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Insert title of cause_

The Hongkong Government Gazette.

A.

PRELIMINARY Acr.

Statement on behalf of the Owners of the.

I.

The names of the vessels and their respective masters,

II.

Time of collision,

Place of collision, -

III.

IV.

Direction of the wind,

State of the weather,

VI.

The courses of the respective vessels on first sighting

each other,

VII,

Distance at which the other vessel was first seen,

VIII.

Steps taken to avoid the collision,

IX.

Parts of each vessel which first came into collision,

this

day of

B.

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Signature of Party or his Procter.

CONCLUSION TO ACT ON PETITION.

In the present of A.B, dissenting, denying, alleging, and praying as before. Whereupon the Judge assigned to hear on petition of both Proctors whensoever.

Date

185:

C.

[SEPTEMBER 24, 1830.

(Signed)

A.B. C.D.

VICTORIA, by the grace of God of the United Kindom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, to Greeting: Whereas in a certain cause of Our Vice-Adiniralty Court of

(whereof

on behalf of

or vessel furniture

certain witnesses necessary to prove the contents of the thousand dicht hundred and

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civil maritime promoted m against the now is or lately was master), her tackle, apparel, and

and against intervening a Commission has been duly decreed for the examination of

bearing date the

day of

One given in in the said cause on behalf of the said requiring), We do therefore authorize and empower you, and do hereby will and require you, that upon any day or days to be by you appointed:

(justice s (Sundays excepted), you do in the presence of the Proctor of the said

or his lawfully appointed substitute or etherwise, not- withstanding his absence or contumacy, administer an oath upon the Holy Evangelists in due form of aw unto the witnesses who-hall be produced before you on behalf of the said

to speak the truth in this behalf, and forthwith carefully examine an-i inter- rogate the said witnesses as well upon the articles of the said

as upon the int, rrogatories to be administerel by the Proctor of the raid

or his substitute, either annexel to these presents or to be delivered to you at the time of the exa- mination of the said witnesses, and cause their sayings and depositions to be faithfully reduced into writing; and further, that upon such the examination of the said witnesses being completed, you transmit to the Judge of s ar aforesaid Court, or h ́s Surrogate, table sayings du i de- positions, and the whole paoceedings had and done before you, reduced into a proper form, together with these prosents.

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Given in our aforesaid Court, under the Great Seal thercof, the

of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred

and

of

in the Year

and of Our Reign the

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