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7, VOL.

THE FRIEND OF CHINA,

AND LONGBONG GAZETTE,

NORRTLGA TRON.

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.

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any regulations to be the issued from time to time by this Government according to the customs and usages of British Police Law.

THE publication of the Hongkong Ga- zette under the authority of Governme

AND I do hereby, authorize you, for the will be discontinued from this date but all police purposes herein before specified to public orders and notifications appearing in arrest, detain, discharge and punish such The Friend of China and Hongkong Ga- offenders according to the principles, and zette" with the signatures of duly authe-practice of General British Police Law rized Functionaries of the Government are and to inflict on any such offender corporal still to be considered as official.

punishment, to the extent of thirty six strokes or lashes, when you may consider that mode of punishment called for by, and appropiate to, the offence.

By order,

J. Robt: Morrison, Acting Secretary and Treasurer Hongkong, March, 23rd. 1842.

NOTIFICATION.

Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger, Ba having been pleased to increase, în some respects, the powers and authority originally granted to the Chief and Marine Magistrates, respectively, the Warrants of those Officers have been revised and modi- fied, and in their new form are now publish ed for general information.

By order,

J. Robt. Morrison.

cting Secretary and Treasure

Government House

Hongkong, 30th April, 1842.

CHIEF MAGISTRATE'S

WARRANT.

By his Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart, her Majesty's Minister Plenipoten- tiary Envoy Extraordinary, and Chief Superintendant of the Trade of British Subjects in China, charged with the Government of the Island of Hongkong.

Pending her Majesty's further pleasure, I do hereby constitute and appoint you, William Caine Esquire, brevet Major, and Captain in Her Majesty's 26th. (or Camero nian) Regiment of Infantry, to be Chief Magistrate of the Island of Hongkong and its dependencies: and I do hereby empow- er and require you to exercise authority, according to the laws, customs, and usa- ges of China as near as may be (every de- ofte re excepted) for the preser- and the protection of life fall the native inhabitants Island, the shores and harbours

thereof

And I do further authorize and require you, in any case where the crime; acc to Chinese laws, shall involve punishme

severity, as are included in the a to remit the case for the judg The head of the Government for

SCAFE

thout hard

AND all persons' subject to the mutiny act

or the general law for the Government of the Fleet, found committing police or other offences, shall be handed over to their proper military superior for punishment.

AND I do further authorize and require you, to detain in safe custody any persons whatever found committing within the Go- vernment of Hongkong, brunes and offences amounting to felony, according to the laws of England; forthwith reporting your pro- ceedingstherein and the grounds thereof, to the head of the Government for the time being.

AD 1 fürther authorize and require you to investigate and summarily to decide all claims for debts, not exceeding the sum of Fifty Dollars, or one hundred and twenty five Rupees, that may be brought before you and further to investigate when so brought to your notice, either claims for debts, beyond that sum and not exceeding Two hundred Dollars, or Five hundred Ru- pees, but referring in all cases, such larger

the head of the Government for the time being, for instruction. And I further require you, as often as you may deem it neccessary to confine debtors, with the view of enforcing your awards, imme- diately and specially to report such decision to the head for the time being of the Go-

vernment.

AND for all your lawful proceedings in the premises, this warrant shall be your suffici- ent protection and authority.

GIVEN under my hand and seal of Office at Hongkong, this twenty-fifth day of April in the year 1842.

SIGNED

HENRY POTTINGER By the Chief Superintendant &c. - Charged the Government:

SIGNED

Treasurer,

J Robt Morrison

MARI

ATE'S

Pending her

Price $ 14 monthly

Or

12 gearly

And I do hereby authorize you, for the police purposes herein before specified, to arrest, detain, discharge, and punish, such Offenders, according to the principles and practice of general British Police Law: requiring you, however, in an when the crime shall involve punishment of such degrees of severity as are included in the annexed scale, to remit the case for the judgement of the head of this Govern ment for the time being.

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SCALE.

any case

Imprisonment (with or without hard-la- bor) for more than one calendarmonth.

Penalties exceeding $400. Corporal punishment exceeding thirty-six strokes or lashes. Capital punishment.

AND I do futher require you, in all cases followed by Sentence or infliction of pun- ishment, to keep a Record containing a brief statement of the case, and copy of the

sentence.

ALL persons, subject to the mutiny act, or the general law for the government of the fleet, found committing police or other offences, shall be handed over to their proper Neval or Military superiors for punishment.

AND I do further authorize and require you to detain in safe custody any person whatever, found committing within the Har- bours and waters appertaining to the Go- vernment of Hongkong, crimes and offences amounting to felony, according to the laws of England; forthwith reporting your proceedings herein, and the grounds thereof, to the head of the Government for the time being.

AM I further authorize and require you all claims for debts, not exceeding the sum to investigate, and summarily to decide, of Fifty Dollars, or one hundred and twen- ty five Rupees, that may be bronght before you: and further to investigate, when so brought to your notice other claims for debts, beyond that sum, and not exceeding Two hundred Dollars, or Five hundred Ru- pees, but referring, in all cases, such lar ger claims to the head of the Government for the time being, for instruction. And I further require you, as often as you may deem it neccessary to confine debtors, with the view of enforcing your awards, imme- diately and specially to report such deci- ion to the head for the time being of the rument. And for all your lawful pro- 8 in the premises, this warrant shall be your sufficient protection and authority. GIVEN under my hand and seal of Office

Hongkong, the Twenty-fifth day April in the year 1842.

SIGNED

HENRY POTTINGER

Br the Chief Superintendent &rc. Charged with the Government

labo

100

SIGNED

Robt Morrison

and Treasu