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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD SEPTEMBER, 1864.
ment to be accumulative or not, at the discretion of the adjudicating tribunal), for any British subject, within any part of China, to assist either the existing Chinese Government, or any or either of the different factions then engaged, or who might be thereafter engaged, in opposition to the Government by personal enlistment in the service of either of the said several parties, or by procuring other persons to enlist in such service, or by furnishing, selling, or procuring warlike stores of any description, or by fitting out vessels, or by knowingly and purposely doing any other act to assist either party, by which neutrality might be violated; and that the tribunal for adjudicating on offences, of the description in- tended to be thereby dealt with, should consist of a Consular Officer in charge of a Consulate, and two Assessors of Her Majesty, resident within the Consulate;
And whereas it is expedient that the said Ordinance of the seventeenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, should be explained and amended, and that further provisions should be made to prevent the participation of British subjects within the dominions of the Emperor of China, in acts of war or rebellion against the authority of the said Emperor; Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of all powers enabling Her in this behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:--
1. Nothing in the said Ordinance made and passed on the seventeenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, shall extend or apply, or be deemed to have extended, or to have been applicable, to any British subject, who, at any time heretofore may have assisted, or may hereafter assist, the Government of the Emperor of China, by the means in the same Ordinance mentioned, or otherwise howsoever, by or under the leave or licence of Her Majesty, or by or under the authority of any Order of Her Majesty in Council, at any time heretofore made, or to be hereafter made.
2. If any subject of Her Majesty, within any part of the dominions of the Emperor of China, shall, at any time after the publication of this present Order, in Her Majesty's Colony of Hong Kong, levy war, or take part in any operations of war, against the Emperor of China, or aid or abet any persons who are or who may be engaged in carrying on war or rebellion or insurrection against the said Emperor, in carrying on such war or rebellion, or insurrection, such person shall be liable to the several penalties mentioned in the said Ordinance of the seventeenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and shall further be liable to be sent out of the dominions of the Emperor of China; and in case of his after- wards returning within the same, shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished, and to be again sent out of the said dominions, and so from time to time, in the same manner, in all respects, as is provided by the said Orders in Council of the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- three, and the twelfth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, respectively, concerning the persons liable to be sent out of the said dominions under those re- spective Orders.
3. Every person offending against this present Order may be proceeded against in the same manner, in all respects, as is provided by the said Order of the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, concerning persons offending against any rules or regulations duly made, under and by virtue thereof, by Her Majesty's Superintendent of British Trade in China for the time being.
And the Right Honourable Earl Russell, and the Right Honourable Edward Cardwell, two of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, are to give the necessary directions herein, as to them may respectively appertain.
ARTHUR HELPS.
No. 139.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Circular from the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, covering the new Instructions issued by the Royal National Life Boat Institution for the Restoration of Persons apparently Drowned, is published for general information.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th August, 1864.
CIRCULAR.
DOWNING STREET, 20th June, 1864. SIR,-I transmit to you, herewith, a copy of a letter from the Secretary to the Royal National Life Boat Institution, with copies of new Instructions which have been issued by that Institution, for the Restoration of Persons Apparently Drowned.
I have been informed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the Medical Director-General of the Navy has given it as his opinion that the Instructions in question are valuable, and that they have been circulated in the Royal Navy; I have therefore no hesitation in giving to these Instructions the circulation desired by the Committee of the Institution.-I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble Servant,
EDWARD CARDWELL.
Governor
SIR H. ROBINSON,
&c.,
&c.
(Copy.)
Mr. Lewis to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION, 14, JOHN-STREET, ÅDELPHI, LONDON, 26th May, 1864.
SIR, I am directed to transmit to you a few copies of the new Instructions issued by the Royal National Life Boat Institution for the Restoration of the Apparently Drowned,
These Instructions are the result of extensive inquiries which have recently been made by the Institution amongst medical men, medical bodies, and coroners throughout the United Kingdom.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have ordered 1,000 copies to be circulated throughout Her Majesty's Fleet, and the Commodore Controller-General of Coast Guard has also requested 2,000 copies to be supplied for distribution throughout the Coast Guard Service.
The Committee are desirous that these directions should be known throughout the British Colonies, and they would there- fore feel much obliged if you would do them the honour to direct that the accompanying letters, containing packets of the same, be transmitted to the respective Governors of the Colonies.-I have, &c.,
(Signed)
RICHARD LEWIS,
Secretary.