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No. 4.

[L.8.]

FRANCIS HESTy Max, Governor.

FROCLAMATION.

By Ilis Excellency Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor and Commander-in- Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same :

WH

HEREAS by Section 3 of the Prize Courts Act, 1894, His Majesty in Council is authorized to make Rules of Court for regulating, subject to the provisions of the Naval Prize Act, 1864, and the said Act, the procedure and practice of Prize Courts, within the meaning of the Naval Prize Act, 1864, and the duties and conduct of the Officers of the Courts, and of the Practitioners therein, and for regulating the fees to be taken by the Officers thereof, and the costs, charges, and expenses to be allowed to the Practitioners therein:

And whereas in pursuance of the Prize Courts Act, 1894, certain Rules were made by His Majesty's Order in Council dated the 5th day of August, 1914, and amended by His Majesty's Orders in Council of the 30th day of September, 1914, the 28th day of November, 1914, and the 23rd day of March, 1915, respectively, which said Rules and amended Rules were by the said Orders in Council directed to take effect provisionally in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of the Rules Publication Act, 1893, from the date of the said Orders in Council respectively:

And whereas the provisions of Section 1 of the Rules Publication Act, 1893, were complied with in respect of the said Rules, and amended Rules, and the same were finally made by the Orders of His Majesty in Council dated respectively the 17th day of September, 1914, the 28th day of November, 1914, the 3rd day of February, 1915, and the 29th day of April, 1915:

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And whereas by Order XLVI of the said Rulea it is provided that so far as the said Rules apply to a Court in a British Possession outside the United Kingdom they shall not come into operation until they are proclaimed in the Possession by the Governor thereof;

And whereas the said Rules and the amendments thereof were duly proclaimed in the Colony of Hongkong by Proclamations dated respectively the 9th day of October, 1914, and the 29th day of January, and the 1st and 21st days of April, 1915":

And whereas by Order of His Majesty in Council dated the 10th day of November, 1017, it was ordered as follows:

That in Appendix B of the Prize Court Rules, 1914, Item 48, the following words should be omitted, viz. :---

"On retaining possession of a ship with or without cargo, or of a ship's cargo without a ship, to include the cost of a shipkeeper if required, per day, £0 58. 0.

Any suun above this amount which has necessarily been incurred in the pay-

ment of a shipkeeper shall also be recoverable."