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No. 41.

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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 31sT AUGUST, 1895.

日一十三月八年五十九百八千一 簿一十四第

VOL. LXI

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 368.

The following Circular Despatch and its enclosure are published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th August, 1895.

CIRCULAR.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

DOWNING STREET,

6th July, 1895.

SIR, With reference to Lord KNUTSFORD'S Circular despatches of 12th August, 1891, and 20th February, 1892, I have the honour to transmit to you a copy of an Order of the Queen in Council making Rules under Section 8, Sub-section (3), of the Mail Ships Act, 1891, and which is to be cited as "The Mail Ships (Rules) Order in Council, 1895."

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble Servant,

The Officer Administering the Government of

HONGKONG.

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

THE MAIL SHIPS (RULES) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1895. Windsor, 11th May, 1895.

At the Court at Windsor, the 11th day of May, 1895.

PRESENT,

The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty.

Lord President.

Lord Chamberlain.

Lord Kensington.

Speaker of the House of Commons.

Mr. Arnold Morley.

HEREAS section 8 (3) of "The Mail Ships Act, 1891," provides that it shall be lawful for

Her Majesty in Council to make Rules for carrying into effect, as respects British Possessions, the provisions of that Act with respect to the security given by mail ships, and in particular with respect to the commencement of a legal proceeding by service of a writ or process in the Possession, and to the notices to be given to arresting authorities in the Possession, and the evidence to be receivable by such authorities of the security having been given or withdrawn, and the application of the security in discharge of any damages, fine, debt, claim, sum, or forfeiture, where the same are or is recovered or payable either in the British Possession, or under proceedings pending concurrently in that British Possession, and in any other British Possession or the United Kingdom: