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In 1903 the Hong Kong Government issued an
Order dated the 26th of June, 1903, under which foreign
men-of-war were not allowed to anchor elsewhere than in
a man-of-war anchorage without the permission of the
The Governor stated, in reply to enquiry,
Governor.
that the Order embodied no new principle and merely
extended the old one that had appeared in earlier Orders.
So far as he was aware, no foreign Power had raised
objection to the old Orders, and he and the Commander-in-
Chief were both of opinion that the principle of the Order
of the 26th of June, 1903, should be allowed to stand.
(Hong Kong Confidential despatch of the 29th of January,
1904).
The Admiralty, however, on being consulted, adhered to the view which they had previously expressed,
that no steps should be taken which might by force of
example cause other Powers to place restrictions upon the
free movement of British men-of-war in territorial waters,
and accordingly requested the early modification of the
Order of the 26th of June, 1903. (Admiralty letter Confidential M.0377 of the 30th of March, 1904).
In his despatch of the 20th of March, 1904, to
Hong Kong, the then Secretary of State for the Colonies
accordingly requested the Governor to withdraw the Order
of the 26th of June, 1903, and to substitute a Harbour
Regulation prohibiting foreign ships of war or their boats
from carrying out examinations or surveys of the shores
or waters of the Colony, and prohibiting the landing of
foreign soldiers or sailors from any vessel without the
permission of the Governor obtained through the Consular Officer of the country to which the troops belonged.
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In his Confidential despatch of the 10th of
August, 1904, the Governor of Hong Kong reported that he
had accordingly issued Regulations dated the 5th of July,
1904, under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, in
accordance with these instructions. The Rules of the
26th of June, 1903, were rescinded.
A copy of the Regulations of the 5th of July 1904
is attached. These Regulations have since been modified
at various dates (13th of December, 1907, 1st of February,
1909, 19th of July, 1909, 7th of September, 1909, and
31st of May, 1910). A copy of the Regulations of the
31st of May, 1910, which are at present in force, is
also attached.
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