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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH AUGUST, 1898.
Naturaliza-
tion of CHAU TỪNG SHANG.
LS
No. 7 of 1898.
An Ordinance for the Naturalization of
CHAU TUNG SHANG.
WILSONE BLACK,
Officer Administering the Government,
[24th August, 1898.] WHEREAS CHAU TUNG SHANG (4), a native of Nam Hoi () district, in the Province of Kwang Tung(), in the Empire of China, at present a Director of the National Bank of China, Limited, in this Colony, has resided in this Colony for more than nine years, and has declared his intention of residing here permanently, and has petitioned to be naturalized as a British subject, within the limits of this Colony, and whereas it is expedient that he should be so naturalized.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:--
1. Chau Tung SHANG (4) shall be, and he is, hereby, naturalized as a British subject within this Colony, and shall enjoy therein, but not elsewhere, all the rights, advantages and privileges of a British subject, on his taking the Oath of Allegiance under the Promissory Oaths Ordinance, 1869.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 3rd day of August, 1898.
J. G. T. BUCKLE, Clerk of Councils,
Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the 24th day of August, 1898.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 15 OF 1898.
An Ordinance to provide for the reservation of certain land at Causeway Bay as a recreation ground and for the making of regulations as to its use.
LS
WILSONE BLACK,
Officer Administering the Government.
[20th August, 1898.]
Short title.
Reservation of certain land to be known as the Queen's Recreation Ground.
Regulations.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Queen's Recrcn- tion Ground Ordinance, 1898.
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2. The piece of Crown land situato at Causeway Bay in this Colony, delineated and shown upon a plan marked the Queen's Recreation Ground, signed by the Director of Public Works and countersigned by the Governor and deposited in the Land Office of this Colony, shall be hence- forth reserved as an open space and be appropriated for the purposes of public recreation and shall be known as "the Queen's Recreation Ground: Provided that if at any time hereafter it appears to the Governor that it is neces- sary or desirable, in the interests either of the Imperial Government or of the Government of this Colony, that such land should be re-appropriated, it shall be lawful for the Governor to re-appropriate such land and to use it or allow its use for other purposes. Notice of such re- appropriation shall be forthwith published in the Gazette.
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Concil, from time to time, to make such regulations as he may deem espedient for the maintenance of good order in the Queen's Recreation Ground and for the preservation, management, use, and enjoyment thereof, and to annex to the breach of