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PORT, CONSULAR, CUSTOMS, AND HARBOUR REGULATIONS, &c.

XVIII-A printed copy of these regulations, local and general, shall be affixed and at all times kept exhibited conspicuously in the public offices of H. B. M. Consul at Tientsin and Vice-Consul at Taku, and no penalty shall be enforced for any offence against any of the said regulations until the said regulations have been so affixed and kept exhibited during a period of one month. Printed copies of these regulations shall moreover be provided and sold at H. B. M. Consulate at Tientsin at $1 per copy. XIX.-Her Majesty's Minister may at any time hereafter repeal or alter any or all of the local land regulations and general regulations now made, should it at any time seem to him expedient or necessary so to do.

CHEFOO.

NOTIFICATION.

The following regulations for the port of Chefoo (Yentai) having been sanctioned by Thomas Francis Wade, Esquire, Her Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affairs at Peking, are published for general information.

H. B. M. CONSULATE, CHEFOO,

10th July, 1865.

W. H. LAY,

H. B. M. Vice-Consul.

CONSULAR REGULATIONS FOR THE PORT OF CHEFOO.

(YENTAI.)

I. The limits of the Port of Chefoo (Yentai) in the district of Tangchow-foo are within a line drawn from the eastern end of the peninsular called Che-foo-taow to the northern and eastern extremities of the Kungtung Islands and from thence due south to the mainland.

II.-Every master of a vessel shall deposit his ship's papers together with a manifest of her cargo at the Vice-Consulate within forty-eight hours of arrival, unless a Sunday or holiday should intervene. Masters not conforming to this regulation will render themselves liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.

III-Every British vessel must show her colors on entering the port, and keep them hoisted until she shall have been reported at the Vice-Consulate, and her papers leposited there. Masters not conforming to this regulation will render themselves tiable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offence.

IV.-All British vessels must moor with 35 fathoms on each chain N.E. and S.W. within 48 hours of the time of their entering the harbour. Masters not conform- ing to this regulation will be subjected to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.

V.-Should any vessel or boat the property of a British subject hoist any colors usually shewn or carried by Her Majesty's ships, or any pennant or any distinctive national colors except the British Ensign and the pilot flag (Union Jack, with a white border, of one fifth the breadth of the Jack) the master or owner shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.

VI. Should any vessel the property of a British subject, but not provided with a certificate of registry, hoist the British ensign within the anchorage, or should she exhibit within such limits any flag so similar to the British ensign as not to be dis- tinguishable from it, the master of such vessel will be liable for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.

VII. Serious riots having been frequently created at this place on Sundays in consequence of large parties of seamen from various vessels landing and congregating together; from this date, no scamen belonging to British vessels will be allowed to land on Sunday, unless in charge of one of the ship's officers, captain or mate. Penalty for breach of this regulation $50. The master shall besides be called on to make good any damage committed by his men who are on leave in contravention of this regulation.

VIII.-Masters of vessels will be held accountable for the conduct of their crews on shore. Should any seaman absent himself without permission, the master shall forth-

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