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GOVERNMENT PROCLAMATION.
THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONG-KONG GAZETTE.
man and if proceeding in a boat are to carry a At the Court af Buckingham Palace, the 17th of any crimes or offences committed by British sub distinguishing Flag
April, 1844. PRESENT:
Altention is particularly directed to a notification issued at Amoy (see notification at foot) on the THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MA- 2nd of December 1843 with reference to the before mentioned regulation.
12th. Sailors on liberty are to be attended by
officer or responsible person and if disorderly or riotous the full amount of $10 will be awarded
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons in this Colony holding property under the Crown, and who have been required by Notice in writing to pay up the arrears of Rent due by them for the same, that, if the above requisian tion is not immediately complied with, the ne- cessary legal steps will be taken against them by the Attorney General to compel payment..
By order, FREDERICK W A. BRUCE,
Colonial Secretary,
Victoria, Hongkong, 24th October, 1844.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
for each offence.
13th Rico, Ships are admitted free of ports dues but if they take away an export cargo they aro liable to one-huif the present port dues or 25 per register Ton.MENT
14th. Ships Inden with Rice arriving in port with a considerable portion of general cargo on board intended for another port are exempt from duty
Toth. Ships partly laden with Rice and general The Government having with ease suppres of the general cargo is sold and discharged.
cargo are to be charged full Tonnage d
dues if any. sed the only seditious riot that has occurred 16th. A Custom Flouse officer will attend at with reference to the Registration Ordinance, the landing, places from sunrise to sunset to ex and secured the offenders, is now ready to at amine and pass all cargo and his chop is to be tend to any respectful as well as peaceable replaced on goods either unported or exported, presentations on the subject of the said Ordi.
Dance.
17th. Many difficulties having arisen in the difference of weights it is requested that the standard sanctioned by the Tariff be adopted and should there be any dispute it must be referred to the Im- port Department in the Consulate.**.
the
jects within the said dominions. And the Bigf flonourable the Earl of Aberdeen, and the Righ Principal Secretaries of Stato, are to give the ne Honourable Lord Stanley, two of Her Majesty's,
cesssary directions herein as to them may respec. tively appertaiu.
(Signed) C. C. GREVILLE.
BUILDING CONTRACT. NOTICE is hereby given, that tenders will be
will
Seperate Tenders are to be made for each range, and no tender will be entertained except from a Builder of known experience, or capable of producing respectable testimonials from Euro- peans, either' of Canton, Macao, or Singapore, showing that they are duly qualified as Builders. Security will alau be required for the performence of the work according to the plans and specifica tions, which may be seen at the Office of the Commanding Royal and Superintending Engineer, on and after tlio 28th Instant.
· EDWARD PINE COFFIN, C. G. Commissariat. Vicjorin,
25th October, 1844.
NOTICE.
JESTY IN COUNCIL.
and passed in the session of Parliament holden in WHEREAS, by a certain Act of Parliament made the sixth und seventh years of Her Majesty's reign, intituled, An Act for the botter Government of Her Majesty's Subjects resorting to China," it is, amongst other things, enacted, that it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by any Order or Orders made with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Co- ber at noon, from such persons as may be willing uncil, to ordain, for the government of Her Majesto contract for Building two ranges of Barracks ty's subjects being within the dominions of the near the East Battery at this place. Emperor of China, or being within any ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the coast of China, any law or ordi hance which to Her Majesty in Council may seem meet, as fully and effectually as any such law or ordinando could be made by Her Majesty in Co. uncil for the government of Her Majesty's subjects being within the Island of Hongkong. And whereas, by a certain other Act of Parliament made anit passed in the session of Parliament holden as aforesaid, intituled. “An Act to remove Doubts as to the exercise of Power and Jurisdiction by Her Majesty within divers Countries and Places out of Her Majesty's Dominions, and to render the same more effectual," it is, amongst other things, enacted, that it is and shall be lawful for Her Majesty to hold, exercise, and enjoy, any power of jurisdiction which Her Majesty now hath, or may 19th. Fourteen working days (unless there is at any time hereafter have, within any country of a specification on the Bill of Lading) may be conplace out of Her Majesty's dominions, in the same sidered as an equitable limit in a port Offering so nad as ample a manner as if Her Majesty had ac many facilities for the discharge of a ship or taking quired such power or jurisdiction by the cession or delivery of a portion of the cargo.
conquest of territory. And whereas Her Majesty POST OFFICE REGULATIONS MAY BE SEEN hath power and jurisdiction in the dominions of the
AT THE OFFICE..
