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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH OCTOBER, 1881.

Now, Therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in Her by the said "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," and by and with the advice of-Her Privy Council, is pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered and declared, that from and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette, seamen, not being slaves (and not being British subjects), who desert from merchant ships belonging to subjects of the King of Denmark within Her Majesty's dominions, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried on board their respective ships; provided always, that if any such deserter has committed any crime in Her Majesty's dominions he may be detained until he has been tried by a competent Court, and until his sentence (if any) has been fully carried into effect.

And Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in Her by the said "Foreign Deserters Act, 1852," and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is further pleased to order and declare that upon and after the publication hereof in the London Gazette, the Order in Council relating to Seamen who desert from the merchant ships belonging to the subjects of the King of Denmark made, by virtue of the said Act, on the 13th day of June 1853, and published in the London Gazette on the 14th day of June 1853, shall be revoked, and the same is hereby revoked accordingly.

And the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the Secretary of State for India in Council are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

C. L. PEEL.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 356.

Tenders will be received at this Office until noon of Wednesday, the 19th of October, 1881,

for preparing 350,000, more or less, tree and seed

sites on and in the vicinity of Mount Kellet.

For form of tender, specification and further

particulars apply to the Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation Department.

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 $50 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 His Excellency's Command,

W. M. DEANE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hongkong, 8th October, 1881.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. No.357.

Tenders will be received at this Office until

noon of Wednesday, the 19th of October, 1881,

for preparing 370,000, more or less, tree pits and

seed sites on the northern slopes of Hongkong, and at British Kaulung.

For form of tender, specification and further particulars apply to the Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation Department.

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 $50 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 His Excellency's Command,

W. M. DEANE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hongkong, 8th October, 1881.

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