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any circumstances whatsoever, either under or by virtue of this Order, or otherwise, be permitted or empowered to enter or communicate with any port or place which shall belong to or be in the possession or occupation of Her Majesty's enemies.

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain.

C. C. Greville.

At the Court at Windsor, the 15th day of April, 1854,

PRESENT,

The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

WHEREAS by an Order of Her Majesty in Council, of the twenty-ninth of March last, it was amongst other things ordered, "that any Russian merchant vessel which prior to the date of this Order shall have sailed from any foreign port, bound for any port or place fir Her Majesty's domin- ions, shall be permitted to enter such part or place and to discharge her cargo, and afterwards forthwith to depart without molestation, and that any such vessel, if met at sea by any of Her Majesty's ships, shall be permitted to continue her voyage to any port not blockaded.'

And whereas Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her said Council, is now pleased to alter and extend such part of the said Order, it is hereby ordered, by and with such advice as aforesaid, as follows; that is to say that any Russian merchant vessel which, prior to the fifteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, shall have sailed from any port of Russia, situated either in or upon the shores or coast of the Baltic Sea or of the White Sea, bound for any port or place in Her Majesty's dominions, shall be permitted to enter such last-mentioned port or place, and to discharge her cargo, and afterwards forthwith to depart without m›lestation; and that any such vessel, if met at sea by any of Her Majesty's ships, shall be permitted to continue her voyage to any port not blockaded.

And Her Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice aforesaid, further to order, and it is hereby further ordered, that in all other respects Her Majesty's aforesaid Order in Council, of the twenty- ninth day of March last, shall be and remain in full force, effect, and operation."

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, the Lords Com- missioners of the Admiralty, and the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain.

C. C. Greville.

At the Council-Chamber, Whitehall, the 24th day of April, 1854,

export of

articles.

By the Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council.

The Lords of the Council, having taken into consideration certain applications for leave to export various articles, of which the exportation is prohibited by Her Majesty's Proclamation of the 18th February, 1854, are pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the officers of Her Majesty's Customs do not hereafter prevent the export of any articles except oply—

Gunpowder, Saltpetre, and Brimstone,

Arms and Ammunition,

Marine Engines and Boilers, and the component parts thereof.

And that such last-named articles be prohibited from export only when destined to any place in Europe north of Dunkirk or to any place in the Mediterranean Sea east of Malta; and that the officers of Her Majesty's Customs do permit the export of the said enumerated articles to any other part of the world, upon taking, from the persons exporting the same, a Bond, that they shall be landed and entered at the port of destination.

Whereof the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and officers of Her Majesty's Customs, and all other persons whom it may concern, are to take notice and govern themselves accordingly.

C. C. Greville.

NOTICE.

'Wanted, a Passage to Singapore for Twenty-nine Chinese Convicts. Sealed Tenders will be received at this Office.

For Particulars, apply to the Harbour Master.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoría, Hongkong, 15th June, 1854.

By Order,

C. B. HILLIER, Officiating Colonial Secretary.