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An Ordinance for Her Majesty's Subjects within the Dominions of the Emperor of China, or within any Ship or Vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred Miles from the Coast of China.
ANNO SEXTO ET SEPTIMO
VICTORIE REGINÆ.
BY
No. 4 of 1844.
Y His Excellency Sir HENRY POTTINGER, Baronet, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Major General in the Service of the East India Company, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Hongkong, and its Dependencies, and Superintendent of the Trade of Her Majesty's Subjects in China, with the advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
A Ordinance to restrain Her Majesty's Subjects from trading in the Empire of Chinn, to the Northward of the 32nd degree of North Latitude.
WHEREAS, to secure the due observance of the treaties between the Empires
[20th March, 1844] of Great Britain and China, it is expedient to confine the trade of Her Majesty's Subjects to the limits included by the Give Ports of China, provided by the said Treaties for the same.
Title.
Preamble.
Trade to the
of
1--Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, and Superintendent of the trade of Her Majesty s Subjects in China, with the advice Northward of the of the Legislative Council of Hongkong, that all trade whatsoever by Her Majesty's 2nd degree. Subjects io, to, or from any part of the Coast of China to the Northward of the 32nd North Latitude to degree of North Latitude, shall be, and is hereby declared to be unlawful.
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be unlawful.
Fitting out vessels
Guaranteeing
2.-And be it enacted, if anySubject of Her Majesty within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or within any ship or vessel at a distance of not more than from forbidden Imit one hundred miles from the Coast of China, shall export, or carry, or contract for exporting, or carrying, or shall ship or embark, or contract for shipping and embarking, from, to, or in the limits aforesaid, any treasure goods or merchandize whatsoever, or shall fit out man navigate equip despatch use employ let or take to freight or on hire any vessel, or so contract in order to embark in the trade for unlawful trade. hereby declared unlawful, or shall knowingly and wifully lend and advance or become security for, or contract for the lending or becoming security for, the loan to be employed in Lending money of money or effects, employed or to be employed in such trade as aforesaid, or unlawful trade. shall knowingly and wilfully become guarantee and security for, or contract for guaranteeing any agent employed, or to be employed in conducting such trade as Agents. aforesaid, or in any other manner engage or contract to engage, directly or
Engaging in any indirectly therein, as a partner agent or otherwise, or shall knowingly and manner in unlawful wilfully ship tranship lade receive or put on board, or contract for shipping, goods Shipping goods &c.
trade. money or effects to be employed in such trade as aforesaid, or shall take the charge of, or command or navigate, or enter or embark on board of any vessel, or contract to do so, as Captain, Master, Mate, Surgeon, or Supercargo, knowing that the vessel is employed, or intended to be employed, in such unlawful trade as aforesaid, or shall knowingly and wilfully insure or contract for the insuring of any property or effects whatsoever, employed or intended to be employed in such trade as aforesaid, then and in every such case the persons so, offending shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and in default of payment of such penalty shall be liable to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years.
Navigating ship.
Insuring ship.
Penalties for above offence.
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