MON
OIT.
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 24TH SEPTEMBER, 1870.
VOL. XVI.
No. 40.
No. 123.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Circular Despatch, of the 4th of August last, from the Right Honorable The Earl of KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th September, 1870.
Hongkong.
Circular.
DOWNING STREET, 4th August, 1870.
SIR,-I have the honour to state to you, for your information and guidance, that Her Majesty's Government, having regard to the existing state of War between France and Prussia, are of opinion that the following Instructions should be at once issued to the Pilots in the Colony under your Government:-
"British Pilots are not to pilot Ships of War of either Belligerent, except in British Waters, "within three miles of the shore, or to do more than pilot such Ships into or out of British Ports or "Roadsteads when they are not at the time engaged in any hostile operations; but Ships of War in "distress may always be piloted out of immediate danger."
I have accordingly to request that you will immediately take the necessary steps for making these Instructions public. "I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant,
The Officer Administering
KIMBERLEY.
the Government of
Hongkong,
No. 124.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified, that the Right Honorable The Earl of KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonics, has been pleased to confirm JAMES RUSSELL, Esquire, in the appointment of Second Police Magistrate of Hongkong.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st September, 1870.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary,
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