or vessel provided with sailing-letters from the Governor of the Colony of Hong- kong, or from the Chief Superintendent of Trade; and that the term crew" shall be taken and held to include all persons employed in navigating any ship or vessel which may be proceeded against for a breach of the provisions of the present Order. III. And it is further ordered, That the Chief Superinten- Power granted to Chief Superintendent dent, or Consul in the port, place, or district in which he may and Consuls to enforce reside, shall have full power and authority to carry into effect, Treaties, and to es- and to enforce by fine or imprisonment, as hereinafter provided, tablish Rules and the observance of the stipulations of treaties now existing or Regulations.
which may hereafter be made between Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, and the Emperor of China, his heirs and successors, and to make, and enforce by fine or imprisonment, rules and regulations for the observance of the stipulations of such treaties, and for the peace, order, and good government of Her Majesty's subjects being within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or being within any British ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the coast of China, and to enforce in like manner such rules and regulations as have heretofore been made and continue unrepealed at the time of the passing of the present Order.
Rules and Regula- tions to be affixed and exhibited in the Office of the Chief Superin-
tendent or Consul.
IV. And it is further ordered, That all rules and regula | tions heretofore made and continuing unrepealed, or to be here- after made by the Chief Superintendent or Consul, as afore- said, shall forthwith be printed, and a copy of the same be affixed and kept affixed and exhibited in some conspicuous place in the public office of the said Chief Superintendent or Consul; and printed copies of the said rules and regulations shall be provided by the said Chief Superintendent or Consul, and sold at a price not exceeding one dollar for each copy, and for the pur- pose of convicting any person offending against the said rules and regulations, and for all other purposes of law whatsoever, a printed copy of the said rules and regu- lations, certified under the hand of the said Chief Superintendent or Consul to be a true copy thereof, shall be taken as conclusive evidence of such rules and regula- tions; and no penalty shall be incurred, or shall be enforced, for the breach of any such rules or regulations to be hereafter made, until the same shall have been so affixed and exhibited for one calendar month in the public office of the Consular dis trict within which the breach of such rules or regulations shall be alleged to have been committed. Provided always, that no rules or regulations to be hereafter made by ary of Her Majesty's Consuls, and to be enforced by a penalty, shall take effect until it has been submitted to, and approved by, the Chief Superintendent, and has thereupon been printed, and a copy of the same has been affixed and exhibited as aforesaid for one calendar month in the public office of the Consular district.
Proceedings for en- forcement of Treaties and of Rules and Re- gulations for the ob- servance thereof.
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V. And it is further ordered, That it shall be lawful for the Chief Superintendent or Consul as aforesaid, upon informa- tion, or upon the complaint of any party, that a British subject has violated any of the stipulations of treaties between Her Majesty and the Emperor of China, or has disregarded or in- fringed any of the rules and regulations for the observance of the stipulations of such treaties, affixed and exhibited according to the provisions of the next preceding article of this present Order, to summon before him the accused party, and to receive evidence and examine witnesses as to the guilt or innocence of such party in regard to the offence laid to his charge; and to award such penalty of fine or imprisonment to any party convicted of an offence against the said treaties or the said rules and regu- lations, as may be specified in the said treaties or in the said rules and regulations; and any charge against a British subject for a breach of treaties, or for a breach of
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