Enclosure in Governor Sir Alpennedy's despatch
No 73 of 8th April 187?
Kiungchow, Hainan, has been formally opened to British Trade on and after the 1st April 1876.
I beg to annex a copy of the Consular Notification with its enclosures (for local publication in the Hongkong Government Gazette).
I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,
U.B.
No. 69.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,
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The following Notification from Sir BROOKE ROBERTSON, C.B., Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, Canton, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th April, 1876.
CONSULAR NOTIFICATION.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
The undersigned hereby notifies that, in accordance with the Eleventh Article of the Treaty of Tientsin, the Port of Kiungchow, in the Island of Hainan, is opened to British Trade on and after the date hereof.
Annexed is a copy of Notification from Her Majesty's Minister in China, by which, the Island of Hainan is included within the Consular District of Canton, and the jurisdiction of Her Majesty's Vice-Consul therein defined; and also a copy of the Custom House Regulations under which Foreign Trade will, for the present, be conducted.
(Signed,) B. ROBERTSON,
Kiungchow in Hainan, 1st April, 1876.
True Copy,
Annex No. 1.
(Copy.)
COLIN M. FORD, Consul.
By virtue of the Authority vested in me as Her Majesty's Minister at Peking, I have included the Island of Hainan, situated on the coast of China, in the dominions of the Emperor of China, within the Consular District of Canton, whereof Sir DANIEL BROOKE ROBERTSON, Knight, C.B., is Her Majesty's Consul, and whereas it is expedient to appoint a person to act temporarily as and for the said Sir DANIEL BROOKE ROBERTSON, C.B., within the said Island of Hainan, now a portion of the Consular District of Canton, I do therefore approve Mr. ROBERT JAMES FORREST to act as Vice-Consul within the said Island, and I authorize him within the same to hold and form a Court and to exercise all the power and authority which a person so acting temporarily may exercise under the 25th Section of the China and Japan Order in Council, 1865.
THOMAS FRANCIS WADE.
Annex No. 2. (Copy)
(Signed,)
PROVISIONAL CUSTOM HOUSE AND HARBOUR REGULATION FOR KIUNGCHOW.
I. Masters must deposit their Ship's Papers and Manifest with their Consul (if they have no Consul, with the Customs, or with the Consul of some other Nation) within 48 hours after entering the Port.
II. The Import Manifest must contain a true Account of the nature of the Cargo on board, and must be handed to the Customs before any application to break bulk can be attended to.
Ship's Papers. Import Manifest.III. The Import Manifest having been received, and the Ship's Papers duly lodged with the Consul Applications to land or the Customs, Permits to land goods will be granted on the receipt of applications specifying the number of packages, with their marks, weight, quantity and such like particulars.
IV. Before shipment of goods, Permits to ship must in like manner be obtained.
Applications to ship Cargo.V. Cargo for which a Permit has been issued, but which cannot be received on board, must be brought to the Custom House jetty for examination before being relanded.
Exclusion of Cargo.VI. When a vessel has received on board the whole of her outward cargo, the Customs must be furnished with an Export Manifest.
Export Manifest.Enclosure in Governor Sir Alpennedy's surpatet
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No. 69.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,
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6463
The following Notification from Sir BROOKE ROBERTSON, C.B., Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, Canton, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th April, 1876.
CONSULAR NOTIFICATION.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
The undersigned hereby notifies that, in accordance with the Eleventh Article of the Treaty of Tientsin, the Port of Kiungchow, in the Island of Hainan, is opened to British Trade on and after the date hereof.
Annexed is a copy of Notification from Her Majesty's Minister in China, by which, the Island of Hainan is included within the Consular District of Canton, and the jurisdiction of Her Majesty's Vice- Consul therein defined; and also a copy of the Custom House Regulations under which Foreign Trade will, for the present, be conducted.
(Signed,) B. BOBERTSON,
Kiungehow in Hainan, 1st April, 1876.
True Copy,
Annex No. 1.
(Copy.)
COLIN M. FORD.
Consul.
By virtue of the Authority vested in me as Her Majesty's Minister at Peking, I have included the Island of Hainan, situated on the coast of China, in the dominions of the Emperor of China, within the Consular District of Canton, whereof Sir DANIEL BROOKE ROBERTSON, Knight, C.B., is Her Majesty's Consul, and whereas it is expedient to appoint a person to act temporarily as and for the said Sir DANIEL BROOKE ROBERTSON, C.B., within the said Island of Hainan, now a portion of the Consular District of Canton, I do therefore approve Mr. ROBERT JAMES FORREST to act as Vice-Consul within the said Island, and I authorize him within the same to hold and form a Court and to exercise all the power and authority which a person so acting temporarily may exercise under the 25th Section of the China and Japan Order in Council, 1865.
THOMAS FRANCIS WADE.
Annex No. 2. (Copy)
(Signed,)
PROVISIONAL CUSTOM HOUSE AND HARBOUR REGULATION FOR KIUNGCHOW.
I. Masters must deposit their Ship's Papers and Manifest with their Consul (if they have no Consul, with the Customs, or with the Consul of some other Nation) within 48 hours after entering the Port.
II. The Import Manifest must contain a true Account of the nature of the Cargo on board, and wust be handed to the Customs before any application to break bulk can be attended to.
Ship's Papers.
Import Manifest.
III. The Import Manifest laving been received, and the Ship's Papers duly lodged with the Consul Applications to land or the Customs, Permits to land goods will be granted on the receipt of applications specifying the number Cargo,
of packages, with their marks, weight, quantity and such like particulars.
IV. Before shipment of goods, Permits to ship must in like manner be obtained.
Applications to ship Cargo.
V. Cargo for which a Permit has been issued, but which cannot be received on board, must be Exelusion of Cargo. brought to the Custom House jetty for examination before being relanded.
VI. When a vessel has received on board the whole of her outward cargo, the Customs must be furnished with an Export Manifest.
Export Manifest.
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