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At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of May 1849.
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
in Council
Whereas by an Act passed in the session of Parliaments held in the sixth and seventh years of the Reign of Her Majesty, intituled "An Act for the better Government of Her Majesty's subjects resorting to China," it was amongst other things enacted, that it should be lawful for Her Majesty, by any Order or Orders made with the advice of Her Privy Council...