PORT, CONSULAR, CUSTOMS, AND HARBOUR REGULATIONS, &c.
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No boarding-house or tavern shall be established either on the north bank of the river or without the limits of the British Concession.
Rafts un ler the British flag coming to the port of Chinkiang shall be reported by the foreigner in charge within 24 hours of their arrival. The following reports will be required:-A minifest of the raft, countersigned by the agent or consignee; a list of persons other than Chinese employed on the raft, sign d by the consignee; a list of all passengers, not Chinese, brought down by the raft, signed by the consignee.
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The foreigner or for iguers in charge of raft, shall, during their stay in port, report themselves once every three days to the officer in charge of Her Majesty's Consulate. They shall also give 24 hours' notice of intended departure, specifying destination and mode of conveyance.
KIUKIANG.
I. The limits of the anchorage for ordinary vessels are from the West end of the City Wall to Lung-kai Creek.
II.-Steamers trading regularly on the river under licence from the Chinese Customs, and not remaining in port above 24 hours, and sailing vessels, provided they do not break bulk or remain in port more than 24 hours, are not required to deposit their papers with summary of manifest under General Rgulation No. III.
III.-Vessels having on board more than 200lbs. of explosive or combustible material must anchor at a distance of not less than one mile from the Foreign Settlement and from the Native City.
HANKOW.
The limits of the anchorage at Hankow are as follow:-South: Within lines drawn from the Pagoda on the summit of the hill on the Hanyang sile to the Hanyang gate of the Wuchang city on the opposite bank of the river. North: Below the British concession ground from its boundary limit across to the cpposite bank of the river to the Custom-house, called by the Chinese Wuchang.
CHEFOO.
The limits of the port of Chefoo (Yentai), iu the district of Tang-chow-foo, are within a line drawn from the Eastern end of the peninsula called Che-foo-tao, to the northern and eastern extremities of the Kungtung islands, and from them to the mainland.
TIENTSIN.
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
I. The Consular Regulations for the port of Tientsin, published by Acting Consul Gibson on the 27th October, 1863, are hereby repealed, such of their provisions as are not intended to be abrogated being embodied in the present general regulations, and the said general regulations apply to the whole Consular District of Tientsin, including the outport of Taku, and shall be binding upon all British subjects residing or being within the said Consular District of Tientsin.
II.-Any British subject desiring to rent lan l from a Chinese proprietor outside the limits of the British settlement, shall in the first instance apply to H.B.M. Consul officially in writing stating the name and surname of the Chinese proprietor, and specifying by plan the locality, boundaries, and measurements in mow and square feet of the said land; and the said Consul will thereupon enquire whether any impediment exists to the renting of the said land, and if it be ascertained that no such impediment exists, the applicant may then settle with the Chinese proprietor the price and conditions of sale. Said applicant shall thereupon lodge with H.B.M. Consul