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38.9

No. 87.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Orders by The GoVERNOR in Council are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th July, 1868.

ORDERS

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Made by His Excellency Governor SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B. in Council, this 7th Day of July, 1868.

Whereas an Ordinance was on the 22nd of May last enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to enable the Governor to co-operate with the Chinese Authorities for the Suppression of Piracy; And Whereas it was by the same Ordinance enacted that it should be lawful for the Governor in Council from Time to Time to frame such Orders to be enforced by such Fines and Penalties as the Governor in Council should deem expedient, including Forfeiture of Vessel, for preventing all or any description of Fishing Vessels, and Trading Junks from carrying Arms or Munitions of War including Stink Pots; And Whereas it was by the same Ordinance enacted that such Ordinance should commence and take effect on such Day as should hereafter be fixed by Proclamation under the Hand of the Governor; And Whereas on the 13th Day of June, now last past, Sin RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Governor of the Colony of Hongkong, in pursuance of the said Ordinance and by virtue of the authority in him vested, did thereby under his Hand Proclaim that the said Ordinance should commence and take effect on the First Day of July then next ensuing;

Now therefore, in accordance with the Provisions hereinbefore recited, and by virtue thereof, it is ordered by the Governor in Council, as follows:

1. No Fishing Vessel or Trading Junk shall, from and after the Nineteenth Day of the present Month of July, carry the Missile ordinarily called and known as a Stink l'or.

2. No Fishing Vessel shall from and after the Day last aforesaid carry any Arms or Munitions of War whatsoever.

3. Every Fishing Vessel found within the Jurisdiction of this Colony carrying Arms or Munitions of War, including Stink Pots, and every Trading Junk found within the like Jurisdiction carrying Stink Pots, shall, together with her tackle, apparel and furniture, be forfeited to the use of Her Majesty The QUEEN.

4. The Licensed Owner of any Fishing Vessel or the Master thereof, which term for the purpose of this Ordinance shall include any Person for the time being in command or charge of the same, shall for every breach of Orders No. 1 and No. 2 forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, and shall be liable to Imprisonment, with or without Hard Labor, for any Period not exceeding Three Months; and every Scainan on board of such Vessel shall for every such breach forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Five Dollars, and shall be liable to Imprisonment, with or without Hard Labor, for any Period not exceeding Two Weeks.

5. The Licensed Owner of any Trading Junk or the Master thereof, which term for the purpose of this Ordinance shall include any Person for the time being in command or charge of the saine, shall for every breach of Order No. 1 forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding Two hundred Dollars, and shall be liable to Imprisonment, with or without Hard Labor, for any Period not exceeding Six Months; and every Seamalt on board of such Junk shall for every such breach forfeit and pay any Sum noexceeding Ten Dollars, and shall be liable to Imprisonment, with or without Hard Labor, for any Period not "Neceding One Month.

L. D'ALMADA ¤ CASTRO,.

Clerk of Councils.

Approved in Council,

RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Governor,