We have therefore thought fit to issue this Our Royal Proclamation, hereby warning all Our loving subjects, that all such enterprises practices hereinbefore mentioned, are and will be carried on and committed in violation of the laws of Japan, and in contravention provisions of the said Treaty, if and when the same shall be ratified, and that We will not in any manner whatsoever interfere to prevar- forfeiture of any ships, or vessels, or goods, which may be employed in such enterprises or practices, or the infliction of pecuniary penalti fines upon any persons engaged therein; and Wo do hereby further make known to all Our loving subjects, that instructions have been to the commanders of Our ships of war in the ports of Japan, and in the waters near the same, to assist and support by all lawful means said Majesty the Tycoon of Japan and his Government, in preventing any violation, evasion, or contravention, by British subjects, of th of Japan, or of the provisions of the said Treaty, or of the Articles for the regulation of Trade appended thereto, if and when the same be ratified, and to prevent and hinder, by all lawful means, any attempt whatsoever by British subjects to violate or evade, in any ma whatsoever, the laws of Japan, within any of the dominions of His said Majesty the Tycoon of Japan, or to contravene, in any mander wi soever, any of the provisions of the said Treaty, or of the sail Articles, if and when the same shall be ratified.
Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palaee, this second doy of February, in the year of or Lord one thousand eight Hundred and t nine, and in the twenty-second year of Our reigu.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Exeelloney Sn JouN BowRING, Knight, LL.D., Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintend: of British Trade in China, &c., &c., has directed to be published for general information, the following Prod mations, with their Translations, issued by the Allied Commanders in Canton, and by His Excellency the Gover: of Kwangtung, in reference to the kidnapping of Coolies, and to the Conditions on which Subjects of China allowed voluntarily to emigrate to Foreign Countries.
By Order,
Superintendoney of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 15th April, 1859,
G. W. CAINE.
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By STRAUBENZEE, Major General Commanding H. B. M's. Troops in China; D'ABOVILLE, Commandant Superieur of the French Forecs at Canton; M'CLEVERTY, Senior British Naval Officer at Cunton,-for the purpose of strictly interdicting kidnapping, that order may be preserved and the peaceable inhabitants protected.
There being in various parts of the world a want of agricultural labour, while China on the other hand finds it difficult to support a superabundant population, Foreigners have for some time past hired Labourers in the latter Country; and the terms under which they are thus engaged to serve abroad, the rate of remuneration and period of service, &c., are drawn up and recorded in formal contracts, while advances are occasionally made to the families who remain behind. The free consent of both parties must be obtained to these contracts, and in no case may any person be taken away against his will.
It now appears, however, that a number of Chinese have lately been going about the City and Suburbs of Canton, deceiving the people, by pretending to offer them Foreign employment on highly advantageons terms, and having enticed those who listen to them to some secluded place,
or on board of some boat or vessel, they then deprive them of their liberty, and carry them away. Sacrificing all other feelings to their own cupidity, these lawless men have in this way caused families to be torn asunder, and have at the same time defeated the wishes of those Foreigners who seek to obtain labour on just and equitable terms.
Under these circumstances, the Allied Commanders think it right to proclaim to the people of Canton that they not only hold the iniquitous proceedings in deepest abhorrence, but are also determined to do all in their power to suppress them. They would, therefore, warn the people to observe in future the strictest caution whenever applied to by Chinese, in the name of Foreigners, to engage themselves for Foreign service. No Chinese should think of entering into an engagement of this nature, if it be one of his own countrymen who makes the offer, until he has first satisfied himself of the character of the said Agent, and whether he is guaranteed by people of respectable position. If willing, after taking these precautions, to accept employment, the Emigrant should then see that he makes a contract with the Foreigner himself, in which all the conditions as to rate of pay, period of service, &c., should be formally entered and clearly understood. careful, therefore, to adopt this course, instead of heedlessly listening to the stories of these designing men, and allowing yourselves to be led away by their misrepresentations, probably even without taking proper precaution against a danger which may result in your being kidnapped and sold into slavery.
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