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ty of Our said Island of Hongkong and Territories thereon depending, and Maritime Parts thereof, and to the same adjoining whatsoever, and generally in all and singular other Causes, Suits, Crimes, Of- fences, Excesses, Injuries, Complaints, Misdemeanors, Trespasses, Regratings, Forestallings, and Maritime Businesses whatsoever, throughout the places aforesaid, within the Maritime Jurisdiction of Our Vice-Admiralty of Our Island of Hongkong and Territories thereon depending, by Sea or Water, or the Banks or Shores of the same, howsoever done, committed, perpetrated, or happening, and also to enquire, by the Oaths of honest and lawful Men of Our said Island of Hongkong, and Territories depending thereon, and Maritime parts of the same and adjoining to them whatsoever, dwelling both within Liberties and Franchises and without, as well of all and singular other matters and things which of right, and by the Statutes, Laws, Ordinances, and Customs anciently observed, were wont and ought to be enquired after, as of Wreck of the Sea, and of all and singular the Goods and Chattels of whatsoever Traitors, Pirates, Man Slayers, and Felons, howsoever offending, within the Maritime Jurisdiction of Our Vice-Admiralty of Our Island of Hongkong aforementioned and Territories thereunto belonging, and of the Goods, Chattels, and Debts of all and singular their Maintainers, Accessaries, Counsellors, Abettors, or Assistants whomsoever, and also of the Goods, Debts, and Chattels of whatsoever Person or Persons, Felons of themselves, by what means or how- soever coming to their death within Our aforesaid Maritime Jurisdiction wheresocver, any such Goods, Debts, and Chattels, or any part thereof, by Sea, Water,,or Land, in Our said Island of Hongkong and Territories thereon dependant, and Maritime Parts of the same, and thereto adjacent whatsoever, as well within Liberties and Franchises as without, have been or shall be found forfeited or to be forfeited or in being; And Moreover as well of the Goods, Debts and Chattels, of whatsoever other Traitors, Felons, and Man Slayers, wheresoever offending, and of the Goods, Debts, and Chattels of their Maintainers, Accessaries, Counsellors, Abettors, or Assistants, as of the Goods, Debts, and Chattels of all Fugitives, Persons Convicted, Attainted, Condemned, Outlawed, or howsoever put or to be put in exigent for Treason, Felony, Manslaughter, or Murder, or any other Offence or Crime whatsoever, and also concerning Goods, Waving, Flotzen, Jetson, Lagon, Shares, and Treasures, found or to be found, Deodands, and of the Goods of all others whatsoever, taken or to be taken de- relict or by chance, found or to be found, or howsoever due or to be due, and of all other casualties, as well in, upon, or by the Sea and Shores, Creeks, and Coasts of the Sea or Maritime parts, as in, upon, or by all Fresh Waters, Ports, public Streams, Rivers, or Creeks, or Places overflowed whatso、 ever within the ebbing and flowing of the Sea or High Water, or upon the Shores or Banks of any of the same, within Our Maritime Jurisdiction aforesaid, howsoever, wheresoever, or by what means so- ever, arising, happening, or proceeding, or wheresoever such Goods, Debts, and Chattels, or other the Premises, or any Parcel thereof, may or shall happen to be met with or found within Our Maritime Jurisdiction aforesaid; and also concerning Anchorage, Lastage, and Ballast of Ships, and of Fishes Royal, namely, Sturgeons, Whales, Porpoises, Dolphins, Riggs, and Grampasses, and generally of all other Fishes whatsoever, which are of a great or very large bulk or fatness, anciently by Right or Custom, or any way appertaining or belonging to Us, and to ask, require, levy, take, collect, receive, and obtain, and to the use of Us and the Office of Our high Admiral of Great Britain aforesaid for the time being, to keep and preserve the Wreck of the Sea, and the Goods, Debts, and Chattels, and all and singular other the premises, together with all and all manner of Fines, Mulets, Issues, For- feitures, Amercements, Ransoms, and Recognizances whatsoever, forfeited or to be forfeited, and pecuniary Punishments for Trespasses, Crimes, Injuries, Extortions, Contempts, and other Misde- meanors whatsoever, howsoever imposed or inflicted, or to be imposed or inflicted, for any Matter, Cause, or Thing whatsoever, in Our said Island of Hongkong and Territories thereunto belonging, and Maritime parts of the same and thereto adjoining, in any Court of Our Admiralty there held or to be held, presented or to be presented, assessed, brought, forfeited, or adjudged, and also all Amerce- ments, Issues, Fines, Perquisites, Mulcts, and pecuniary Punishments whatsoever, and Forfeitures of all manner of Recognizances before you or your Lieutenant, Deputy or Deputies, in Our said Island of Hongkong and Territories thereunto belonging and Maritime parts of the same and thereto adjacent whatsoever, happening, or imposed or to be imposed or inflicted, or by any means assessed, presented, forfeited, or adjudged, or howsoever by reason of the premises due or to be due in that behalf to Us or Our Heirs and successors; and further to take all manner of Recognizances, Cautions, Obligations and Stipulations, as well to Our use, as at the instance of any parties for Agreements, or Debts, and other Cau- ses whatsoever, and to put the same in execution, and to cause and command them to be executed, and also to arrest, or cause,and command to be arrested, according to the Civil and Maritime Laws and ancient Customs of Our said Court, all Persons, Ships, Things, Goods, Wares, and Merchandises, for the premises and every of them, and for other causes whatsoever concerning the same, whereso- ever they shall be met with or found throughout Our said Island of Hongkong and Territories there- unto belonging and Maritime parts of the same and thereto adjoining, as well within Liberties and Franchises as without; And likewise for all other Agreements, Causes, or Debts, howsoever con- tracted or arising, so that the Goods or Persons of the Debtors may be found within Our Jurisdiction aforesaid, and to hear, examine, discuss, and finally determine the same, with their Emergencies, De- pendencies, Incidents, annexed and connexed Causes and Businesses whatsoever, together with all other Causes Civil and Maritime, and Complaints, Contracts, and all and every the respective premi- ses whatsoever above expressed, according to the Laws and Customs aforesaid, and by all other law- ful Ways, Means, and Methods according to the best of your skill and knowledge, and to compel all manner of persons in that behalf, as the case shall require, to appear and to answer, with power of using any temporal Coercion, and of inflicting any other Penalty or Mulet according to the Laws and Customs aforesaid, and to do and minister Justice according to the right order and course of the Law summarily and plainly, looking only into the truth of the fact, and to fine, correct, punish, chas- tise, and reform, and imprison, and cause and command to be imprisoned in any Gaols being within Our Island of Hongkong aforesaid, and Territories thereunto belonging, the parties guilty, and the contemn-