RECEIVED
Incl: in Despatch No: 33 $1
1844
!
Proclamation.
Whereas by a certain Act of Parliament passed in the sixth year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the fourth, intituled "An Act for punishing Offences committed by Transports kept to labour in the Colonies, and better regulating the powers of Justices of the Peace in New South Wales", it is, amongst other things, enacted, "That it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, by any Order or Orders to be by him from time to time for that purpose issued, with the advice of His Privy Council, to appoint, or by any such Order or Orders in Council to authorize the Governors, Lieutenant-Governors, or other persons for the time being administering The Government of any of His Majesty's Foreign Possessions, Colonies, or Plantations, to appoint the place or places within His Majesty's dominions to which any offender convicted in any such Foreign Possessions, Colonies, or Plantations, and being under sentence or order of transportation, shall be sent or transported;" and that "all such persons shall, within the place or places to which, in pursuance of any such Order or Orders in Council, they shall or may be so sent or transported, be subject and liable to all such and the same laws, rules and regulations as are or shall be in force in any such place or places with respect to Convicts transported from Great Britain." And whereas Her Majesty, by an Order by Her issued, by the advice of Her Privy Council, on the 22nd day of May, 1840, in pursuance of the said Act of Parliament, and in exercise of the powers thereby in Her in that behalf vested, did Order that the Governors, Lieutenant-Governors, or other persons for the time being administering the Government of any of Her Majesty's Foreign Possessions, Colonies or Plantations, shall, by proclamations to be by them respectively for that purpose issued, appoint the place or places within Her Majesty's dominions to which any offender convicted in any such Foreign Possessions, Colonies, or Plantations, and being under sentence or order of transportation, shall be sent or transported, provided that neither the Colony of Bermuda nor any of Her Majesty's Colonies in New Holland or in the Southern Ocean be so appointed for that purpose other than the island of Van Diemen's Land and Norfolk island, and the islands adjacent to and comprised within the Government of Van Diemen's Land.
Now therefore, I, John FRANCIS DAVIS, Esquire, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong, and its dependencies, in pursuance of the said Order in Council and Act of Parliament respectively, and in exercise of the powers thereby respectively in me as such Governor as aforesaid, vested, do appoint that any offenders convicted in the said Colony, and being under sentence, or order of transportation, shall be sent by the first convenient opportunity to Van Diemen's Land or Norfolk Island.
JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS.
Governor &c. &c. &c.
By Order,
FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE, Col. Sec.
Government House, Victoria,
Hongkong, 22nd June, 1844.
350
RECEIVED
Incl: in Despatch No: 33 $1
1844
!
Proclamation.
Whereas by a certain Act of Parliament passs ed in the sixth year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the fourth, intituled "An Act for punishing Offences comunitted by Trans- ports kept to labour in the Colonies, and bettre regulating the powers of Justices of the Peace in New South Wales", it is, amongst other things, enacted, "That it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, by any Order or Orders to be by him from time to time for that purpose issued. with the advice of His Privy Council, to appoint, or by any such Order or Orders in Council to authorize the Governors. Lieutenant-Governors, or other persons for the time being administering The Government of any of His Majesty's Foreigu Possessions, Colonies, or Plantations, to appoina the place or places within His Majesty's domini- ons to which any offender convicted in any such Foreign Possessions, Colonies, or Plantations, and being under sentence or order of transporta» tion, shall be sent or transported ;" and that "all such persons shall, within the place or places
to which, in pursuance of any such Opler of Orders in Council, they shall or may be so sent or transported, be subject and liable to all such and the same laws, rules and regulations as are or shall be in force in any such place or places with respect to Convicts transported from Great Britain," And whereas Her Majesty.
by an Order by Her issued, by the advice of Her Privy Council, on the 22nd day of May, 1840, in pur- suance of the said Act of Parliament, and in exercise of the powers thereby in Her in thas behalf vested, did Order that the Governors, Lieutenant-Governors, or other persous for the time being administering the Government of any of Her Majesty's Foreign Possessions, Colonies or Plantations, shall, by proclamations to be by them respectively for that purpose issued, appoint the place or places within Her Majesty's domini- ons to which any offender convicted in any such Foreign Possessions, Colonies, or Plantations, and being under sentence or order of transporta- tion, shall be sent or transported, provided that neither the Colony of Bermuda nor any of Her Majesty's Colonies in New Holland or in the Southern Ocean be so appointed for that purpose other than the island of Van Diemen's Land and Norfolk island, und the islands adjacent to and of Van comprised within the Government Diemen's Land. Now therefore, I, Joux FRANCIS DAVIS, Esquire, Governor and Commander-in- Chief of the Colony of Hongkong, and its depen dencies, in pursuance of the said Order in Coun cil and Act of Parliament respectively, and in exercise of the powers thereby respectively in me as such Governor as aforesaid, vested, do appoint that any offenders convicted in the said Colony, and being under sentence, or order of transpor- tation, shall be sent by the first convenient oppor tunity to Van Diemen's Land or Norfolk Island.
JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS.
Governor &c. &c. &a.
By Order,
FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE, Cul, Sec.
Government House, Victoria,
Hongkong, 22nd June, 1844.
350
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