6th day of March. 1902.
The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas by Treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, and other lawful means His Majesty the King has jurisdiction within the dominions of the Emperor of China And whereas by Article eleven of the Final Protocol signed at Peking on the seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and one, by the Envoys and Plenipotentiaties of China, and of certain other Powers, including His Majesty the King, provision is made for the establishment of a Conservancy Board for the improvement and control of the navigation of the River Whangpoo And whereas the detailed Regulations with respect to the constitution, powers, and revenues of the said Conservancy Board are contained in Annex No. 17 appended to the said protocol, a translation of which Annex appears in the Schedule to this Order And whereas it is expedient that the said Regulations should be made binding upon British subjects Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this be half by the "Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890," or otherwise in His Majesty vest-ea, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows The Regulations contained in the said Annex No. 17, a translation of which appears in the Schedule to this Order are hereby declared to be binding upon all British subjects.
2. In like manner any modifications of the said Regulations. and any ordinances or regulations of the said Conservancy Board enacted in pursuance thereof shall, when brought into force in accordance with the provisions of those Regulations, be binding upon all British subjects.
3 Any proceedings by the said Con: ancy Board. or by any Consul or Municipality against any Bditish subject in respect of any tax or duty payable. or any dispute or matter arising under the said Regulations, or under any such ordinances regulations of the said Board, shall be taken in the proper British Court in accordance with the pro-
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