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PROCLAMATIONTM”

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And whereas, in pursuance of the said Act, and in execution of the powers thereby in His said late HIS EXCELLENCY, SIR HENRY Majesty in Council in that behalf vested, it was by 'an "Order dated the 9th day of December, one POTTINGER, BART., G. C. 1834Jhief thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, ordered Superintendent of the Trade of ash by His said late Majesty, by and with the advice Subjects in China, &c., &c., directs that of His Privy Council, that there should be a Court the annexed Copy of a Despatch, dated of Justice, with Criminal and Admiralty Jurisdie- the 4th of January, 1843, from Hera- tion, for the purposes aforesaid; which Court jesty's Principal Secretary of State for should be holden at Canton, in the said dominions, Foreign Affairs, together with the Order or on board any British Ship or Vessel in the Port of Her Majesty in Council, referred to therein, be Published for the Information, and Guidance of all British Subjects, who are Required and Enjoined to pay Due, and Implicit Obedience to the said Order in Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. Dated at the Government House, at Hong-Kong,

this 1st day of June, 1843.

[Copy-No. 21.]

HENRY POTTINGER.

FOREIGN OFFICE,

JANUARY 4, 1842.

SIR,

I transmit to you, herewith, for your information and guidance, a Copy of an Order of Her Majesty, in Council, providing that the Court of Justice, with Criminal and Admiralty Jurisdiction, which was appointed by an Order of His late Majesty, in Council, dated the 9th of December, 1833, to be held at Canton, in the Dominions of the Emperor of China, or on board any British Ship, or Vessel, in the Port or Harbour of Canton, shall henceforth be holden in the Island of Hong-Kong, and have Jurisdiction for the trial of Offences committed by Iler Majesty's Subjects, within the said Island, and within the Dominions of the Emperor of China, and the Ports and Havens thereof, and on the High Seas within one Hundred Miles of the Coast of China.

I am, with great truth and regard,

SIR,

Your most obedient humble Servant,

(Signed) ABERDEEN. SIR HENRY POTTINGER, BART, G.C.B.,

&c., &c. &c. RICHARD WOOSNAM.

(True Copy)

AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR, THE 4TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1843,—PRESENT, THE

QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, by an Act of Parliament, made

and passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the third and fourth years of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled « An "Act to regulate the Trade to China and India,”! it was, amongst other things, enacted, that it should and might be lawful for Iis said Majesty, by any such Order or Orders as to His said Majesty in Council should appear expedient and salutary, to create a Court of Justice, with Criminal and Admi-- ralty Jurisdiction, for the trial of offences commit- ted by His said Majesty's Subjects within the Dominions of the Emperor of China and the Ports and Havens thereof, and on the High Seas within One Hundred Miles of the said Coast of China; and to appoint one of the Superintendents, in the said Act mentioned, to be the Officer to hold such ourt, and other Officers for executing the process thereof:

or Harbour of Canton; and that the said Court

should be holden by the Chief Superintendent, for the time being, appointed, or to be appointed, by His said late Majesty, under and in pursuance of the said Act of Parliament:

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And whereas it is expedient, that the said Court of Justice should henceforth be holden in the Island of Hong-Kong; now, therefore, in further pursu- auce of the said Act, and of the powers thereby in Her Majesty in Council in that behalf vested. and of all other powers to Her Majesty belonging or in any wise appertaining, it is hereby ordered by Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, that the said Court shall henceforth be holden in the Island of Hong-Kong; and that the same shall have, and exercise jurisdiction for the trial of offences committed by Her Majesty's Subjects within the said Island and within the Dominions of the Emperor of China. and the Ports and Havens thereof, and on the High Seas within one hundred miles of the Coast of China: and it is hereby further ordered, that the said Court shall be holden by the Chief Superintendent, for the time being, appointed, or to be appointed, by Her Majesty, under, and in pursuance of the said Act:

And Her Majesty, by, and with the advice of Her said Council, doth hereby confirm in all other respects the said Order of His said late Majesty in Council, dated the ninth December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

And the Right Honourable, the Earl of Aberdeen, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

C. C. GREVILLE. RICHARD WOOSNAM.

(True Copy)

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Wr reference to the preceding PRO- CLAMATION, under date the 1st instant, the following Copy of the Order in Council, by His late Majesty, King William the IVth, under date the 9th of January 1833, is published for General Information.

By order,

RICHARD WOOSNAM,

Government House, Hong-Kong, 3rd June, 1843,

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