Emperor of China; Now, therefore, in pursuatice of 20th. All firing from ships in the harbour is strict the above-recited Acts, or either of them, Her Ma ly prohibited without permission from the Consul jesty is pleased,by and with the advice of Her Privy | MADRAS Her Britannic Majesty's Consulate Amoy, Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that BATAVIA
HENRY GRIBĒLE,.... Her Majesty's Consula and Vice-Consuls resident H. M. Officiating Consul Amoy within the said dominions, or such other persons THE FRIEND OF CHINA, N. B. 21st. All ships are exempt from Ton, as by warrant under the hand and seal of the
nage dues provided the Consigner can pro- Chief Superintendent of the Trade of Her Majes duce the grand chop from the Chinese au- ty's subjects in China for the time being, shall be thorities and port clearance from any of the appointed to act provisionally as Consuls or Vice- Consular ports.
Consuls,shall severally in the districts within which they may respectively be appointed to reside, have and hold all necessary power and authority to exercise jurisdiction over British subjects within such districts, as aforesaid, for the repression and punishment of crimes and offences by then com mitted within the dominions of the Emperor of China, and for the arrangement and settlement of all and all manner of differences, contentions, suite, and variances that may or shall happen to
18th. The Chinese not being acquainted with usual terms "demurrage," "Jaydays" &c., it recommended that all parties should make agree ments upon these and similar points.
With this view its oporation is for the pre- sent suspended, and the Government will at ways be prepared on this as on every other oc- casion to modify or even abrogate its enact ments in consideration of reasonable and pro-is per representations,though seditious movements innst be met with the severity they merit.
By order, ADOLPHÚS, E SHELLEY.
Clerk of Councils.
Council Chamber, Victoria, Hongkong, 31st Oct., 1834.
ADVERTISEMENT.
ANTED a passage to Norfolk Island or Van
W Diemen's Land for nine Conficis sentenced
at the last Criminals Sessions.
For Terms and Particulars apply to Lt. Pedder. R. N. Harbour Master's Office,
By order. FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE;
Colonial Secretary,
Victoria Hongkong, 31st Obtober, 1844:
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The annexed Regulations established at Amoy gre published for general information. ?
By order of H. E. Her Majesty's Plenipoten. tiary and Superintendent of British Trade.
Victoria, Hongkong,
29th October, 1844-
ADAM, W. ELMSLIE.
HER BRITANIC MAJESTY'S CONSULATE AMOY
REGULATIONS.
22nd. Ships are allowed to remain in port for warehouse purposes six months before the tonnage dues are demanded.
All cargo transhipped is to be duly noted and entered both at the Consulate and Custom House. When delivery is taken the mode of proceeding is precisely similar to the general regulations of Trade, and
HENRY GRIBBLE,
True copy,
ADAM. W. ELMSLIE.
New advertisements, will be received, until a O' Clock, on the evenings previous to publi cation, riz: Tuesdays and Fridays.
LATEST DATES,
ENGLAND UNITED STATES CALCUTTA BOMBAY
SYDNEY
CHOSAN
Ang. 8
July 1
MANIGA
Oct. 2 Sept. 10. July 17
SINGAPORE Oct. 19.
Oet 15 Oct. 8 SHANDITAL Oct.
Sept.
Poo.snow-roo Oct. g Avor
Okt. 25
Sept. 4
AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER, 2km 1844,
NOTICE. In consequence of the repairs, which aro being enrried forward on the building used as the Celonist Church, there will be no Service until further notice.
VINCENT, STANTON,
Colonial Chaplain.
We are obliged to defer, until next issue any dence, which we publish in a supplement. "We special notice of the Memorial and correspon-
H. M. Officiating Consul Amoy arise between them or any of them; and shall would in the meantime direct attention to the and we sin- imoreover have power and authority, as far as in public meeting to be held to-day- them lies, to compose and settle all and all man cerely trust that, all classes of the community, ner of differences, contentions, suits and variances will avail themselves of this opportunity, of a question of that may or shall happen to arise between British expressing their sentiments on In making Public the following clause of" The subjects and the subjects of the Emperor of China, great importance. Supplementary Treaty" Signed by their Excel.and between British sabjects and the subjects of Bart. G. C. B. Her any foreign Power, and which may be brought
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION."
1st. The Consulate will not be, open on San-Jencies Sir Henry Coblenpora and Vest-ranted Alt, it is enacted, that it shall ed by the discovery and capture of a band of
days.
St. British Ships driven in by stress of weather pr coming within the meaning of the 5th regu lation are to anchor inside the 200 gun Battery.or abreast of the North East point of Koolungson. 6th. All British Ships driven in by stress of weather or calling for letters treasure or provisions are exempt from port dues. If Bulk is broken the ships are liable to the usual port dues. The Captain will deliver his papers according to the 3rd article the general regulations within twenty
four hours.
