THE FRIEND OF
AND WONGBONG
No. 87 VOL. II
SOTRFICATION.
CHINA,
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
APRIL 30 TK. 1943.
PROCLAMATION.
He Bitezreway Sin Inver Poranea. Bart.,
The publication of the Plongkong Ga- zette under the authority of Gonerament, 6.C., Britanie Majowy's Planipotentiary will be discontinued from this date but all and Chief & perintendent of the Trabe of Bruch public orders und notifications appearing in | Rubjects in Chinese this PROCLAMATION,
The Friend of China and Hongkong Ga- zette," with the signatures of duly autheque, and in behalf of Her Majesty the
rised Functionaries of the Gorerinnout are still to be considered as official.
By order,
J. Robe: Morrison, Arting Secretary cul. Treaturer. Hong Kong. Barch 27, 1942-4
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,
In conseqnance of instructies recently received from Her May's Government, and until defined Regulations can be framed and promulgated, grounded upon tuse Instructions-- Exellency Sir HENRY POTTINGRe, Bart, G. C. B., &c, &c, is pleased in Notify, as follows:
1st. All Persons holding Land of any denomination on the Land of Hong-Kong, are hereby required to send in the fallen explanations, as well as ure prools they posses, of their Claims to such Land, to the Land Oficer, with the least possible delay.
2ND. The Land Officer has been author-
iy
* 1 monthly ?
I avail bryself of this demasion to wish your Excellency health and happiness.
A most mumportant Commisication,
(.gned) True Copy.
HENRY POTTINGER.
Is Exellency KeKING,
Bicuan WOORNAR.
Canton.
Governor-General, &c., åre,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Her ExceLLENCE STA HENRY POTTINGER, Bert, G. C. B., Her Britannic Majesty's Plenipo. Trade in China, in pleased to Publish the following tentiary, and Chief Superintendent of British List, sewing the total Claims of Firms and Indi- ||viduals, for losses alleged to have been incurred at Canton, during the Riots, in the month of Decem- have been admitted or rejected, after the fullest, ber lax, as well as the portions of such Chains as
inquiry and consideration.
These Firms or Individuals whose Claims have
and the dierernment of Great Brittin/de. with the view of making fully known, the vent. ments of deep regret, and unmitigned disapprobs. tinn under which to was obliged to addre the Communcation, of which an English version is annexed, to His Excellency, the Viray of the two Kwang Provinces, on the 10th of this math. As at present informed, it is impossible for fier Majesty's Plenipotentiary, dre. ir particularz, either the finns or han or evto this countries to wirich they bowels,
with the enemic | ance of the Chance Customs J. Übeers, in tered in this sheracless and discrete estont of wholesale amuggling,-a siten Whes, were i overlooked and permitted, would not only speedily sap and destroy the existing Sustations of all been wholly rejected, have already been informed Legal Traffic, but would render shaolutely nuge of the grounds on which such repetion took place. made, or may be queipted to be made, to have been partly rejected, will receive, under tory, every exertion and arrangement that may be and the Firms and Individuals, whose Claims put mich Legal Trafic, en * Brm, regular, Blank Ravelopes, Mein wrandums of the Items of and resectable fisting Her Majesty's Plenipo their Claims, which Her Majesty's Plempotentiary, tentiary anticipates, bowered that he may, atac, has not fulf himself justified in adalting. I future perixd, here it in bis power to make known names of those individuals, in order that-- whatever to i
their munity--they may be held op to the public enimarnu thay would be smeritious in designate.
Her Majesty's Phenipotens, can only lament, that at did remont, his power to check them as Bridgh Buts co his wish, but xpected arrival of the wcomer to Flepoo] Oficer, in Lulieties of Canton,
the
ized, and instructed, to prevent the he trusts, that commenrement of any further | Imperial Buildings upor of clearing away
of, Location
ments can be made.
3RD. The Land Officer has has been authorized and intracted, totske sommesures in concert WILL
the Chief Magistrate, to put a stop to all Buildings that may be in progress on Locatious of whet. ever denomination, where the Explanation, or Proofs zubunitted,
riance with his present lostru
tions; and, also, in cams
the Explanation and Proofs now called for, may be delayed beyond
a reasonable time.
4r. The Land Officer has
The object of this arrangement, as to "Blank Envelope, is to obviate all firther protracted and useless Correspondence, since the decisions now and which tangourced-are fad, so far as Her Majesty's course open, like all other Arts of Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary is concerned; though they are, of wersants, to appeal to Her Majesty's Government, Sir Henry Pottinger, thinks it right to declare, that in the delicate and invidious situation in which he has her placed, as the Umpire between the Government of Ching, and the Claimants, he has weighed the claims precisely as if the amount of them were to have then disbursed from Her
RY POTTINGER,
of all
marily prevent, the Buildings, on
uuthorized and en
The Claims now admitted will be paid on appli- cation to Captain Baifor, [Her Majesty's Consul, hanghai) at Canton, oo, and after, the 1st day
By order.
Governintoni Hous.
BEJEOTER.
A
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RICHARD WOOSNAM.
7th Apr. 18438.
CLAIMS POR LOSSES AT CANTON,
68.988'S
67. 62
14,109 43
0.871 60
andhar, maiAZZURA
871
761
900
861'1
1.407 - 05
90 2091
LAZ
$
19. 20
1.133" 34
$9 216'000
200.317 68
32:00 41
4.0902.90
$ 67,397 25
#218.185" 90
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