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and, as those require from time to time to be altered according to circumstances, the Ordinance No: 19, was passed, entitled "An Ordinance for the better regulation of the Harbour and surrounding waters of the island of Hongkong." By this the Governor is empowered, with the advice of the Executive Council, from time to time to make such further Regulations for the Harbour and Marine Police as may seem necessary.
I have the honor to forward herewith a copy of the Harbour Regulations now passed, in connection with Ordinance No: 19, consisting of twenty-one clauses, which the Experience of the past has suggested as the best calculated for the mixed Chinese and European shipping frequenting the Port. The vicinity to the mainland of China was at first the cause of infinite disorder, and of night robberies to a great extent, which previous to the establishment of a marine police harassed and baffled the exertions of the guard boats from Her Majesty's Ships. The combined effects of the harbour regulations, and of the registry of Chinese boats, have been most salutary, and made a complete revolution in the state of the floating population.
Ordinance No: 20, Entitled "An Ordinance to empower the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Executive Council thereof, in cases of Exigency to place any districts or public or Military stations of the said Island under Martial Law," was called for by the predatory bands of Chinese who landed from the opposite coast. Officers passing alone...