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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

PROCLAMATION.
(True Copy.)

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.

(Signed) JOHN BOWRING.

By His Excellency Sir John Bowring, Knight,
LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of
the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependen-
cies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her
Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superin-
tendent of the Trade of British Subjects in
China.

WHEREAS by an Act of the Imperial Parliament of
Great Britain and Ireland, passed in the eighteenth
and nineteenth years of Her Majesty's reign, entitled
"An Act for the Regulation of Chinese Passenger
Ships," under the third clause thereof, it is enacted
that "it shall be lawful for the Governor of Hong
Kong to declare by Proclamation, for the purposes
of this Act, what shall be deemed to be the duration
of the voyage of any Chinese passenger ship:"

Now therefore, I, Sir John Bowring, Governor as
aforesaid, by this my Proclamation issued for that
purpose, do declare that the following shall be the
rule of computation by which the length of the
voyage of any ship carrying Chinese passengers from
Shanghae, Ningpo, Foochow, and Amoy, to the
several places hereinafter mentioned, shall be com-
puted, for the purposes of the Act above referred to;
that is to say:--

Computation of length of Voyage
in any Chinese Passenger Ship
from the Northern Ports of
China to the under-mentioned
places.

| Destination | From Shanghae and Ningpo. | From Foochow. | From Amoy. |
| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
| | Oct. to Mar. | April to Sept. | Oct. to Mar. | April to Sept. | Oct. to Mar. | April to Sept. |
| Each inclusive. | Days | Days | Days | Days | Days | Days |
| To California or West Coast of America north of the Equator | 90 | 70 | 95 | 73 | 97 | 74 |
| To West Coast of America south of the Equator | 110 | 110 | 115 | 115 | 117 | 117 |
| To Sandwich Islands | 70 | 52 | 73 | 54 | 74 | 55 |
| To New Caledonia, New Hebri-
des, Fiji Islands, Tahiti, and Friendly Islands | 105 | 125 | 103 | 113 | 102 | 107 |
| To Sydney, Melbourne, or South Australia | 15 | 100 | 62 | 90 | 61 | 85 |
| To Western Australia | 50 | 80 | 47 | 70 | 46 | 65 |
| To Van Diemen's Land | 70 | 100 | 67 | 90 | 66 | 85 |
| To New Zealand | 80 | 110 | 77 | 100 | 76 | 95 |
| To Manilla | 15 | 40 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 25 |
| To Singapore | 25 | 65 | 22 | 55 | 21 | 50 |
| To Batavia | 35 | 80 | 32 | 70 | 31 | 65 |
| To Ceylon | 50 | 90 | 47 | 80 | 46 | 75 |
| To Madras or Calcutta | 55 | 95 | 52 | 85 | 51 | 80 |
| To Bombay | 65 | 100 | 63 | 90 | 62 | 85 |
| To Mauritius or Bourbon | 65 | 100 | 63 | 90 | 62 | 85 |
| To Cape of Good Hope | 70 | 105 | 67 | 95 | 66 | 90 |
| To West Indies or East Coast of America | 152 | 188 | 150 | 178 | 148 | 173 |
| To Great Britain or Europe | 167 | 204 | 163 | 194 | 163 | 190 |
| To Siam | 25 | 65 | 23 | 55 | 22 | 50 |

And I do further declare, that the allowance of
"Salted Vegetables or Pickles, \u00bd lb. per diem," in the
Dietary Scale, under Schedule A of the aforesaid Act,
shall hereafter be altered to--

"Salted Vegetables or Pickles, \u00bd lb. alternate days.
Pickles or Pickled Vegetables, not salted, \u00bd lb. alter-
nate days."

Given under my hand and Seal of the Colony,
at the Government Offices, Victoria, Hong
Kong, this twelfth day of March, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-seven, and in the
twentieth year of Her Majesty's reign.

By His Excellency's Command.

W. T. BRIDGES,
(Acting Colonial Secretary).

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

PROCLAMATION.

-(Signed) JOHN BOWRING.

By His Excellency Sir John Bowring, Knight,
LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief
of the Colony of Hong Kong and its De-
pendencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same,
Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief
Superintendent of the Trade of British Sub-
jects in China.

WHEREAS by an Act of the Imperial Parliament of
Great Britain and Ireland, passed in the eighteenth
and nineteenth years of Her Majesty's reign,
entitled "An Act for the Regulation of Chinese
Passenger Ships," under the third clause thereof, it
is enacted that "it shall be lawful for the Governor
of Hong Kong to declare by Proclamation, for the
purposes of this Act, what shall be deemed to be the
duration of the voyage of any Chinese passenger
ship:"

And whereas, in a Proclamation given under my
hand and seal at the Government Offices at Victoria,
Hong Kong, and bearing date the twenty-sixth day
of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six,
I, Sir John Bowring, did declare the rule of compu-
tation by which the length of the voyage of any
"ship" carrying Chinese passengers from Hong Kong
to the several places named in the aforesaid Procla-
mation should be computed; and whereas the said
Proclamation had reference only to "ships propelled
by sails:"

Now therefore, I, Sir John Bowring, Governor as
aforesaid, by this my Proclamation issued for that
purpose, do declare that the following shall be the
rule of computation by which the length of voyage of
any vessel or ship propelled by steam, and also of
any ship or vessel propelled by sails, with the aid of
auxiliary screws worked by steam, carrying Chinese
passengers from Hong Kong to the several places
hereinafter mentioned, shall be computed for the
purposes of the Act above referred to; that is to say:--

Passage from Hong Kong to the under-
mentioned Places, for Ships propelled
by Steam.