conveying the same, and transmitted direct between such port and such colony or foreign country. And we direct, that it shall be optional for the sender of any such letter, as lastly hereinbefore mentioned, posted in any of Her Majesty's colonies where posts have been or shall be established by Her Majesty's Postmaster-General, addressed to Hanover or Brunswick (registered letters excepted), to allow the whole of the postage thereof, colonial, British, and foreign, to be charged to the receiver of the letter in Hanover or Brunswick, or to prepay all such postage at the time of posting the letter; but such sender shall not have the option of paying the colonial and British postage thereof only, and leaving the foreign postage to be paid in Hanover or Brunswick. And we further direct, that on every letter transmitted, as is mentioned in this warrant, exceeding half an ounce in weight, there shall be charged and taken progressive and additional rates of postage, according to the scale of weight and number of rates in the said Act contained as to letters, estimating and charging each additional rate at the sum which any such letter would be charged with under this warrant, if not exceeding half an ounce in weight. And we further direct, that such printed newspapers as are hereinafter mentioned may be sent by the post at the rates hereinafter set forth: (that is to say) British newspapers sent direct via the Elbe from the United Kingdom to Hanover or Brunswick (the conveyance between the United Kingdom and the Elbe being direct by packet-boat or private ship), 1 penny each. Newspapers published in Hanover or Brunswick, in the German language, and sent from thence direct via the Elbe to any part of the United Kingdom (the conveyance between the Elbe and the United Kingdom being direct by packet-boat or private ship), 1 penny each. And we further direct, that the Postmaster-General may cause the postage on any such printed newspapers to be paid on the same being put into the Post Office. And we further direct, that every printed supplement or additional sheet to any newspaper shall, for the purpose of charging the postage under this warrant, be deemed a distinct newspaper, unless sent in the same cover or together with the newspaper to which it is a supplement or addition. And we further direct, that no printed newspaper shall be conveyed by the post under the regulations of this present warrant, unless the same shall be sent without a cover, or in a cover open at the sides, or in open bands, and unless there be no word or communication printed on the paper after its publication, or upon the cover or band thereof, and no writing or mark upon it or upon the cover or band of it, except the name and address of the person to whom sent, nor any paper or thing enclosed in or with the same; and every such newspaper shall be forwarded under and subject to such other conditions, regulations, and restrictions as by the said recited Act are directed in respect of newspapers sent by the post. And we further direct, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to extend to any letters or newspapers passing by the post between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Hanover or the Duchy of Brunswick, viá Holland, Belgium, or France, or any other foreign country. And we further direct, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to annual, prejudice, or affect any of the exemptions and privileges granted by the said recited Act, or by an Act made and passed in the 1st year of the reign of Her present Majesty [cap. 33.], intituled "An Act for the management of the Post Office*," and that all such exemptions and privileges shall remain in full force. And we further direct, that the terms and expressions used in this warrant shall be construed to have the like meaning in all respects as they would have had if inserted in the said Act of the 3rd and 4th years of the reign of Her present Majesty. And we further direct, that this warrant shall come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1845. Provided lastly, and we hereby declare and direct, that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners for the time being of Her Majesty's Treasury, or any three of them, by warrant under their hands, at any time hereafter to alter or repeal any of rates hereby altered, or the regulations hereby made, make and establish any new or other rates or regulations * See this Vol. "Great Britain." thereof, and from time to time to appoint at what time the rates that may be payable are to be paid. Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, the 8th day of September, 1845. HENRY GOULBURN. WILLIAM CRIPPS. W. FORBES MACKENZIE. CHINA. BRITISH NOTIFICATION. Table of Fees to be levied by British Consuls, in China. Hong Kong, July 22, 1843. Table of Consular Fees *. On report of ship's arrival, at Custom-House On Linguist's attendance at landing and shipping of cargo. On granting port-clearance and signing manifest Noting a protest Order of survey Signature of muster-roll (when required) Seal of office, and signature to any other document Attending sales or, if a charge has been previously made for valuation Attendance out of Consular Office on express busi ness, travelling expenses, and Ditto on opening a will * Repealed by Notification of 22nd February, 1844. 2 5 dolls. per diem. 5 dollars. Page 166. Dated at Government House at Victoria, Hong Kong, this 22nd day of July, 1843. By Order, G. A. MALCOLM, Secretary of Legation. BRITISH NOTIFICATION respecting Consular Fees. Hong Kong, February 22, 1844. IN obedience to instructions received from the Right Honourable the Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the following tables of Consular Fees (marked A and B) are substituted for those which were published with the Government notification of the 22nd of July, 1843,* and are to be adopted and to continue in force at the different British Consular stations in China, from the date of the receipt of this notification, pending the further pleasure of Her Majesty's Government. Government House, Victoria (Hong Kong), February 22, 1844. TABLE A. Certificate of due landing of goods exported from the United Kingdom. Signature of ship's manifest Certificate of origin (when required) Bill of health (when required) Signature of muster-roll (when required) TABLE B. Bottomry, or arbitration bond Noting a protest. 1 Order of survey. 2 * See Page 165. Valuation of goods Attending sales,per cent. where there has been a charge for valuing; otherwise. Attendance out of Consular Office at a shipwreck, 5 dollars per diem for his personal expenses, over and above his travelling expenses. Attendance on opening a will Management of property of British subjects dying intestate BRITISH ORDINANCE, "to give judicial authority to Her Anno 6 & 7 Victoria Regina.-No. 2 of 1844 *. WHEREAS a certain ordinance was passed by his Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong and Superintendent of the Trade of Her Majesty's subjects in China, with the advice of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the 7th year of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled "An Ordinance to render Her Majesty's subjects within the domiInions of the Emperor of China, or within any ship or vessel at a distance of not more than 100 miles from the coast of China, subject in all matters to the law of England, and to extend the jurisdiction of the Courts of Justice at Hong Kong over the same: And whereas to carry the said recited ordinance into effect it is expedient to invest Her Majesty's Consuls in China with judicial authority: I. Be it therefore enacted by his Excellency the Governor * Repealed by Ordinance No. 1 of 1847. |