DIE
DROIT
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette
EXTRAORDINARY.
報特門 轅港 香
Published by Authority.
No. 42.
號二十四第 日九初月七年午甲
VICTORIA, THURSDAY, 9TH AUGUST, 1894.
日九初月八年四十九百八千-
VOL. XL.
薄十四筆
No. 7.
PROCLAMATION.
[L.S.]/WILLIAM Robinson,
Governor.
By His Excellency Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas the Most Honourable The MARQUESS OF RIPON, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies has communicated to the Government of this Colony, Her Majesty's Commands, that the Rules contained in the following Letter from the Right Honourable The EARL of Kimberley, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, for the Maintenance of Neutrality during the State of War existing between His Imperial Majesty The Emperor of China, and His Imperial Majesty The Emperor of Japan, shall be published and enforced throughout this Colony:
Now, therefore, in obedience to such Instructions as aforesaid, the said Letter of the Right Honourable The EARL OF KIMBERLEY is hereby published for general information; and it is hereby declared, that the Rules therein contained are to be obeyed by all Persons within this Colony, and that Obedience thereto will be strictly enforced.
By His Excellency's Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 9th day of August, 1894.
MY LORDS,
(The Earl of Kimberley to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.)
FOREIGN OFFICE, 7th August, 1894.
Her Majesty being fully determined to observe the duties of neutrality during the existing state of war between the Emperor of China and the Emperor of Japan, and being moreover resolved to prevent, as far as possible, the use of Her Majesty's harbours, ports, and coasts, and the waters within Her Majesty's territorial jurisdiction, in aid of the warlike purposes of either belligerent, has com- manded me to communicate to your Lordships, for your guidance, the following rules, which are to be treated and enforced as Her Majesty's orders and directions :
Her Majesty is pleased further to command that these rules shall be put in force in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands, on and after the 12th of August instant, and in Her Majesty's territories and possessions beyond the seas, six days after the day when the Governor,
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