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of Fees, marked Nos. 1. and 2., therein directed to be taken and received by the Officers of the Vice-Admiralty Court at Hong Kong; and We hereby desire and direct you, so far as the same affect or concern your Court, to act in accordance with and to be guided by the Rules, Regulations, and Tables of Fees so adopted by the said Orders in Council dated the 25th of June 1851 and 11th of February 1852 in all matters to which they relate.
To the Vice-Admiral, the Judge, and the respective Officers and Practi- tioners of the Vice-Admiralty Court of Hong Kong,
(Signed)
By Command of their Lordships,
(Signed) J. PARKER.
F. T. BARING.
M. F. F. BERKELEY.
H. STEWART.
JAS. STIRLING.
ALEX MILNE.
W. COWPER.
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At the Court at Windsor, the 11th day of February 1852;
PRESENT,
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS there was this day read at the Board a Memorial of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated the 9th of this instant February, in the words following, viz.:-
"Whereas by His late Majesty's Order in Council of the 27th of June 1882 certain Rules and Regulations touching the Practice to be observed in Suits and Proceedings in Courts of Vice Admiralty, and also certain Tables of Fees for the several Courts of Vice-Admiralty then existing, were established: And whereas the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for the time being did, on the 4th day of February 1846, by due authority constitute a Vice- Admiralty Court at Hong Kong: And whereas by an Order of Her Majesty in Council, bearing date the 25th day of June 1851, the 25th Section of the said Rules and Regulations which relate to Prosecutions for a Breach of the Laws for the Abolition of the Slave Trade were expunged, and in lieu thereof other Rules and Regulations relative thereto were established for the several Vice-Admiralty Courts in Her Majesty's Possessions abroad: And whereas it is desirable to establish Rules, Regulations, and Tables of Fees for the said Vice- Admiralty Court at Hong Kong: We do therefore most humbly submit to Your Majesty, that Your Majesty will be most graciously pleased by Your Order in Council to establish for the said Vice-Admiralty Court at Hong Kong the aforesaid Rules and Regulations for the several Vice-Admiralty Courts as altered by the said Order in Council dated the 25th June 1851, and that the Tables of Fees, marked Nos. 1. and 2. hereto annexed, which have been prepared by persons of competent authority, and approved by Your Majesty's Advocate General and the Advocate of the Admiralty, and sanctioned by the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty of England, be established by Your Majesty's Order in Council as the Rules and Regulations for the said Vice-Admiralty Court at Hong Kong, and the only Fees to be taken or received by the Officers and Practitioners of the said Vice-Admiralty Court; and also, that the Fees directed to be taken by the Order in Council dated the 27th of June 1832 in' undefended Prosecutions for Breach of the Acts for the Abolition of the Slave Trade' be expunged, and that the Table of Fees hereunto annexed, marked No. 2., and which is similar to that established for the Vice-Admiralty Court at Saint Helena by Her Majesty's Order in Council dated the 25th of June 1851, be established by Your Majesty's Order in
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