PROCLAMATION.
Whereas by certain Instructions directed to the Governor of this Colony, and under the date of the 28th day of September, 1848, Her Majesty's Government has been pleased to direct, that until further orders, all British Soldiers sentenced by Courts Martial to Transportation, be removed to the Cape of Good Hope, there to undergo the punishment to which they have been sentenced: Now, therefore, I, Samuel George Bonham, Esquire, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, in pursuance of the Acts of Parliament and Orders of Council in that behalf made and provided, as such Governor, do appoint. That until further orders in this behalf, all such British Soldiers convicted in the said Colony, and being under sentence or order for Transportation, shall be sent by the first convenient opportunity to the Cape of Good Hope, there to undergo the punishment to which they have been sentenced.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
S. G. BONHAM,
Given at Government House, Victoria,
Hongkong, this 7th day of February, 1849.
By Order,
W. CAINE,
Colonial Secretary.
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