(whether the same shall be a ship of war or a merchant ship) shall have previously departed, until after the expiration of at least twenty-four hours from the departure of such last-mentioned vessel beyond the territorial jurisdiction of Her Majesty.
No. 3. 2. If any ship of war of either belligerent shall, after the time when this Order shall be first notified and put in force in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Chamel Islands, and in the several colonies and foreign possessions and dependencies of Her Majesty, respectively, enter any port, roadstead, or waters belonging to Her Majesty, either in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, or the Channel Islands, or in any of Her Majesty's colonies or foreign possessions or dependencies, such vessel shall ba required to deport and to put to Ben within twenty-four hours after her entrance into such port, roadstead, or watere, except in case of stress of weather, or of her requiring provisions or things necessary for the subsistence of her crew, or repairs; in either of which cases the authorities of the port, or of the nearest port (as the case touy be), shall require her to put to sea as soon as possible after the expiration of such period of twenty-four hours, without permitting her to take in supplies beyond what may be necessary for her immediate use; and no such vessel which may have been allowed to remain within British waters for the purpose of repair shall continue in any such port{ roadstead, or waters, for a longer period than twenty-four hours after her necessary repairs shall have been completed. Providel, nevertheless, that in all cases in which there shall be any vessel (whether ships of war or merchant ships) of the said belligerent parties in the same port, roadstead, or waters within the territorial jurisdiction of ler Majesty, there shall be an interval of not less than twenty-four hours between the departure therefrom of any such vessel (whether a ship of war or merchant ship) of the one belligerent, and the subsequent departure theretrofu of any ship of war of the other belligerent; and the time hereby limited for the departure of such ships of war respectively shall always, in case of necessity, be extended so far as may be requisite for giving effect to this proviso, but no further or otherwise,
3. No ship of war of either belligerent shall hereafter be permitted, while in any port, roadstead, or waters subject to the territorial jurisdiction of Her Majesty, to take in any supplies, except provisions and such other things as may be requisite for the subsistence of her crew, and except so much coal only as may be sufficient to carry such vessel to the nearest port of her own country, or to some nearer destination, and no coal shall again be supplied to any such ship of war in the same or any other part, roadsteul, or waters subject to the territorial jurisdiction of iler Majesty, without special permission, until after the expiration of three months from the time when such coal may have been Inst supplied to her within Pritish waters as aforesaid.
4. Armed ships of either party are interdicted from carrying prizes made by them into the ports, harbours, roadsteads, or waters of the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, or any of Her Majesty's colonies or possessions abroad.
By His Excellency's Command,
PROCLAMATION,
Mach
Major-General, Officer Administering the Government,
By His Excellency Major-General WILSONS BLACK, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Officer Administering the Government, and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong- kong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas, by n Proclamation dated the 23rd April, 1898, I gave notice that Her Majesty had been pleased to direct that, during the continuance of the present state of War between the Kingdom of Spain and the United States of America, certain Rules should be put in force in this Colony six days after the date of the said Proclamation, and should be obeyed by nil persons; and whereas, I have been subsequently instructed by the Right Honourable JoSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, that such Rules shall be put in force in this Colony forthwith, I bereby, give notice that Her Majesty has been pleased to direct that, during the confinance of the present state of War between the Kingdom of Spain and the United States of America, the Rules contained in my Proclamation dated 23rd April, 1898, are hereby put in force in this Colony forth- with, and are to ba obeyed by all persons.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE Queex.
Bernub buith
Acting Colombud Seuratury.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Weraus bith
zdeling Colonial Secrefurry,
Given at Government House, Victoria, Hongkong, this 23rd day of April, 1898.
Given at Government House, Victoria, Hongkong, this 25th day of April, 1898.
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