727194-1853-GOVERNMENT-NOTIFICATION — Page 1

No. 9.

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GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, HONgkong; SaturDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1853.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

HE Contract hitherto in force for the publication of COVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS having ceased on the 21st instant, -Notice is hereby given, that the HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, this day established, will be hereafter the only Official Organ of Proclamations, Notifications, and all Public Papers of this Government.

By Order,

W. CAINE, Colonial Secretary.

Victoria, Hongkong, 24th September, 1853.

Diplomatic Department.

Her Majesty's Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China is pleased to direct the publication, for general information, of the subjoined Rule, to be observed in certain Proceedings had before Her Majesty's Consuls, which Rule has been framed in conformity with Article III. of Her Majesty's Order in Council of the 13th Day of June, 1853.

By Order,

W. H. MEDHURST, Officiating Secretary to H. B. M.'s Plenipotentiary, &c., &c. Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 15th November, 1853.

RULE TO BE OBSERVED IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BEFORE HER MAJESTY'S CONSULS IN CHINA, IN CASES RELATING TO PARTS OF TREATIES AND TREATY REGULA- TIONS, HEREINAFTER MENTIONED, AND WHICH RULE IS MADE IN CONFORMITY WITH ARTICLE III. OF HER MAJESTY'S ORDER IN COUNCIL OF THE 13TH DAY OF JUNE, 1853.

That the Parts of Treaties and Regulations hereunto annexed, shall be strictly observed by Her Majesty's Subjects in China; and that it shall be lawful for any of Her Majesty's Consuls within their respective Districts, to punish any infringement of any such Part of Treaties or Treaty Regulations, the breach of which is not punish- able by any Penalty therein mentioned, by a Fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding Three Months.

PARTS OF TREATY AND TREATY REGULATIONS REFERRED TO BY THE PRECEDING RULE,

Supplementary Treaty made at Hoo-Mun Chae, the 8th day of October, 1843. ARTICLE I.-The Tariff of Export and Import Duties which is hereunto attached under the Seals and Signatures of the respective Plenipotentiary and Commissioners shall henceforward be in force at the Five Ports of Canton, Fuchowfoo, Amoy, Ningpo, and Shanghae.

ARTICLE II.-The General Regulations of Trade which are hereunto attached under the Seals and Signatures of the respective Plenipotentiary and Commissioners shall henceforward be in force at the Five aforenamed Ports.

ARTICLE IV.—After the Five Ports of Canton, Fuchow, Amoy, Ningpo, and Shang- hae, shall be thrown open, English Merchants shall be allowed to trade only at those Five Ports, neither shall they repair to any other Ports or Places, nor will the Chinese People at any Ports or Places be permitted to trade with them. If English Merchant