THE
Hongkong
Government
GAZETTE.
NEW SERIES.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 8TH NOVEMBER, 1856.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. II. No. 71.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
“THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE"
will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
No. 114.
PROCLAMATION.
JOHN BOWRING.
By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.
Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honorable The Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the two following Ordinances, namely:
Ordinance No. 9 of 1856, entitled—“ An Ordinance to explain certain Enactments relating to Shipping" ; Ordinance No. 10 of 1856, entitled-" An Ordinance for Lis Pendens and Purchasers" :--
Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said two Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed as aforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THe Queen.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 3d Day of November, 1856.
No: 117.
JOHN BOWRING.
PROCLAMATION.
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By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.
:
Whereas it has been brought to the notice of His Excellency The Governor that Sales of Gunpowder have been recently made here to persons acting on behalf of a Chinese Force at Canton under the Command of YEH, the Imperial Commissioner, who have committed acts of hostility in breach of Treaties against Her Majesty's Subjects there and are now engaged in open conflict with Her Majesty's forces; and whereas it is necessary at once to prohibit and prevent such sales:
It is hereby notified, that the operation of Clause 5 of Ordinance No. 1 of 1855 (now in force under Ordinance No. 1 of 1856) shall be and the same is suspended from this date; and no Permit for the Sale of Arms or Ammunition will be issued till further notice.
The exception as to European Gunpowder in quantities under Five Pounds will still have effect.
And it is further notified, that with the exception last above mentioned, any persons contravening this Proclama- tion, will, over and above the Penalties contained in Section 5 of the said Ordinance, incur the danger of the pains and penalties due to their Misdemeanor at the Common Law.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN,
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 5th Day of November, 1856.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary,
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