THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND MAY, 1897.
(b.) Thereupon the Harbour Master shall take posses-
sion of such goods and effects and-
(1.) If he thinks that their value is more than one hundred dollars, he shall forthwith hand them over to the Official Administrator, to whom he shall also furnish in writing all such information as he may have been able to obtain about the deceased passenger and as he may consider likely 10 be useful for the duc administration of the estate; and
(ii.) If he thinks that their value is not more than one hundred dollars, he shall, in such manner as he may consider just and convenient, distribute them amongst the persons who may appear to him, in his discretion, to be entitled thereto, or, if he can find no such persons within one month of the time when the goods and effects came into his hands, then he shall sell them and pay the pro- ceeds of the sale into the Treasury to a special account to be there kept for that purpose; (c.) At any time within twelve months of the time when the proceeds of any estate have been paid into the Treasury under this section, any person entitled to the said proceeds, or to any portion thereof, may apply to the Harbour Master for the same, and, at the expiration of the said twelve months, the Har- bour Master may make application in that behalf to the Colonial Treasurer, and the Colonial Treasurer shall pay to the Harbour Master the said proceeds or a portion thereof, and the Harbour Master shall distribute the same amongst the applicants in such manner as he may consider just and convenient; (4.) Before distributing any estate or paying the pro- ceeds of any estate into the Treasury under this scetion, the Harbour Master shall deduct the amount of any expenses or costs which he may have incurred in advertising or otherwise in the administration of the same: and
(c) If no person entitled applies to the Harbour Master under paragraph (e.) of this sub-section within the twelve months in that paragraph mentioned, the pro- reeds of the estate shall be paid over to the general revenue of the Colony ; but it shall be lawful for the Governor, within a period of six years thereafter, to direct a refund of the same, or of any portion there- of, to any person who establishes to his satisfaction a legal, moral, or equitable elaim thereto. (2.) For the purposes of this section, the expression "voyage of a passenger to the Colony means the voyage of a passenger which would in the ordinary course terminate at the Colony as the port of destination of the passenger.
(3.) If any master of a vessel refuses or neglects to comply with the requirements of this section, he shall, on sumuary conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.
PART VI.
BRITISH AND COLONIAL PROBATES.
British Probates.
66. In the provisions of this Part relating to British Interpreta- probates, unless the context otherwise requires,-
tion of term
British
probates.
"Court of Probate" means any court or authority, by relating to
whatever name designated, having jurisdiction in mai- ters of probate, and in Scotland means the Sheriff Court of the County of Edinburgh : *Probate" and "administration
in Scotland.
include confirmation
administra-
67.--(1.) Where a Court of Probate in the United King- Sealing of dom has granted probate or administration in respect of the probate or estate of a deceased person, the probate or administration tion granted so granted may, on being produced to and a copy thereof in the United deposited with the Court, be sealed with the seal of the Kingdom, and Court, and thereupon shall be of like forec and effect and effect thereof, have the same operation in the Colony as if granted by the Court.
(2.) Provided that the Court shall, before sealing a pro- bate or administration under this section, be satisfied-
(.) That probate duty has been paid in respect of so much, if any, of the estate as is liable to probate duty in the Colony; and
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