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Person bound thereby, to be returned to the Party or Parties from whom the same may have been levied, at such Time and on such Conditions as the said Superintendent of Trade muay think fit and reasonable.

Passed the Legislative Council on

the 28th day of February, 1844.

HENRY POTTINGER, Superintendent of Trade, &c. &c. &c.

RICHARD BURGASS,

Clerk of the Legislative Council.

THE SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS ORDINANCE REFERS,

KNOW all Men by these Presents, that

Master of the Vessel the

of

and we

British Merchants resident at

are held and firmly bound unto Her most Gracious Majesty Victoria, by the Grace of God of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, in the full Sum of One Thousand lawful current Dollars of the Currency of the Colony of Hongkong, to be paid to fler said Majesty, Her Heirs, and Successors, for which Payment, to be well and truly made, we bind ourselves, and each of us for him- self, in the whole, our and every of our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, firmly by these presents, Sealed with our Seals, this day of

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WHEREAS the within bound

have agreed to execute this obligation as Sureties for the within bound

now the condition of this obligation is such, that if the within named

Master of the Vessel the aforesaid, do not within one Year from the

date hereof, unlawfully discharge or leave behind any of the Crew of the said Vessel the in the Dominions of the Emperor of China, or within 100 Miles of the Coast of China, and also, within the space of one Year aforesaid, within the limits aforesaid, do not refuse to receive on board the said such distressed Seamen as may be Vessel the sent on board thereof, for conveyance to Hongkong or to Great Britain, by any of Her Majesty's Consuls in China, and if no person formerly a Seaman of the said Vessel, or no subject of Her Majesty, conveyed in the said Vessel the to the Dominions of the Emperor of China, shall, within three calender months from having been such Seaman, or from having been so conveyed, be found destitute or requiring public relief in the said domi- nions, and also if the within obligors shall forthwith discharge all or any sums of money which may be awarded by way of satisfaction, (in the manner provided by the Ordinance in pursuance of which this bond is entered into,) to any person or persons by any competent Tribunal, for any injury sustained within one year from the date hereof, from the Crew of the said Vessel the

or any one or more of them. Then this obligation shall be void and of no effect, but otherwise shall remain in full force and virtue.

Signed, Sealed, and Delivered,

at

in the presence of

HONKONG:

L. S.

PRINTED BY AUTHORITY, AT THE OFFICE OF THE CHINA MAIL.

Fibb

Financial

1845.

Copyt's Freasury 27

SEP 24 1846

My Lord,

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Ketonia Houghing,

27th May, 1845.

In replying to Your Lordship's

despatch N 77 of 6th Abruar, forwarding queries from the Audit Board as to the Colonial Treasurer's Accounts of 30 June,

I confine myself to the four points

1844.

affecting

Query

as Governor

my a responsibility 12 - The authority for In Moran's

salary in full from the date

Embarkation . ?

J

Mercer's

This is contained in despatch

429. of March 6. 1844 from the Colonial

Officer

Query 13 - The authority for issue of salary to the Res = M : Stantow from June 15t

The Right Honorable

The Lord Hanley,

Ve

Je

1843.

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