THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
453

1. During the continuance of the present state of
   war, all ships of war of either belligerent are pro-
   hibited from making use of any port or roadstead in
   the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
   or in the Channel Islands, or in any of Her Majesty's
   colonies or foreign possessions or dependencies, or
   of any waters subject to the territorial jurisdiction of
   the British Crown, as a station or place of resort for
   any warlike purpose, or for the purpose of obtaining
   any facilities of warlike equipment; and no ship of
   war of either belligerent shall hereafter be permitted
   to sail out of or leave any port, roadstead, or waters
   subject to British jurisdiction, from which any vessel
   of the other belligerent (whether the same shall be a
   ship of war or a merchant ship) shall have previously
   departed, until after the expiration of at least twenty-
   four hours from the departure of such last-mentioned
   vessel beyond the territorial jurisdiction of Her
   Majesty.

2. If any ship of war of either belligerent shall,
   after the time when this order shall be first notified
   and put in force in the United Kingdom and in the
   Channel Islands, and in the several colonies and
   foreign possessions and dependencies of Her Majesty
   respectively, enter any port, roadstead, or waters
   belonging to Her Majesty, either in the United
   Kingdom or in the Channel Islands, or in any of
   Her Majesty's colonies or foreign possessions or
   dependencies, such vessel shall be required to depart
   and to put to sea within twenty-four hours after her
   entrance into such port, roadstead, or waters, except
   in case of stress of weather, or of her requiring pro-
   visions or things necessary for the subsistence of her
   crew, or repairs, in either of which cases the authorities
   of the port, or of the nearest port (as the case may
   be) shall require her to put to sea as soon as possible
   after the expiration of such period of twenty-four
   hours, without permitting her to take in supplies
   beyond what may be necessary for her immediate use;
   and no such vessel which may have been allowed to
   remain within British waters for the purpose of repair
   shall continue in any such port, roadstead, or waters
   for a longer period than twenty-four hours after her
   necessary repairs shall have been completed: Pro-
   vided, nevertheless, that in all cases in which there
   shall be any vessel (whether ships of war or merchant
   ships) of the said belligerent parties in the same port,
   roadstead, or waters within the territorial jurisdiction
   of Her Majesty, there shall be an interval of not less
   than twenty-four hours between the departure there-
   from of any such vessel (whether a ship of war or
   merchant ship) of the one belligerent and the
   subsequent departure therefrom of any ship of war of
   the other belligerent; and the time hereby limited for
   the departure of such ships of war respectively shall
   always, in case of necessity, be extended so far as
   may be requisite for giving effect to this proviso, but
   no further or otherwise.

3. No ship of war of either belligerent shall here-
   after be permitted while in any port, roadstead, or
   waters subject to the territorial jurisdiction of Her
   Majesty, to take in any supplies, except provisions
   and such other things as may be requisite for the
   subsistence of her crew, and except so much coal only
   as may be sufficient to carry such vessel to the
   nearest port of her own country, or to some nearer
   destination; and no coal shall again be supplied to
   any such ship of war in the same or any other port,
   roadstead, or waters subject to the territorial jurisdic-
   tion of Her Majesty, without special permission, until
   after the expiration of three months from the time
   when such coal may have been last supplied to her
   within British waters as aforesaid.

4. Armed ships of either party are interdicted from
   carrying prizes made by them into the ports, harbours,

roadsteads, or waters of the United Kingdom, or any
of Her Majesty's colonies or possessions abroad.
I have, &c.,
GRANVILLE.

The Right Honorable
The Earl of Kimberley.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS Her Majesty being fully determined
to observe the duties of neutrality during the
existing state of war between the Emperor of the
French and the King of Prussia, and being moreover
resolved to prevent, as far as possible, the use of
Her Majesty's harbours, ports, and coasts, and the
waters within Her Majesty's territorial jurisdiction,
in aid of the warlike purposes of either belligerent,
has commanded that the Rules set forth in the
Schedule hereto are to be treated and enforced as
Her Majesty's orders and directions, and that the
said Rules shall be put in force in the United King-
dom and in the Channel Islands on and after the
twenty-sixth day of July instant, and in Her Majesty's
territories and possessions beyond the seas six days
after the day when the Governor or other chief
authority of each of such territories or possessions
respectively shall have notified and published the
same; stating in such notification that the said rules
are to be obeyed by all persons within the same
territories and possessions:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
K.G.C.M.G., Governor of New Zealand, do hereby
notify and publish the said Rules, and do state that
the said Rules are to be obeyed by all persons within
New Zealand.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same, at the Government
House at Wellington, this twentieth
day of September, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy.

W. GISBORNE.

SCHEDULE.

1. During the continuance of the present state of
   war, all ships of war of either belligerent are pro-
   hibited from making use of any port or roadstead in
   the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
   or in the Channel Islands, or in any of Her Majesty's
   colonies or foreign possessions or dependencies, or
   of any waters subject to the territorial jurisdiction of
   the British Crown, as a station or place of resort for
   any warlike purpose, or for the purpose of obtaining
   any facilities of warlike equipment; and no ship of
   war of either belligerent shall hereafter be permitted
   to sail out of or leave any port, roadstead, or waters
   subject to British jurisdiction, from which any vessel
   of the other belligerent (whether the same shall be a
   ship of war or a merchant ship) shall have previously
   departed, until after the expiration of at least twenty-
   four hours from the departure of such last-mentioned
   vessel beyond the territorial jurisdiction of Her
   Majesty.

2. If any ship of war of either belligerent shall,
   after the time when this order shall be first notified
   and put in force in the United Kingdom and in the
   Channel Islands, and in the several Colonies and
   foreign possessions and dependencies of Her Majesty
   respectively, enter any port, roadstead, or waters
   belonging to Her Majesty, either in the United