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the said Dominions and to impose Penalties, Forfeitures,

M

ar

said

Imprisonments for the breach

be

any

such Directions

Regulations to enforc in such manner as in the

Order or Orders should be specified.

Now therefore Her Majesty in Council is pleased by and with the advice of Her Privy Council to prohibit and doth hereby prohibit Her Subject from resorting for the purposes of Trade and Commerce to Ports in the Dominions of the Emperor of China other than those of Canton, Amoy, Foo-chow-foo, Ningpo, Shanghal

or other than

and

may

be

any

other

the occupation of Her Majesty's Forces,

Her Majesty is pleased to Order that any of Her Subjects committing a Breach or violation of this Direction

shall upon conviction thereof in any of Her Majesty's Court of Record or Vice Admiralty be for every such offence liable to a penalty not exceeding One hundred pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months at the discretion of the Court before which the Conviction shall take place; And Her Majesty is hereby further pleased to Order that all proceedings which,

may be had under this Order shall be as far as circumstances will permit in conformity with the Law of England.

And the Right Honorable the Earl of Aberdeen and

the

the Right Honorable Lord Stanley, Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State: the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury; and the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain.

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