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trading.
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My Lords would recommend
that the Ordinance be amended to the
affect, before it receives her Majesty's
and in this ancending the
Confirmation : and in
Ordinance, My Lords would suggest that
it should be made more specific.
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in its
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HONGKONG.
ANNO SEXTO ET SEPTIMO
VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.
No. 9 of 1844.
By His Excellency Sir HENRY POTTINGER, Baronet, Knight Grand Cross
of the most Honorable Order of the Bath, Major General in the Service of the East India Company, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Hongkong,
and its Dependencies, and Superintendent of the Trade of Her Majesty's Subjects in China, with the advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong
An Ordinance to restrain all persons within the Colony of Hongkong from trading
Title.
in the Empire of China to the Northward of the 32d degree of North Latitude.
[M4th April, 1844]
WHEREAS to secure the due observance of the treaties between the Empires
Preamble.
of Great Britain and China, it is expedient to confine the Trade of all persons within
the Colony of Hongkong, to the limits included by the five Ports in China, provided by the said Treaties for the same.
Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the
Trade to the North-
advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that all Trade whatsoever by any person
ward of the 32d de-
within the Colony of Hongkong, in, to, or from any part of the Coast of China, to the
gree of North Lati-
Northward of the 32d degree of North Latitude, shall be, and is hereby declared to be
tude to be unlawful.
unlawful.
And be it enacted, if any person within the Colony of Hongkong shall export or carry, or contract for exporting or carrying, or shall ship or embark, or contract for
from forbidden mite
Conveying goods
shipping and embarking, from, to, or in the limits aforesaid, any treasure, goods, or merchandize whatsoever, or shall fit out, man, navigate, equip, despatch, use, employ,
let, take to freight, or on hire any vessel, or so contract, in order to embark in the
Trade for unlawful Trade.
Pitting out vesels
hereby declared unlawful, or shall knowingly, and wilfully lend and advance, or become security for, or contract for the lending or becoming security, for the loan of
numey, or effects employed, or to be employed in such trade as aforesaid, or shall
knowingly be employed in un-
Lending money to
and wilfully, become guarantee or security for, or contract for guaranteeing any Agent
unlawful Trade. Gua-
employed, or to be employed, in conducting such Trade as aforesaid, or in any other
ranteeing Agents.
manner engage, or contract to engage, directly or indirectly, therein as a partner,
Agent, or otherwise, or shall knowingly and wilfully ship, tranship, jade, receive, or put on board,
manner in unlawful
or contract for shipping, goods, money, or effects, to be employed in such trade as aforesaid,
Trade.
or shall take the charge of, or command, or navigate, or enter, or embark, on board of any
gods &c. Navigat
vessel or contract to do so as Captain, Master, Mate, Surgeon, or Supercargo, knowing that the vessel is employed, or intended to be employed in such unlawful trade as
ing Ship.
aforesaid, or shall knowingly and wilfully insure, or contract for the insuring of any property, or effects whatsoever, employed or intended to be employed in such Trade as aforesaid, then and in every such case, the persons so offending, shall forfeit to
Ifer Penalties for above
Majesty, Her Heirs, and Successors, a sum not exceeding Ten thousand dollars, and in
offences.
default of payment of such penalty, shall be liable to be imprisoned for any term
not exceeding two years,
Shipping
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Engaging in any
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Insuring Ship.
board
3-And be it enacted, if any person shall enter and embark on board of any
Penalty on sesinen
ship or vessel as petty officer, seaman, marine or servant or knowing that the vessel is actually employed, or intended to be employed, in the
Ships engaged in
in any other capacity serving on
Trade hereby declared to be unlawful, such person so offending, shall forfeit to Her
unlawful Trade.
Majesty, Her Heirs, and Successors, a sum not exceeding Five hundred dollars, and in default of payment, shall be liable to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any period not exceeding three mouths.