7th British Ships are allowed to call at this port to try the market" the Captain will deliver his papers as before and the Consignee is to de-. clare his intention of either taking delivery of car- go or otherwise within forty-eight hours after the ships has anchored. Any ship exceeding the time specified viz. (forty-eight hours) will be liable to the usual port dues.
Dilruk Ecojy
Natives.
The Officiating Consul therefore urgently en joins all
porsons desirous of extending their excur- sions into the Country the absolute necessity of compliance with these wishes and to remark the
confidence shewn by the authorities.
Should any cause unfortunately occur that may give rise to collision with the Natives, the Officiat. ing Consul in virtue of his instructions and in compliance with the Government Notification is sued at Victoria under date the 22nd of July 1843, will hold the parties implicated amenable to the penaltics therein mentioned.
vigilanas ofthe police las boon reward-
daring ruffians, belonging to the secret asso-t ciation of trind, which is so much dreaded
of this association, profess to be opposed to by the Government of China." The members
all Goverment, and no doubt the band to which we refer, has exercised an evil in fluence over the minds of their countrymen in this colony.
Correct information of their abode having been received, Captain Bruce, and a body of police, at midnight on Thursday, proceeded to the house which was surrounded and the whole (seventeen in number,) captured. They made a stout resistance, and the humanity of the office in charge of the police, inducing hint to forbid the use of arms, it was sometime “be- fore they were all secured. When the police broke in upon them, they were engaged smoking opium in the company of some abandoned fe males. On reaching the promises documents were discovered, which clearly prove the cha- racter of these people, who we may add were men of no ostensible calling, yet they lived well and were decently clothed from unknown
sources.
The fellowing communication, refers to a poor creature, whose deformity has shocked many of our readers. This institution, the one with which the Reverend Operator is connect- ed-must exercise a powerful influence over. the minds of the Chinese. The circumstance to heal the wounded, and cure the sick gratiu of professional men coming from a distant land,
Ord All Rzitich Cubingta vaidinant bayar 57- this Consulate on or about the 1st of January des
Consul has to inform Her Majesty's Subjects re-be lawful for Her Majesty, by any Commission or cribing the Houses Hongs they rent from the Chi.siding at or visiting the Port of Amoy that the Commissions under the Great Seal of the Unitel nese, the names and occupation of all Europeans thonzed to grant permission to persons or Parties jesty's Signet and Sign Manual, accompanying Chinese authorities do not consider themselves au Cingdom, or by any instructions under Her Ma- connected with their establishment as well as the to visit the surrounding Country. The said au- and referred to in any such Commission or Com Tilives employed either as shotffs servants, Sethorities however have intimated their wishes that missions, to authorize the Superintendent of the 3rd. The limits of the port extend to the six no limits should be fixed for restraining respectable Trade of Her Majesty's subjects in China (so Islands on the East side, to the Pagoda Island at the mouth of the Western river; the Island of persons from taking exercise or recreation, trust long as such Superintendent shall be also Gover Koolungsoo and the inner waters.
ing to their own descretion that no disputes or nor of the Island of Hongkng), to enact with 4th. All British Ships are required when dis- quirrels should take place between then and the the advice of the Legislative Council of the charging or taking in cargo to anchor off the
said Island of Hongkong, all such laws and Town of Amoy
ordinances as may from time to time he required for the peace, order, and good government of Her Majesty's subjects being within the domi- uions of the Emperor of China, or being within any ship or vessel at a distance of not more than The things most likely to produce complaint and one hundred miles from the coast of China, and to dispute, are, the indiscreet use of Fire-arms, visit-enforce the execution of such laws and ordinances ing the houses of the Natives against their will by such penalties and forfeitures, as to him, by the and passing through their Towns and Villages.
advice aforesaid, shall seem fit: And whereas fler It is requested therefore these acts may be abs Majesty has been pleased to grant such Commis tained from and all walled Towns or fortified sion as aforesaid, to John Francis Davis, Esq, places be avoided, and it is advisable that all par appointed by Her Majesty Superintendent of the ties should be accompanied by an intelligent Trade of Her subjects in China, or the Superin Chinese conversant with the English as well as the tendent for the time being of such trade: Now therefore Her Majesty is pleased. by and with the Chinese languages.
advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that Her Majesty's Consuls and Vice-Consuls in China, or any persons acting pro- visionally as such Consuls or Vice-Consuls, ns a foresaid, shall in the exercise of the jurisdiction granted unto them by this present Order, he go verned by such laws and ordinances in that behalf as may be enacted in the manner and form afore said, by the Superintendent of the Trade of ther Majesty's subjects in China for the time being, being the time Governor of Hongkong. And in vested by the above-recited Act for Reimaving doubts as to the exercise of power and jurisdic- tion by Her Majesty within divers places out of Her dominions, and for rendering the same more effectual," Her Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to appoint the Colony of Hongkong as the British colony, wherein crimes and offences committed by British subjects within the dominions of the Emperor of China. which it may he expedient shall he enquired of tried, determined and punished within Her Majes ty's dominions, shall be so enquired of, tried, deter. (To the Editor of the Friend of China.) mined, and punished, and that Her Majesty's Con On Wednesday the 16 ultimos an operation of an interest suls, Vice-Consuls, or other persons provisionally ing nature was performed at the spital, Canton, by the acting as such under warrant from the Chief Supe-Rez, Dr. Parker; your readers will remember a Chinese rintendent of British Trade in China, as aforesaid, coolie who for several years has been well known at Maces, shall have authority to cause any British subject, charged with the commission of any crime or offence, the cognizance whereof may at any time appertain to them, or any of them, to be sent for trial to the said Colony of Hongkong. And it is further ordered, that the Chief Justice of the Co- long, of Hongkong for the time being, or other person provisionally acting as Buch, shall, when duly required by the said Superintendent, proceed to the dominions of the Emperor of China, and shall hage power and authority within the said dominions to enquire of try, determine, and punish
8th. The rates at which payments for duties are to be made either in Syce or Coined money have been settled on the same footing as at Cantou
Sycce at par of a 100 touch
For relining T
I
Article 6. Provides that English merchants residing at or resorting to the five Ports shall not go into the Surrounding Country beyond certain distances (to be fixed by the local authorities and
Sycee, of inferior touch is to be made equivale Consuls) and on no pretence for purposes of further exercise of the powers in Her Majesty tously, must strike the acute minds of the Chi
to 100 touch
Ви
Rupees for 100 add
Peruvian dollars
Mexican do.
Spanish do.
7. m. e. For refining T. m. 8.91 5 10 2 7 7
10 6 2 9
10 8 3 3.
traffic and that any person whatever his rank, 2 station, or calling disobey this article and wander away into the Country he shall be seized and hand- Ied over to the British Consul for suitable punish-
ment.
Supplementary Treaty."
Cut money to be tested by fire Should any dispute arise on the difference of touch of Sycee it is to be tested by fire.
9th. All cargo is to be shipped off between sunrise and sunset and from the undermentioned
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loading places Chie-Lean, Kang-Tow Pool Poo
美路頭港仔口路頭新路
Bee Keang à Kow, Tow, Pow Sai Low
·頭 大史巷路頭
Tow, Ty Wong Low
10th. Pilotage is charged at the rate of 50 gents per foot from or to the Chaw Chat Rocks and one dollar for Teutes or Chapel Island, or in
Amoy Consulate, December 2nd, 1843. › Persons proceeding into the Country are limited in distance to one days journey from the Consulate. The latter limit has been affixed subsequent to
the framing of the regulations above.
(Signed) HENRY GRIBBLE.
H. M.'s Official Consul at Amoy True copy ADAM W. ELMSLIE.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipoten- tiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., &c., is pleased to direct that the following order in Council be publish
a line from that Island to Packtea on the Northed for general information. and Lamtea on the South..
11th. Persons wishing to visit the surrounding, Country are allowed to go the distance of one days Journey they are to be accompained by a Police-
By order,
ADAM W. ELMSLIE. Victoria, Hongkong, 31st October, 1814,
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nese, and induce them to enquire further into the opinion of such benevolent people. We anticipate that the best results will follow the establishment of Medical Missionary institu tions at the five free ports. Next to eductation no better plan could have been devized for preparing the minds of the Chinese, for a re- ception of those important truths, which the Chistian charity of England and America sends so freely to every landa
afflicted with a tumour of vast dimensions, extending from the right ear down the check to the upper region of the neck. For some time past be bad subsisted on the aise of the charitable, and it was supposed by many, that this tumour was the source of too much profit to render him willing to submit to an application for its removal. In this rosperent of his being subjected to the knife of the operator, fue he was unfairly judged, ne from his first arrival, di the morgenst crayed no unwillingness, but on the contrary, indicated the most anxiety to have the humour removed Dr. Marjori- banks and Dr. Kane rendered their assistance, and several other gentlemen were present. The tumour wasa remonte: in the short space of four minutes, and in half an hour hoje safely lodged in bed, and almost immediately called for some canjee. so Ettle was the patient weakened by the loss of