The Duke
of
Newcastle
2 Inclosures,
J. 50-
Received
prohibiting the exportation of
1862 forwarding Proclamation
Dispatch N. 181 of 21th Dec?
In answer to this braces
Military
Flores
from
the Colony
252
MERCER.
PROCLAMATION.
His Excellency WILLIAM THOMAS MERCER, Esquire, Acting Governor and Commander-in-Chief Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same. Thereas by an Ordinance No. 3 of 1862, intituled "An Ordinance to authorize His Excellency overnor by Proclamation to prohibit the Exportation of Military Stores and other Articles," it acted that it should be lawful for His Excellency the Governor by and with the Advice of the ative Council by Proclamation to be published in the Hongkong Government Gazette or in any rdinary Gazette to prohibit for such period as should be mentioned in such Proclamation either exported from the Colony of Hongkong or to be carried Coastwise within the said Colony Arms, unition and Gunpowder, Military and Naval Stores, and any Articles which His Excellency might capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of Military and Naval Provisions or any sort of Victual which may be used as food by man or any or either of such Ammunition, Gunpowder, Stores, Goods, or Articles respectively. And in case any such Arms, munition, Gunpowder, Stores, Goods or Articles which shall have been so prohibited should be ted from the said Colony or should be carried Coastwise or be Waterborne to be so exported or ed they should be forfeited and should vest in Her Majesty and that forthwith thereupon it should e duty of the Harbour Master of this Colony by Warrant under his Hand upon his own view or an information made upon Oath before any Justice of the Peace for the said Colony to cause all Koods and Articles so thereinbefore declared forfeited to be seized and to detain the same to the of Her Majesty and to be disposed of as His Excellency the Governor should by order under his
and Seal direct;
And whereas it has come to my knowledge that Arms, Military and Naval Stores and Articles ble of being converted into Stores and comprised in the enumeration of Articles in the said mance have been exported from this Colony;
And whereas I being instructed to put an end to all such exportation from this Colony of Arms, ary and Naval Stores and Articles have determined with the Advice of the Executive Council of Colony by this Proclamation to prohibit such exportation and carrying Coastwise in manner by aid Ordinance provided;
Now therefore I, WILLIAM THOMAS MERCER, Esquire, do by and with the Advice of the Executive meil of this Colony hereby for a period of Twelve Months from the Twenty-eighth day of February, and for such further period as shall from time to time be specified in any Proclamation to be after duly published, prohibit either to be exported from the Colony of Hongkong or to be carried twise within the said Colony Arms, Ammunition and Gunpowder, Military and Naval Stores; And I do with the Advice aforesaid hereby declare that all such proceedings for the suppression ach several acts as are provided by the said Ordinance or by Law shall and may be taken for the ression of such exportation and carrying Coastwise and for the forfeiture, seizure and detention disposition of the same Articles and things and the punishment of Offenders against the said Laws.
By His Excellency's Command,
W. II. ALEXANDER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 28th Day of February, 1863.