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GENERAL PORT REGULATIONS FOR BRITISH CONSULATES IN CHINA

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VII.-Masters of vessels when reporting their arrival at a port shall notify in riting the names of all passengers and persons not forming part of the articled ew on board, and, previous to leaving, notice must be given of the names of all rsons, not forming part of the articled crew, intending to leave the port on board y vessel.

VIII. All cases of death occurring at sea must be reported to the Consul within hours of the vessel's arriving in port or harbour, and all cases of death on board ssels in harbour, or in the residences of British subjects on shore, must be imme- ately reported at the Consulate office, and in the event of sudden or accidental path the fullest information obtainable should be given. It is strictly prohibited to row overboard the bodies of seamen or other persons dying on board of a vessel in rbour. Except in case of urgent necessity, no burial should take place on shore or om any ship in harbour without the licence of the Consul first obtained.

IX. Stone or ballast shall not be thrown overboard in any port or harbour less permission shall have been first obtained from the local authorities through he intervention of Her Majesty's Consular officer.

X.-All cases of loss of property by theft or fraud on board ships, as well as of sault or felony requiring redress or involving the public peace, must be immediately ported at the Consulate office.

If any Chinese subject guilty of, or suspected of, having committed a mis- emeanour on shore or afloat be detained, information must in such cases be forthwith dged at the Consulate office, and in no instance shall British subjects be per- itted to use violence toward Chinese offenders or to take the law into their own Lands.

XI. Any vessel having in the whole above 200lbs. of gunpowder or other plosive material on board shall not approach nearer than a distance of one mile om the limits of the anchorage. On arriving at that distance, she must be forthwith eported to the Consular authority.

Special anchorages or stations will be assigned for such ships in the neighbour- ood of the ports.

XII. No seaman or other person belonging to a British ship may be discharged r left behind at any port or anchorage without the express sanction of the Consul nd not then until sufficient security shall have been given for his maintenance and ood behaviour while remaining on shore, and, if required, for the expenses incident his shipment to a port in the United Kingdom or to a British Colonial port, ccording as the seaman or other person is a native of Great Britain or of any British Colony.

If any British subject left at a port or anchorage by a British vessel be found require public relief prior to the departure of sucli vessel from the dominions of he Emperor of China, the vessel will be held responsible for the maintenance and emoval from China of such British subject.

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XIII. When a vessel is ready to leave a port anchorage, the master or con- ignee shall apply at the Custom-house for a Chinese port clearance, and on is presenting this document, together with a copy of the manifest of his export argo, at the Consular office, his ship's papers will be returned to him, and he will e furnished with a Consular port clearance, on receiving which the vessel will be at iberty to leave the port. Should any vessel take in or discharge cargo subsequent o the issue of the Customs' clearance, the master will be subject to a penalty, and The ship to such detention as may be necessary to the ends of justice.

XIV.-When a vessel is ready to leave a port or anchorage, the master shall give notice thereof to the Consul, and shall hoist a Blue Peter at least 24 hours