17TH FEBRUARY, 1866.
VOL. XII.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Circular Despatch from the Right Honorable the SECRETARY OF STATE for the Colonies, covering Order of Her Majesty in Council, of the 5th December, 1865, is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th February, 1866.
CIRCULAR.
W. H. ALEXANDER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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DOWNING STREET, 18th December, 1865.
SIR,-I have the honor to transmit, for your information and for insertion in the public papers, the accompanying Copy of an Order of Her Majesty in Council, dated the 5th Instant, allowing the Distilling Apparatus of Messrs. Chaplin and Company, as well as those of Dr. Normanby and Messrs. Winchester and Graveley, to be used on board Passenger Ships.-I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient Humble Servant,
The Officer Administering the Government of Hongkong.
EDWARD CARDWELL.
[L. S.]
AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR,
the 5th day of December, 1865. PRESENT:
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THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
Whereas by "The Passengers' Act, 1855," it is amongst other things enacted, that before any Passenger Ship shall be cleared out, the Emigration Officer at the port of clearance shall satisfy himself that there is on board a sufficient quantity of pure water, carried in tanks or casks, to secure throughout the intended voyage the issue of three quarts daily to each statute adult, for the use of the Passengers, exclusive of the quantity required for cooking:
And whereas it is also enacted, that it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by any Order in Council, to prescribe such rules and regulations as to Her Majesty may seem fit, for permitting the use on board Passenger Ships of an apparatus for distilling water, and for defining in such case the quantity of fresh water to be carried in tanks or casks for the passengers, and such Order in Council from time to time to alter, amend and revoke, as occasion may require:
And whereas Her Majesty, by an Order in Council dated the ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, prescribed certain rules for permitting the use on board Passenger Ships propelled by steam engines of less than a certain power, and on board Passenger Ships propelled by sails, of a certain apparatus for distilling fresh water from salt water: And whereas it is expedient to repeal the said Order in Council, and to issue in lieu thereof the Order hereinafter contained: 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 repeal the said Order in Council of the ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, except in so far as the same repeals a certain Order in Council of the thirteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and doth hereby order as follows:
Any Passenger Ship propelled by sails only, or by steam engines of less power than is sufficient, without the aid of sails, to propel the ship at the rate of five statute miles an hour, 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 the following conditions 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 the description commonly known either as Normandy's patent, as Winchester and Graveley's patent, or as Chaplin and Company's patent.
2. That the Owners, Charterers, or Master of such Ship, before clearance, lodge with such Emigration Officer a Certificate from the Engineer or Surveyor of the Board of Trade, or from some other competent person to be named by such Emigration Officer, declaring that within seven days immediately preceding the date of such Certificate, the apparatus has been examined