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No. 184.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH DECEMBER, 1864.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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It is hereby notified that, in addition to the Gentlemen already in the Commission of the Peace, the following have taken the necessary Oath and are qualified to act as Justices of the Peace within the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies:

WILDERFORCE WILSON, Esquire,

FRANCIS WILLIAMS MITCHELL, Esquire,

CECIL CLEMENTI SMITH, Esquire, NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Esquire,

HERBERT ST. LEGER MAGNIAC, Esquire,

WILLIAM HENRY GIBB, Esquire,

Teorge Francis MACLEAN, Esquire,

PANCIS PARRY, Esquire,

WILLIAM ADAMSON, Esquire,

JOHN WHARTON MACCLELLAN, Esquire,

EDWARD MELLISII, Esquire,

WILLIAM KAYE, Esquire,

HENRY MURRAY, Esquire,

RICHARD ROWETT, Esquire,

and THEOPHILUS GEE LINSTEAD, Esquire.

By Order,

W. T. MERCER,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd December, 1864.

No. 185.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notification is published for general information at the request of Her Majesty's Acting Consul for the Port of Foochow.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th December, 1864.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

(Copy)

No. 28

CONSULAR NOTIFICATION.

The following Provisional Regulations affecting passengers in British Vessels will, subject to the approval of H. B. M.'s Chargé d'Affaires at Peking, take effect from the 1st of January, 1865.

I. Passengers in British Vessels unprovided with proper passports will not, until further notice, be allowed to land at this port without the express permission of H. M.'s Consul.

2. Persons arriving at this Port in British vessels unprovided with such passports must be detained on board by the Captain until the case Tas been reported to the Consul who will give or withheld his permission as he may see fit. Masters and Consignees of British Vessels will be held responsible for any passenger, or passengers, landed in violation of this Regu-

lation.

3. In the same way all persons, whether foreigners or Chinese, leaving this port in British Vessels must have their passage tickets viséd at this Consulate before they can be allowed to proceed on board.

4. In any case a Return of Passengers should, in accordance with Article No. VIII of the General Regulations of Trade, be handed in by the Captain on entering and clearing at this Consulate.

H.M.'s Consulate,

Foochow, 15th December, 1864.

(Signed,)

A. R. HEWLETT, II.M,'s Acting Consul,

True Copy,

A. R. HEWLET.