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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 12TH NOVEMBER, 1898.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. —No. 503.
VOL. XLIV.
簿四十四第
The following Order in Council is published.
By Command,
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th November. 1898.
ORDER
Made by the Officer Administering the Government in Council, ander Ordinance 23 of 1895, entitled the British Possessions Probate Ordinance, 1895, this 8th day of November, 1898.
Whereas by the third section of the British Possessions Probate Ordinance, 1895, it is enacted as follows:-
· The Governor in Council may, on being satisfied that the legislature of any British possession has made adequate provision for the recognition in that possession of probates and letters of administration granted by the Supreme Court, direct by Order that this Ordinance shall, subject to any exceptions and modifications specified in the Order, apply to that possession, and thereupon, while the Order is in force, this Ordinance shall apply accordingly ";
And whereas the Officer Administering the Government in Council is satisfied that the legislature of the British possession, Saint Vincent, has made adequate provision for the recognition in that possession of probates and letters of administration granted by the Supreme Court of this Colony;
Now, therefore, the Officer Administering the Government in Council doth hereby order and direct that the British Possessions Probate Ordinance, 1895, shall apply to the above-mentioned British possession, Saint Vincent.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
HONGKONG.
J. G. T. BUCKLE, Clerk of Councils.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. -No. 504.
The following Returns of Deaths are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th November, 1898.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.