Sept. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1451

considered and deemed to be contraband of war according to
the law or modern usages of nations, for the use or service
of either of the said States, that all persons so offending,
together with their ships and goods, will rightfully incur and
be justly liable to hostile capture, and to the penalties de-
nounced by the law of nations in that behalf.

And We do hereby give notice that all our subjects and
persons entitled to our protection who may misconduct
themselves in the premises will do so at their peril, and of
their own wrong; and that they will in nowise obtain any
protection from Us against such capture, or such penalties
as aforesaid, but will, on the contrary, incur our high dis-
pleasure by such misconduct.

Given at our Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight,
this seventh day of August, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
four, in the fifty-eighth year of our reign.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Foreign Office, 7th August, 1894.

My LORD,—Her Majesty being fully determined to observe
the duties of neutrality during the existing state of war be-
tween the Emperor of China and the Emperor of Japan, 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
me to communicate to your Lordship, for your guidance, the
following rules, which are to be treated and enforced as Her
Majesty's orders and directions:—

Her Majesty is pleased further to command that these rules
shall be put in force in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man,
and the Channel Islands on and after the 12th day of this
month, 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 posses-
sions 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 pos-
sessions.

1. During the continuance of the present state of war, all
   ships of war of either belligerent are prohibited from making
   use of any port or roadstead in the United Kingdom, the Isle
   of Man, or 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 for warlike
   equipment; and no ship of war of either belligerent shall
   hereafter be permitted to sail out of or leave any port, road-
   stead, 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 de-
   parted, 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, the Isle of Man, and 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, the Isle of Man, or the Channel
   Islands, or in any of Her Majesty's colonies or foreign posses-
   sions 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 provisions 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 com-
   pleted. Provided, 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, road-
   stead, or waters within the territorial jurisdiction of Her
   Majesty, there shall be an interval of not less than twenty-
   four hours between the departure therefrom 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 hereafter 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 re-
   quisite 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 jurisdiction 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 carry-
   ing prizes made by them into the ports, harbours, roadsteads,
   or waters of the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the
   Channel Islands, or any of Her Majesty's colonies or posses-
   sions abroad.

I have, &c.,
KIMBERLEY.

The Right Hon. the Marquis of Ripon, K.G., &c.

Extra Aide-de-Camp to the Governor appointed.

Government House,
Wellington, 17th September, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

Captain R. W. P. CLARKE-CAMPBELL-PRESTON, 3rd Bat-
talion the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders),

to be an Extra Aide-de-Camp on his staff, vice Captain
H. J. Stewart, late 20th Hussars, who resigns that ap-
pointment.

By order.
E. H. M. ELLIOT, Major,
Private Secretary.

Officers under "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,"
Canterbury Acclimatisation District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1894.

IT is hereby notified that, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority conferred by section 9 of "The
Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,"

ANGUS McLEOD, of Mount Torlesse;
FREDERICK JACKSON, of Fendalton; and
HARRY BRUCE, of Christchurch,

have been appointed officers for the purposes of that Act for
that part of the Provincial District of Canterbury to the
north of and including the Rakaia River, and for the Counties
of Amuri, Cheviot, and Kaikoura, and for the waters of the
Clarence River which are within the County of Marlborough.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer, Rangitikei,
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

ALEXANDER SIMPSON

to be Registrar of Electors and Returning Officer, under
"The Electoral Act, 1893," for the Electoral District of
Rangitikei, vice A. Ross, resigned. Appointment to date
from 1st October, 1894.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Inspector of Weights and Measures, Rangiora, appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

Constable JAMES JOHNSTON

to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures, under "The
Weights and Measures Act, 1868," and the Acts amending
the same, for the Borough of Rangiora, vice Constable
Patrick Costin, transferred.
P. A. BUCKLEY.

Deputy Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th September, 1894.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JAMES McHATTIE

to be Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages and of Births
and Deaths for the District of Picton.
P. A. BUCKLEY.