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anchorage will be held accountable for the conduct of their crews on shore. Should any seaman absent himself without permission, the master shall forthwith report the same at the Consulate Office, and take efficient measures for the recovery of the absentee.

VII. The discharge of guns or other fire-arms from vessels in harbour is strictly prohibited under a penalty not exceeding 50 dollars.

VIII. Masters of vessels, when reporting their arrival at a port or anchorage, shall notify, in writing, the names of all passengers and persons not forming part of the registered crew on board; and due notice must likewise be given of the number and names of persons not forming part of the registered crew, intending to leave the port on board of any vessel.

IX. All cases of death occurring on board of vesesls in harbour, or in the residences of British subjects on shore, must be immediately reported at the Consulate Office, and in the event of sudden or accidental death, the best information obtainable will likewise be required. It is strictly prohibited to throw overboard the bodies of seamen or other persons dying on board of a vessel in harbour.

X. Stone or ballast shall not be thrown overboard in harbour. XI. All cases of loss of property by theft or fraud on board of ship, as well as of assault or felony, requiring redress, or involving the public peace, must be immediately reported at the Consulate Office. Any Chinese subject guilty of a misdemeanour on shore or afloat may be detained on detection; but information must, in such case, be forthwith lodged at the Consulate Office, and in no instance shall British subjects be permitted to use violence towards Chinese offenders, or take the law into their own hands.

XII. Any vessel laden with gunpowder or any other combustible is prohibited from entering an anchorage, or remaining within a distance from it of one mile.

XIII. No seaman or other person belonging to a British ship may be discharged or left behind at any port or anchorage without the express sanction of the Consul, nor until sufficient security shall have been given for his maintenance and good behaviour while remaining on shore. If any British subject, left at a port or anchorage by a British vessel, be found requiring public relief prior to the departure of such vessel from the dominions of the Emperor of China, the vessel will be held responsible for the maintenance and removal of such British subject.

XIV. When a vessel is ready to leave a port or anchorage, the master or consignees shall apply at the Chinese Custom-House for a Chinese port-clearance (grand-chop), and on his presenting this. document, together with a copy of the manifest of his export cargo, at the Consulate Office, his ship's papers will be restored, and he will

be furnished with a Consular port-clearance, on receiving which the vessel will be at liberty to leave the port. Should any vessel take in or discharge cargo subsequent to the issue of the grand-chop, the master will be subject to a penalty not exceeding 500 dollars, and the goods so taken in or discharged will be liable to confiscation, under the terms of the General Regulations of Trade, with reference to breaking bulk without due permission.

XV. When a vessel is ready to leave a port or anchorage, the master shall give notice thereof to the Consul, and shall hoist a Blue Peter at least 24 hours before the time appointed for her departure. The Consul may dispense with the observance of this regulation, on security being given that claims presented within 24 hours will be paid.

XVI. No British subject may establish either a boarding or eating-house at a port or anchorage without the sanction of the Consul, or without giving proper security that he will not harbour any seaman who is a runaway, or who cannot produce his discharge accompanied by a written sanction from the Consul to reside on shore. Every licensed boarding or eating-house keeper will be held accountable for the good conduct of all inmates and frequenters of his house.

XVII. Every British subject residing within the dominions of the Emperor of China, who shall not have been already enrolled in the Consular Register, shall apply to the Consul to be enrolled within 10 days after the promulgation of these regulations at the port in which he resides. And every British subject who may arrive in the said dominions, save and accept any British subject who may be borne on the muster-roll of a British vessel, shall apply within 10 days of his arrival to the Consul of the district to be enrolled in the Consular Register. No British subject will be entitled to claim the protection of the authorities who shall not so have enrolled himself, or who cannot allege valid reasons for his not having done so.

XVIII. The term "Consul" in the preceding and following Regulations shall be construed to include all and every officer in Her Majesty's Consular Service, whether Consul-General, Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent, or other person duly authorized to act in any of the aforesaid capacities within the dominions of the Emperor of China.

XIX. All fines and penalties imposed under the above or following regulations shall be levied and enforced in the manner specified in Article XXXVI of the Order of Her Majesty in Council, dated the 13th day of June, 1853, and all fees, penalties, and forfeitures shall be appropriated and applied as provided for in Article XXXVIII of the same Order.

Local Regulations.

1. For Whampoa Anchorage.-1. Any individual appealing from the decision of the Vice-Consul at Whampoa is required to forward his appeal, under flying seal, through the Vice-Consul to the Consul at Canton.

2. All fines shall be payable in ready money. Dollars, locally termed "chopped," will be received by weight at the rate of 7 taels 1m. 7c. per 10 dollars, and the dollar will be received at the exchange of 48. 2d.

3. Masters of vessels are strictly prohibited from granting liberty on any pretence to their crews to proceed to Canton, under a penalty not exceeding 50 dollars.

