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and to inform Your Lordship that on the 9th instant
I caused a Gazette Ex.
to be issued,
traordinary publishing the enclosed Proclamation.
Enaly 9th angt
18/
I have the honour to be,
My Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's
Most Obedient Humble Servant,
Wiliam Robinson
No. 7.
S.]
WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Governor.
PROCLAMATION.
Rec
16340
(PL 15 SEP 04)
By His Excellency Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas the Most Honourable The MARQUESS OF RIPON, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies has communicated to the Government of this Colony, Her Majesty's Commands, that the Rules contained in the following Letter from the Right Honourable The EARL OF KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, for the Maintenance of Neutrality during the State of War existing between His Imperial Majesty The Emperor of China, and His Imperial Majesty The Emperor of Japan, shall be published and enforced throughout this Colony:
Now, therefore, in obedience to such Instructions as aforesaid, the said Letter of the Right Honourable The EARL OF KIMBERLEY is hereby published for general information; and it is hereby declared, that the Rules therein contained are to be obeyed by all Persons within this Colony, and that Obedience thereto will be strictly enforced.
By His Excellency's Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 9th day of August, 1894.
MY LORDS,
(The Earl of Kimberley to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.)
FOREIGN OFFICE, 7th August, 1894.
Her Majesty being fully determined to observe the duties of neutrality during the existing state of war between the Emperor of China and the Emperor of Japan, and being moreover resolved to prevent, as far as possible, the use of Her Majesty's harbours, ports, and coasts, and the waters within Her Majesty's territorial jurisdiction, in aid of the warlike purposes of either belligerent, has commanded me to communicate to your Lordships, for your guidance, the following rules, which are to be treated and enforced as Her Majesty's orders and directions :--
Her Majesty is pleased further to command that these rules shall be put in force in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands, on and after the 12th of August instant, and in Her Majesty's territories and possessions beyond the seas, six days after the day when the Governor, or other chief authority of each of such territories or possessions respectively, shall have notified and published the same; stating in such Notification that the said rules are to be obeyed by all persons within the same territories and possessions.
1. During the continuance of the present state of war, all ships of war of either belligerent are prohibited from making use of any port or roadstead in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, or the Channel Islands, or in any of Her Majesty's Colonies or foreign possessions or dependencies, or of any waters subject to the territorial jurisdiction of the British Crown, as a station, or place of resort, for any warlike purpose, or for the purpose of obtaining any facilities of warlike equipment; and no ship of war of either belligerent shall hereafter be permitted to sail out of or leave any port, roadstead, or waters subject to British jurisdiction, from which any vessel of the other belligerent (whether the same shall be a ship of war or a merchant ship) shall have previously departed, until after the expiration of, at least, twenty-four hours from the departure of such last-mentioned vessel beyond the territorial jurisdiction of Her Majesty.
2. If any ship of war of either belligerent shall, after the time when this Order shall be first notified and put in force in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands, and in the Several Colonies and foreign possessions and dependencies of Her Majesty respectively, enter any port, roadstead, or waters belonging to Her Majesty, either in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, or the Islands, or in any of Her Majesty's Colonies or foreign possessions or dependencies, such vessel shall be required to depart and to put to sea within twenty-four hours after her entrance into such port, roadstead, or waters, except in case of stress of weather, or of her requiring provisions or things necessary for the subsistence of her crew, or repairs; in either of which cases the authorities of the port, or of the nearest port (as the case may be), shall require her to put to sea as soon as possible after
Enclosure 2
C. O.
686
a
enclosed Enel: 1.
• transcript is
and to inform Your Lord-
ship that on the 9th instant
I caused a
Gazette Ex.
to be issued,
traordinary publishing the enclosed Proclamation.
Enaly 9thangt
18/
I have the honour to be,
My Lord Marquess, Your Lordships
in's Most Obedient Humble Servant,
Wiliam Robinigy
No. 7.
S.]
WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Governor.
PROCLAMATION.
Rec
16340
(PL 15 SEP 04)
By His Excellency Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas the Most Honourable The MARQUESS OF RIPON, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonics has communicated to the Government of this Colony, Her Majesty's Commands, that the Rules contained in the following Letter from the Right Honourable The EARL OF KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, for the Maintenance of Neutrality during the State of War existing between His Imperial Majesty The Emperor of China, and His Imperial Majesty The Emperor of Japan, shall be published and enforced throughout this Colony:
Now, therefore, in obedience to such Instructions as aforesaid, the said Letter of the Right Honourable The EARL OF KIMBERLEY is hereby published for general information; and it is hereby declared, that the Rules therein contained are to be obeyed by all Persons within this Colony, and that Obedience thereto will be strictly enforced.
By His Excellency's Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 9th day of August, 1894.
MY LORDS,
(The Earl of Kimberley to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.)
FOREIGN OFFICE, 7th August, 1894.
Her Majesty being fully determined to observe the duties of neutrality during the existing state of war between the Emperor of China and the Emperor of Japan, and being moreover resolved to prevent, as far as possible, the use of Her Majesty's harbours, ports, and coasts, and the waters within Her Majesty's territorial jurisdiction, in aid of the warlike purposes of either belligerent, has com- manded me to communicate to your Lordships, for your guidance, the following rules, which are to be treated and enforced as Her Majesty's orders and directions :--
Her Majesty is pleased further to command that these rules shall be put in force in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands, on and after the 12th of August instant, and in Her Majesty's territories and possessions beyond the seas, six days after the day when the Governor, or other chief authority of each of such territories or possessions respectively, shall have notified and published the same; stating in such Notification that the said rules are to be obeyed by all persons within the same territories and possessions.
1. During the continuance of the present state of war, all ships of war of either belligerent are prohibited from making use of any port or roadstead in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, or the Channel Islands, or in any of Her Majesty's Colonies or foreign possessions or dependencies. or of any waters subject to the territorial jurisdiction of the British Crown, as a station, or place of resort, for any warlike purpose, or for the purpose of obtaining any facilities of warlike equipment; and no ship of war of either belligerent shall hereafter be permitted to sail out of or leave any port, roadstead, or waters subject to British jurisdiction, from which any vessel of the other belligerent (whether the same shall be a ship of war or a merchant ship) shall have previously departed, until after the expiration of, at least, twenty-four hours from the departure of such last-mentioned vessel beyond the territorial jurisdiction of Her Majesty.
2. If any ship of war of either belligerent shall, after the time when this Order shall be first notified and put in force in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands, and in the Several Colonies and foreign possessions and dependencies of Her Majesty respectively, enter any port, adstead, or waters belonging to Her Majesty, either in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, or the Islands, or in any of Her Majesty's Colonies or foreign possessions or dependencies, such vessel all be required to depart and to put to sea within twenty-four hours after her entrance into such port, roadstead, or waters, except in case of stress of weather, or of her requiring provisions or things ecessary for the subsistence of her crew, or repairs; in either of which cases the authorities of the port, or of the nearest port (as the case may be), shall require her to put to sea as soon as possible after
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