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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 27TH DECEMBER, 1862.
VOL. VIII.
No.. 53.
No. 132.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency the Acting Governor has been pleased to recognize provisionally L. WIESE, Esquire, as Acting Consul for Sweden and Norway at this Port, pending the approval of Her Majesty's Government.
By Order,
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th December, 1862.
No. 133.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
With reference to Government Notifications No. 117 of the 19th November and No. 130 of the 13th Instant, the following Supplementary Instructions, issued by the Marine Department of the Board of Trade, calling the attention of Officers in Her Majesty's Possessions abroad to certain provisions of "The Merchant Shipping Acts Amendment Act, 1862," are published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th December, 1862.
Circular No. 162.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
BOARD OF TRADE, 25th September, 1862.
SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONS
TO OFFICERS IN THE BRITISH POSSESSIONS ABROAD.
Merchant Shipping Acts, &c. Amendment Act, 1862, 25 § 26 Vict. č. 63.
The attention of Officers in H.M. Possessions abroad is directed to the following provisions of the above Act, a copy of which is sent with this Circular.
men's wages.
Section 19. Provides that Seamen's wages paid abroad shall if possible be paid in Payment of Sea- money, and not by bill. It also gives facilities for recovering on bills drawn for pay- ment of wages. Special care should be taken that such an endorsement as is required by Section 209 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, is made upon the bill by the Officer duly appointed in that behalf.
Section 20. Provides that the wages and effects of Seamen who have belonged to a Seamen dying abroad. British ship within six months of the time of their death shall, if their death happens abroad, be treated in the same manner as the wages and effects of Seamen dying on board.
This would not, however, apply to the case of a Seaman dying in the Colony or Possession to which he belongs, or in which his relations reside.
Section 21. Affords facilities for the recovery of wages due to men who are lost with their ship.
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