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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST MAY, 1864.
RETURN of MARINE CASES tried at the Marine Magistrate's Office, during the year 1863.
How disposed of.
Number of cases.
Number of Defendants.
Punished.
Ordered to return to duty.
Fined.
Discharged.
Reprimanded.
210
581
356
95
87
39
Cases consisted of :-
Refusal of duty,
Desertion,
Assault,
Drunkenness,
Insurbordination,
Breach of Harbor Regulations,
Mutinous conduct,
Embezzlement,
Wilfully remaining behind from ship,
Stealing,.
Selling spirit without license,
Disobedience of orders,
Breach of Ordinance 6 of 1852,
Attempt to stab,
Insolent and abusive language,
Disorderly conduct,
Facilitating Desertions,
Threat to entice Sailors to desert,
Neglect of duty,
Breach of Ordinance 3 of 1862,
Drawing a knife with intent,
Enticing Sailors to desert,
89
29
27
10
9
9
Ι
1
1
1
Total,
210
H. G. THOMSETT, Marine Magistrate.
No. 91.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency the GOVERNOR having resolved to remove and compensate under terms of Article VI. of the Treaty of Peking, the present Chinese occupants of that portion of Kowloon marked in the accompanying plan, Notice is hereby given that all Chinese residents within such limits shall vacate and quit their tenements and Grounds on or before the 30th day of June next (the 27th day of the 5th moon). In the case of growing crops the time will, on application, be extended until the crops now in the ground be reaped.
The amount of compensation to be paid in each case may be ascertained by application to Lieut. Williams, Resident Engineers' Office, Kowloon, on or before the 15th day of June, after which date no claim will be attended to.
Certificates of Compensation will be furnished by the Resident Engineer, signed by the Acting Surveyor General and himself and, on presentation of these at the Colonial Treasury, duly endorsed as abandoned by the Resident Police Inspector, the sum awarded will be paid.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th May, 1864.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
NOTICE.
HARBOUR MASTER'S OFFICE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 10th May, 1864.
Notice to Consignees, Masters and others in charge of Merchant Vessels.
1. On or before the 1st June proximo all Ships with the following exceptions shall be moved over to the North side of the Harbour mooring them properly with 45 fathoms on each chain, the anchors lying in an E. N. E. and W. S. W. direction from each other.
2. The Southern line of this anchorage is, the North Extremity of Hongkong shut in with the South Extremity of the Kowloon Peninsula bearing E. by S.; the Top Gallant Masts and Yards are to be on deck and flying Jib-boom in, a spare anchor should be ready for letting go, and the hawse invariably kept clear.
3. Hulks or receiving Ships (not having Top Masts pointed) may, for convenience, lie on the South shore.
4. Ships discharging cargo may also by permission anchor on the South shore.
5. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's Hulk Fort William is, for the convenience of the Public Service, allowed to remain where she is the Mail Steamers anchoring near her but not to Southward.
Vessels under Articles 3 and 4 and 5 must perfectly understand that although they have permission to remain there, ir is entirely at their own risk.
H. G. THOMSETT, Harbour Master, &e.
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