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NOTICE ISSUED BY SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS. 



"Coat of Arms." 



Notice. 



:< Whereas I, the undersigned, have been appointed 

 under the hand of the Officer Commanding the Troops, 

 Special Commissioner for the purpose of inquiring into the 

 recent riots, assessing damage, and levying compensation 

 for such damage, I do hereby give notice, in the name of the 

 Military Authorities, to all persons whomsoever, that they 

 are required to give every assistance, information, etc., to 

 the Military and Civil Authorities ; that persons not obeying 

 orders or carrying firearms will be liable to be shot at sight ; 

 and that any persons harbouring rioters, or suppressing 

 evidence with regard to the offenders in the recent dis- 

 turbances, or spreading false reports, will be treated as 

 aiders and abettors, and will be liable to similar penalties 

 as those persons who have committed such acts. 



" 2. All persons are further warned that they are 

 hereby required to remain in their respective villages 

 throughout the month of June, or during such further period 

 as the Special Commissioners may direct. Persons found in 

 possession of looted property, and persons proved to have 

 destroyed looted property will be dealt with as rioters. 



"3. All looted property is to be forthwith restored to 

 the Village Headmen. All Headmen will answer for the 

 good behaviour of their villagers, and shall assist in obtain- 

 ing the conviction of guilty persons. 



" 4. All persons are required to remain in their houses 

 between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. The beating of 

 tom-toms and the holding of meetings is rigorously for- 

 bidden. All persons, other than Europeans, in the posses- 

 sion of firearms or other dangerous weapons or explosives 

 shall surrender them forthwith to the Village Headman, 

 who shall produce them without delay before the Special 

 Commissioner, or Revenue, Judicial or Police Officers. 



" All such persons found in possession of firearms, 

 dangerous weapons or explosives, after this date, will be 

 liable to severe penalties. 



