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this Colony; and should the Harbour Master have reason to suppose, ether in consequence of the outgoing Crew being of fewer Number than the Crew which arrived, or from any other cause, that there are Persons concealed on board such Ship, he shall cause a search of her to be made, and any Captain in whose Ship Persous shall be found con- cealed, or who shall wilfully obstruct or refuse to assist the Harbour Master in the Discharge of the Duties imposed upon him by this Ordi- nance, shall be liable upon Conviction before any Magistrate to a Fine not exceeding Forty Pounds Sterling, and to Imprisonment until such Fine be paid.

XVI. That any Person who shall Forge or Alter any Ticket, Certi- ficate, Document, and matter or thing named in this Ordinance, shall Months with Hard Labour; and be liable to be Imprisoned for any Seaman or other Person who shall give a False Description of his Services, or shew, or make, or procure to be made, any False Character, or shall make false Statements as to the Name of the last Ship in which he served, or as to any other Information which may be required of him, by or on behalf of any Person wishing to engage him, or by any Person having lawful Authority to demand such Information, shall be Irable to a Penalty of

XVII. That where no other Mode has been provided, all Pecu- niary Fines under this Ordinance shall be recoverable before any one Magistrate on Summary Proceeding, and if such Fine be not paid, the Amount thereof, with Costs, if any, shall be levied on the Offender's Goods and Chattels; or if the Offenders fail to point out sufficient Goods and Chattels whereon to levy, such Offender may be Impri- soned for a Term not exceeding

Months, and the Magistrate before whom the Case may be heard, may award that the whole or any part of Fine may be awarded as a Compensation for Injuries received by any Person on the Premises, or as a Reward to any Person who may have been active in the Apprehension of the Offender.

XVIII. That any Infringement of the Provisions of this Ordinance not provided by any Special Penalty, shall subject the Offender to a Penalty not exceeding

Pounds Sterling, and that no convic-

tion under this Ordinance shall be quashed for want of Form, or be removed by certiorari into the Supreme Court, and no Warrant of Committal shall be held void by reason of any Defect therein, so that there be a good aud valid Conviction to sustain the same.

Copy to Good que tro 732.

Anound 12 Nov /or

Aug: 28.

10.021. Hong Hong Foreign Office

RECEIVED

NOV. 5 1852

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hovember 3.1852.

I am directed by the Earl of Malmesburg

to transmit to gau berewith, to be laid

Lir John Pakington

"Lefore Secretary

Letter from Copy of a

a

the Rupiar Insistor

at this Court with the Papers which

accompanied it, complaining of the

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proceedings of a topel called the martha belonging, to Hong Kong, which it is alleged communicated illegally with the Russian Papesions in America and which is stated moreover to be

suspected fleing engaged in pratical

Perivale Expre

pursuits.