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The Hongkong Government Gazette.

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XIV. Every deposit or Accumulation of decaying, noisome, noxious, or offensive matter, in, on, or under Deposits or accumu tenement, Crown Land, or way, or any Water, or any Drain or Sewer whereby the health of the lations of decaying mat- ter &e, to be deemed Queen's subjects may be endangered shall be deemed to be a Nuisance.

Nuisances.

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XV. Every projection from or over any Building which shall cause annoyance or obstruction to any Projections from w or to the Passengers thereon, and every encroachment on, over, or under any way or any Crown Land Buildings to be deemed

Al be deemed a Nuisance.

XVI. Every Work which would be deemed a Nuisance in England if begun, conducted, or completed there, shall within this Colony be deemed a Nuisance.

Nuisances.

Nuisances by the Law of England shall be des med Nuisances here. XVII. The Surveyor General shall summon every person guilty of any of the Nuisances hereinbefore Summary proceed- umerated before any two Justices of the Peace who shall thereupon proceed in a summary way to enquire ing in cases of Nui- to and adjudicate upon the premises after the manner of othersum mary proceedings before Justices of sance. the Peace; And where they shall adjudicate any one person to have been guilty of any of the said Nuisances they shall upon the application of the Surveyor General, order him or any other proper officer to abate, Zemelish, or remove the said Nuisance, and to sell and dispose of the Materials thereof (if any) and out of the monies arising by such sale or disposition (if any) to retain or pay the charges and expenses of or inci- dent to sugh abatement, in demolition or removal; And the said Justices shall order and compel all Persons hom they shall find guilty of any such Nuisance, after such adjudication as aforesaid, to satisfy all charges and expenses of or incident to the abatement, demolition, or removal thereof and for which no other or no ufficient satisfaction is hereby provided, and the said Justices shall thereupon by warrant under their Hands and Seals cause the same to be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the said persons respectively in case of default in payment.

XVIII. The Surveyor General and his Officers are authorised to seize any Utensil, which he or they Tanks and Reservoirs. shall detect any person in the act of dipping into any public Tank, or reservoir; and all Utensils so seized

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be lawfully confiscated by the Surveyor General, and disposed of as he shall direct.

XIX. All existing remedies for the prevention or abatement of Nuisances and the punishment of those Saving of existing guilty thereof shall continue to be in force notwithstanding this Ordinance...

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remedies.

Diplomatic Department.

His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China, &c., &c,, is pleased to direct that the annexed Returns of the BRITISH TRADE at the PORT OF AMOY, during the Year 1855, be published for general information.

By Order,

Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th March, 1856.

G. W. CAINE,

In the absence of the Secretary to ...H. B. M's Plenipotentiary.

No. I.A RETURN of the NUMBER and TONNAGE of MERCHANT Vessels which Arrived at, and Departed from, the PORT OF AMO Y, during the Year ending 31st December, 1855, distinguishing the Countries to which they belong.

ARRIVED.

DEPARTED.

UNDER WHAT COLOURS.

NO. OF SHITS.

TONNAGE.

UNDER WHAT COLOURS.

NO. OF SHIPS.

TONNAGE.

British,

107

31,842 British,

106

30,071

French,

3

1,126 French,

1,126

Spanish,

22

5,943

Spanish,

22

5,994

American,

23

16,365 American,

24

17,004

Dutch,

42

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15,916 | Dutch,

40

15,212

Portuguese,

.3

Peruvian,

.2

530

Hamburg,

8

2,339

782 Portuguese,

Peruvian,...

Hamburg,

4

987

4

1,670

8

2,039

Siamese,

12

4,670 Siamese,

10

3,920.

Portuguese Lorchas,

90

8,100 Portuguese Lorchas,

91

8,190

312

87,613

312

86,213

British Consulate, Amoy, 31st December, 1855.

J. BACKHOUSE,

Vica Consul in Charge.

No. II-A STATEMENT exhibiting the MOVEMENT OF BRITISH SHIPPING, in the Trade with the PORT OF AMOY, during the Year 1855; and shewing the Number and Tonnage of British · Vessels in Harbor on the 31st December, 1855.

ARRIVED.

DEPARTED.

SUMMARY.

PLACES AND PORTS.

No.

TOKKAGE.

No.

TONNAGE,

Hongkong,

Strait

Shanghae,

56

18,098

35

7,852

Entered.

15

4,566

19

5,991

30

3,380

13

5,194

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Ningpa,

Frochow,

Fast Coast, Whampoa

Macao,

8

2,235

9

1,649

107 Vessels 31,842 Tons,

Cleared,

627

8

2,219

.8

381

13

3,655

"1,950

1,437

.308

Scam Formosa,

157

140

157 140

Lombock, Callao,

494

1

1,283

1

Total,............

107

$1,842

106

30,071

106 Vessels 30,071 Tons,

Of which number entered in Ballust,

28 Vessels 9,174 Tons.

Cleared in Ballast.

20 Vessels 5,672 Tone.

In Harbor on 31st December, 1855.

7 Vessels 3,355 Tous.

J. BACKHOUSE, Vice-Consul in Charge.

British Consulate, Amoy, 81st December, 1855.