II. For the Port of Amoy.-1. The limits of the port are defined within lines drawn from the southernmost point of Amoy Island south-eastward to the island nearest to it, and thence in the direction of the High Pagoda to the point of Lam-tae-hoo Hill; and from the northernmost point of Amoy Island to the opposite point on the main land. All the islands and waters between these lines are therefore included within the limits of the port.

2. No loading or discharging of cargo may be carried on except within the limits of the anchorage defined by the Consul and Chinese authorities.

3. The distance to which British subjects may proceed into the interior for exercise or pleasure is limited by time, and no person may travel so far from the city as that he will not be able to return to it within 24 hours' time.

III. For the Port of Foochow.-1. The limits of the port of Foochow extend from the Nantae, or City Bridge, to the Kimpae

Pass.

2. By arrangement with the Chinese authorities the limit to which British subjects are to be restricted in excursion, is the distance which may be travelled out and back in one day, the parties making excursions returning to the city to sleep.

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IV. For the Port of Ningpo.-1. The term "Port of Ningpo' is to be construed to include any portion of the Yung or Ningpo River comprised within a line from the northern extremity of the Chinhae Promontory, called by the Chinese "Chaou-paou-shan," to the islet, known variously as the " Inner Triangle," the "Pasyen Island," and the "Hootsun-shan;" and a second line running from the said islet to the northern base of the hill on the eastern side of the mouth of the Yung River, known as "Look-out Hill."

2. No loading or discharging of cargo may be carried on, except within the limits of the anchorage defined by the Consul and Chinese authorities.

V. For the Port of Shanghae.-1. No loading or discharging of [1856-57.]* 2 Q3

cargo may be carried on except within the limits of the anchorage defined by the Consul and Chinese authorities.

2. The distance to which British subjects may proceed into the interior for exercise or pleasure is limited by time; and no persons may travel so far from the city as that he will not be able to return to it within 24 hours' time.

3. Competent pilots, provided with licences, have been established by the Consul and Chinese authorities. The rates of their remuneration can be ascertained on application at the Consulate Office.

BRITISH ORDINANCE, "to enforce Neutrality during the existing Civil War in China."-Hong Kong, January 17, 1855.

[18 Vict. No. 1, of 1855.]

WHEREAS it is necessary that strict neutrality be maintained by all Her Majesty's subjects throughout the Empire of China between the different parties at present contending for dominion in that Empire, and existing legislation does not sufficiently provide for the punishment of those who shall violate such neutrality:

I. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by his Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of Her Majesty's subjects in China, with the advice of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, that it shall be a misdemeanour punishable by not more than two years' imprisonment, or by a fine not exceeding 5,000 dollars (such punishments to be accumulative or not, at the discretion of the adjudicating tribunal) for any British subject within any part of China to assist either the existing Chinese Government, or any or either of the different factions at present engaged, or who may be hereafter engaged, in opposition to that Government, by personal enlistment in the service of either of the said several parties, or by procuring other persons to enlist in such service, or by furnishing, selling, or procuring warlike stores of any description, or by fitting out vessels, or by knowingly and purposely doing any other act to assist either party by which neutrality may be violated.

II. And be it further enacted and ordained, that the tribunal for adjudicating on offences of the description intended to be dealt with by this Ordinance, shall consist of a Consular Officer in charge of a

Consulate and two Assessors, who shall be subjects of Her Majesty resident within that Consulate.

JOHN BOWRING.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 17th day of January, 1855.

L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils.

BRITISH ORDINANCE, "to establish a proper system of Registration for Colonial Vessels."-Hong Kong, March 3,

1855.

[18 Vict. No. 4, of 1855.]

WHEREAS many illegal acts have resulted from the improper use of registers granted at Hong Kong under the provisions of the 'Imperial Acts to vessels employed solely in trading with the mainland of China, and it is necessary that legal trading should be protected and illegal trading prevented:

I. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that from and after the passing of this Ordinance no ship or vessel whatsoever owned by a British subject shall be at liberty to trade in any of the harbours of this colony unless in the case of an outward trading ship or vessel she be provided with a certificate of registry in conformity with the Imperial Acts of Parliament on that behalf; and in the case of a China trading ship or vessel she has in all respects complied with the requirements of this Ordinance.

II. And be it further enacted and ordained, that henceforward when any person or persons shall be desirous of obtaining a register for a ship or vessel in this colony, it shall be necessary for such person or persons to forward to the Colonial Secretary a declaration in writing stating whether the ship or vessel for which such register is sought is intended to be employed solely in trade with China or on more distant voyages, and that according to such statement a register shall be granted to such ship or vessel, either an imperial register as prescribed by the Imperial Acts in that behalf or a colonial register as laid down in this Ordinance; provided always that should such declaration be false or the ship or vessel to which it relates not be employed in conformity with it, the register thereby obtained whether imperial or colonial shall ipso facto become null and void.

III. And be it further enacted and ordained, that a colonial register shall be given under the hand of the Governor, LieutenantGovernor, or officer administering the Government of this colony on production of the following documents:

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