and for the arrangement and settlement, of all and all manner of differences, Contentions, suits and variances
or shall happen to arise –
that may between them or
any of them 7
and shall, moreover have power-
and authority, as far as in them
lies, to
and
compose
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And Whereas by the above first recited Act it is enacted that it
shall be lawful for Her Majesty by any Commission of Commissions under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, or by any
Instructions under Her
Majesty's Signet and Sign Manual, accompanying and referred to
any such Commission
to settle all
differences,
Contentions, suits and variances
that say or shall happen to arise, between British Subjects; and the Subjects of The Emperor of China, and between British Subjects and the Subjects of any Foreign Power, and which brought before them for settlement
may
And
(so long
as
such Commissions, to authorize the Superintendent of the Trade
of Her Majesty's Subjects in China, as such Superintendent shall be also Governor of the Island of Hong Kong) to enact with the advice of the Legislative Council of the said Island of Hong Kong, all such Laws and
Ordinances
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