Parliamentary Papers, Volume 54H.M. Stationery Office, 1852 |
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Page 6 - The present Convention shall be in force for the term of Ten Years from the date hereof: and further, until the end of Twelve Months after either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the Other of its intention to terminate the same...
Page 6 - ... satisfactory evidence on the part of the master or owners shall establish to the satisfaction of the court that such vessel was at the time of her detention or capture employed in some legal pursuit...
Page 134 - Clarendon to transmit to you, to be laid before the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a copy of a letter from Mr.
Page 6 - Provinces, as the natives thereof, to manage their own affairs themselves, or to commit them to the management of whomsoever they please, as broker...
Page 15 - Hong-Kong and its dependencies, nor to nor over any cause of action or complaint whatsoever, originating beyond the said limits, save and except and unless the parties, complainant and defendant, shall, at the date of the service of the summons in any action or suit, be all or both of them actually resident within the colony of Hong-Kong or its dependencies : provided always, that nothing herein contained shall prevent, or be construed to prevent, all orders and decrees made by the Supreme Court...
Page 2 - If the individual claimed by one of the High Contracting Parties in pursuance of the present Treaty should be also claimed by one or several other Powers on account of other crimes or offences committed upon their respective territories, his extradition shall be granted to that State whose demand is earliest in date.
Page 8 - Slave Trade, or to be fitted out for the purposes thereof, or to have been engaged in such Trade during the voyage in which she may be met with by such ship of...
Page 5 - British consulgeneral, or, in his absence, his representative, shall have the right to nominate curators to take charge of the property of the deceased, for the benefit of his lawful heirs and creditors, without interference, giving convenient notice thereof to the authorities of the country ; and reciprocally.