908 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30тH OCTOBER, 1897.
Naturaliza-
tion of U
A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance for the Naturalization of U Hor
CHAU alias U CHIU TSÜN.
WHEREAS U HOI CHAU (
alias U CHIU
TSÜN (†), a native of Macao, is now carrying on business as master of the CHUN TAI (4) shop at No. 138, Queen's Road Central, in this Colony, and has resided in this Colony for the last ten years, and has de- clared 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:--
U HOI CHAU (alias U CHIU TSÜN HOI CHAU.) 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.
Construction.
Amendment of section 12 of Ordinance 15 of 1894.
A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance to amend The closed houses and insanitary dwellings Ordinance, 1894.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows
1. This Ordinance shall be read and construed together with Ordinance No. 15 of 1894, hereinafter referred to as the principal Ordinance.
2. Section 12 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended as follows:-
The words "The height of any building shall be mea- sured from the level of the street to the underside of the eaves of such building, at their point of junction with the main walls thereof," are hereby struck out and, in lieu thereof, the words following shall be inserted and read as forming part of such section, that is to say :—
"The height of any building shall be determined by measuring on the line of the main walls (both back and front) from the level of the street on which the principal front of such building abuts the full vertical height allowed by the preceding rules and by drawing from the points thus ascertained lines at an angle of thirty degrees with the horizontal, and any part of the building (except any chimney or party-wall) falling outside such lines shall be deemed illegal."
"In the event of the street on which the principal front of a building abuts not being level throughout the extent of such building, or in the event of a building having two or more principal fronts respectively abutting on streets which are dissimilar in width or level, the Sanitary Board shall determine from what point or points the full vertical height, as specified in the foregoing clause, shall be measured."
Objects and Reasons.
The definition as it originally stood has been found in- applicable in many cases, as it contained nothing to limit the height of any structure in which the main walls did not effect a junction with the caves. It has therefore been considered necessary to alter the definition so that it may cover any such cases.
W. MEIGH GOODMAN, Attorney General.