Parliamentary Papers, Volume 42

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Page 3 - Individuals, unless it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction...
Page 1 - ... an act passed in the third and fourth years of the reign of his late majesty King William the Fourth, intituled ' An Act for the Abolition of Fines and Recoveries, and for the Substitution of more simple Modes of Assurance...
Page 5 - If a straight line touch a circle, and from the point of contact a chord be drawn, the angles which this chord makes with the tangent are equal to the angles in the alternate segments.
Page 16 - So soon as peace shall have been restored, British vessels shall also be admitted to trade at such ports as far as Hankow, not exceeding three in number, as the British Minister, after consultation with the Chinese Secretary of State, may determine shall be ports of entry and discharge.
Page 19 - remove doubts as to the exercise of power and " jurisdiction by Her Majesty within divers " countries and places out of Her Majesty's " dominions, and to render the same more
Page 3 - Hongkong all such laws and ordinances as may from time to time be required for the peace, order and good government of Her Majesty's subjects being within the dominions of the Emperor of China, or being within any ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the Coast of China...
Page 1 - Majesty's dominions, and to render the same more effectual," it is amongst other things enacted that it is and shall be lawful for Her Majesty to hold, exercise, and enjoy any power or jurisdiction which Her Majesty now hath, or may at any time hereafter have within any country or place out of Her Majesty's dominions in the same and as ample a manner as if Her Majesty had acquired such power or jurisdiction by the cession or conquest of territory.
Page 15 - ... shall be proceeded against in the same manner as if the offence had been committed within the jurisdiction of the state or district to which he or they may belong, against a citizen or white inhabitant thereof.
Page 5 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 19 - Time be required for the Peace, Order, and good Government of Her Majesty's Subjects being within the Dominions of the Emperor of China, or being within any Ship or Vessel at a Distance of not more than One hundred Miles from the Coast of China...

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