Sir,
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH FEBRUARY, 1895.
Exchange of Notes.
The Earl of Kimberley to Viscount Aoki.
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Foreign Office, July 16, 1894.
WITH reference to Article XIX of the Treaty between Great Britain and Japan signed this day, in view of the fact that some of the British Colonies and foreign possessions enumerated in that Article might be prevented from acceding to the present Treaty by reason of their inability to accept the stipulations relating to military service contained in Article II of the said Treaty, and in order to avoid future misunderstandings, Her Majesty's Government request from the Government of Japan an assur- ance that any of the said British Colonies and possessions may accede to the present Treaty under the condition that, notwithstanding such accession, they shall not be bound by the stipulations of Article II.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
KIMBERLEY.
Viscount Aoki to the Earl of Kimberley.
Japanese Legation,
M. le Comte,
London, July 16, 1894.
In reply to the note of Her Majesty's Government, referring to Article XIX of the Treaty between Great Britain and Japan signed this day, and requesting, for the reasons given in the said note, an assurance that any of the British Colonies and foreign possessions enumerated in that Article may accede to the present Treaty under the condition that, notwithstanding such accession, they shall not be bound by the stipulations of Article II, the Government of Japan hereby give the assurance desired.
I have, &c.
(Signed) AOKI.
Viscount Aoki to the Earl of Kimberley.
THE Undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, in virtue of special authorization from His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Government, has the honour to announce to Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that the Imperial Japanese Government, recognizing the advantage of having the Codes of the Empire which have already been promulgated in actual operation when the Treaty stipulations at present subsisting between the Government of Japan and that of Great Britain cease to be binding, engage not to give the notice provided for by the first paragraph of Article XXI of the Treaty of Commerce and Naviga tion, signed this day, until those portions of said Codes which are now in abeyance are brought into actual force.
The Undersigned avails, &c.
Japanese Legation, London, July 16, 1894.
(Signed) AOKI.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 64.
Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Tuesday, the 26th day of February, 1895, for the supply and delivery into the Government Store of Three thousand (3,000) Casks of Portland Cement, under Praya Reclamation Ordinance of 1889.
For form of tender, specification, and further particulars apply at the Praya Reclamation Office. No tender will be received unless the person tendering produces a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $200 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown if such person refuses to carry out his tender, should the tender be accepted.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th February, 1895.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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