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

Any infringement of regulations VII., VIII., IX., X., XI., XII., shall be punished by fine not exceeding one bundred dollars ($100), and imprisonment not exceeding three months, or either.

XIII.-Every British subject residing within the limits of the port, who shall not have been already enrolled in the Consular Register, shall, upon the promulgation of these regulations, apply at the Consulate to be enrolled. And every British subject who may arrive within the limits of the port, save and except any British subject who may be borne on the muster roll of any British vessel, shall apply at the Consulate to be enrolled in the Register. Any British subject neglecting to be so enrolled in the Consular Register, will not be entitled to be recognized or protected in any difficulties or suits whatever in which he may have been involved, within the dominions of the Emperor of China, unless he can give some valid reason for not being so enrolled.

XIV. After the expiration of one month from the date of the publication of these regulations, no British subject may open or have any interest in any hotel or public-house for the sale of wines, beer, or spirituous liquors, or any boarding, lodg ing or other house of entertainment, without the written or printed licence of the Consul, under a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars ($50), or one month's imprison- ment, and the closing of the house.

Licences for the opening of such public-houses, hotels, board and lodging-houses, and other houses of entertainment, will be granted by the Consul to such persons as be may deem fit, on the payment of specific fees, and subject to such bye-laws as may from time to time be approved by Her Majesty's representative in China.

All fines, fees, and penalties under these regulations and bye-laws, shall be ap. propriated to defraying the expenses incurred in carrying them into effect, and to the purpose of creating a fund to assist in defraying the expense of subsisting distressed British subjects at the port, and of sending such persons out of the dominions of the Emperor of China to their native country.

W. H. FITTOCK.

BYE-LAWS.

H. M.'s Consul for Ningpo.

UNDER PARAGRAPH XIV. OF THE NINGPO PORT REGULATIONS, AND RATES OF LICENCE FEES,

For hotels, public-houses, board and lodging-houses, and other houses of entertainment kept by British subjects at the port of Ningpo.

I.-Any British subject desirous to establish either of the above must make ap- plication to the British Consul, who, on satisfying himself of the respectability of the applicant, shall grant a licence renewable every six months on payment of the regular fee.

II. -Such licensed house shall be liable to be visited at any time with or without search-warrant by the town police, Consular constables, or other person or persons deputed by the Consul, for the purpose of inspection or other duty.

No licence shall be transferred, or sub-let, without the consent of the Consul. No keeper of a licensed house shall, under any circumstances, enter into part- nership with Chinese or Foreigners; nor shall any British subject act as bariuan, runner, or in any other similar capacity in any licensed house, British or Foreign, without the consent of the Consul.

III. The keeper of a licensed house shall exhibit in a conspicuous place a tariff of all charges, and keep a book, which shall be open to general inspection, containing the date of arrival, name and occupation of the Foreign inmates, as also the date of their departure, and the keeper of such licensed house shall be reasonably respon- sible for the correctness of such entries. Hotels shall be allowed to remain open until 12 P.M., other licensed houses shall be closed by 11 P.M.

IV.--All offences committed by the keeper of any such house, together with the fine or other punishment awarded, shall be noted on the licence and a third offence will entail its being cancelled.

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