In framing this Draft the precedents of the devant bider of the 2. of October last in 10 far fact of jurisdiction being vested in Her Miy in China, has been followed, as thay be most convenient with reference to any other occasions which may hereafter arise of calling into operation the Foreign Jurisdiction @ het : to avoid establishing precedent for stating in precise terms wheich the Jurisdiction the manner th which it is proposed to regulate have been acquired by the Crown Foreign Country.
May In`a Perine The next point is the class of persons to whom H: My shall delegate this jurisdiction in China, and considering the probability that in many instances vacancies may occur in the Offices of Consuls and Vice Consuls which by reason of the great distances between China and England cannot immediately be formally supplied, it is thought expedient to provide that persons provisionally acting in such Offices, should enjoy the same right of jurisdiction as the Consuls and Vice Consuls whose places they may be acting.
The purposes for which this jurisdiction is to be exercised are best stated, and it appears necessary to employ general terms in this respect and to leave to = the ...