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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND MAY, 1897.

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the judgment of his peer: and according to the known and established laws of this realm; A.D. 1897. yet nevertheless it being requisite, for the retaining all the before-mentio ed forces, an l other persons subject to military law, in their duty, that an ex ict discipline be observe l, and that persons belonging to the sail fores who mutiny or stir up se lition, or desert Her Majesty's service, or are guilty of crimes an offences to the preju lice of gool order and milita discipline, be brought to a more exemplary and speedy punishment than the usual forms of the law will allow :

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And whereas the Army Act will expire in the year one thous in l eight hundred and 11&45 Vict. ninety-seven on the following days :

(a.) In the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, an I the Isle of Man, on the thirtieth

day of April; and

(6.) Elsewhere in Europe, inclusive of Malta, also in the West Indies and America, ou

the thirty-first day of July; and

(c) Elsewhere, whether within or without Her Majesty's dominions, on the thirty-first

day of December:

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual an ! Temporal, and Connous, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :-

1. This Act may be cited as the Army (Annual) Act, 1897. 2.-(1.) The Army Act shall be and remain in force during the periods herein-after mentioned, and no longer, unless otherwise provide 1 by Parliament; that is to say,

(a.) Within the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, from the thirtieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven to the thirtieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, both inclusive; and (6.) Elsewhere in Europe, inclusive of Malta, also in the West Indies and America, from the thirty-first day of July one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven to the thirty-first day of July one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, both inclusive;

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(c.) Elsewhere, whether within or without Her Majesty's dominions, from the thirty- first day of December one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven to the thirty- first day of Decen ber one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, both inclusive; and the day from which he Army Act is continued in any place by this Act is in relation to that place referred to in this Act as the commencement of this Act.

(2) The Army Ac, while in force, shall apply to persons subject to military law, whether within or without Her Majesty's dominions.

(3.) A person subject to military law shall not be exempted from the provisions of the Army Act by reason only that the number of the forces for the time being in the service of Her Majesty, exclusive of the marine forces, is either greater or less than the number herein- before mentioned.

c. 58.

Short title.

Army Act

(44 & 15 Vict. c. 58.)

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be in force for specided

times.

3. There shall be paid to the keeper of a victualling house for the accommodation Prices in provided by him in purst ance of the Army Act the prices specified in the schedule to this respect of

billeting. Act.

SCHEDULE.

Accommodation to be provided.

Lodging and attendance for soldier where hot meal furnished..

Hot meal as specified in Part I. of the Second Schedule to the Army

Act

Breakfast as so specified

Where no hot mesi furnished, lodging and attendanes, and candles, vinegar, salt, and the use of fire, and the necessary atensils for dressing and eating his meat

Ten pounds of oats, twelve poinds of hay, and eight pounds of straw

per day for each horse

Lodging and attendance for off cer

Maximum Price.

Fourpence per night.

One shilling and threepence halfpenny

each.

One penny halfpenny each.

Fourpence per day,

One shilling and ninepence per day.

Two shillings per night.

Note.--An officer shall pay for his food.