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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH SEPTEMBER, 1870. roadstead, or waters belonging to Her Majesty either in the United Kingdom or in the Channel Islands, or in any of Her Majesty's colonies or foreign possessions or dependencies, such vessel shall be required to depart and to put to sea within twenty-four hours after her cutrance into such port, roadstead, or waters, except in case of stress of weather, or of her requiring provisions or things necessary for the subsistence of her crew, or repairs, in either of which cases the authorities of the port, or of the nearest port (as the case may be) shall require her to put to sea as soon as possible after the expiration of such period of twenty-four hours, without permitting her to take in supplies beyond what may be necessary for her immediate use; and no such vessel which may have been allowed to remain within British waters for the purpose of repair shall continue in any such port, roadstead, or waters for a longer period than twenty-four hours after her necessary repairs shall have been completed. Provided, nevertheless, that in all cases in which there shall be any vessel (whether ships of war or merchant ships) of the said belligerent parties in the same port, roadstead, or waters within the territorial jurisdiction of Her Majesty, there shall be an interval of not less than twenty. four hours between the departure therefrom of any such vessel (whether a ship of war or merchant ship) of the one belligerent and the subsequent departure therefrom of any ship of war of the other belligerent, and the time hereby limited for the departure of such ships of war respectively shall always, in case of necessity, be extended so far as inay be requisite for giving effect to this proviso, but no further or otherwise.
3. No ship of war of either belligerent shall hereafter be permitted while in any port, roadstead, or waters subject to the territorial jurisdiction of Her Majesty, to take in any supplies, except provisions and such other things as may be requisite for the subsistence of her crew, and except so much cont only as may be sufficient to carry such vessel to the nearest port of her own country, or to some nearer destination; and no coal shall again be supplied to any such ship of war in the same or any other port, roadstead, or waters subject to the territorial jurisdiction of Her Majesty, without special permission, until after the expiration of three months from the time when such coal may have been last supplied to her within British waters as aforesaid.
4. Armed ships of either party are interdicted from carrying prizes made by them into the poris, harbours, roadsteads, or waters of the United Kingdom, or any of Her Majesty's colonies or possesions
abroad.
The Right Honorable
The Earl of Kimberley.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
GRANVILLE.
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No. 120.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Report from the Superintendent of the Hongkong Fire Brigade, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th September, 1870.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary,
No. 11.
MAGISTRACY, HONGKONG, 7th September, 1870. SIR,-I have the honor to place in your hands for submission to the view of His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor the Report of the Fire Brigade for the month of August ultimo.
An Inspection was held at 5 P.M. on Saturday, the 20th August, the Government "Steam" and "Hand" Engines, the Hose in use and in store, Hose-reels, Fire Ladders, and Stores generally, were inspected and found clean and in good order.
A' Parade and Inspection was held on Wednesday, the 31st August. The assembly took place at the Cross Roads at 5 P.M., and thence the Government Engines, also three Engines of Chines Associations, proceeded to the Praya near the Harbor Master's Office, where all were got to work from the sea. The No. 2 "Steam "Engine was playing from two delivery branches fifteen minutes after departure from Cross Roads.
The Engines were found in good order.
The "
Subsidiary" Fire Stations were visited, the Hose and Implements inspected, and trifling repairs carried out. As water from the Pokfolum Reservoir was plentiful, the Volunteers s charge were practised from the mains.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
The Honorable J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary,
HONGKONG.
C. MAY, Superintendent Fire Brigade.
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