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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH JUNE, 1887.

Definition of offences.

Penalties.

Recovery of penalties.

Repeals.

29. Offences against this Ordinance shall be considered to be:-

(1.) Refusal, neglect, or omission to do any act com. manded by this Ordinance or by any Order in Council made thereunder.

(2.) Refusal to permit or obstruction of any such act. (3.) The doing of any act forbidden by this Ordinance

or by any Order in Council made thereunder. 30. For every offence against this Ordinance there shall be payable.

(1.) In the case of any offence against Sections 2 to 6 inclusive, a fine not exceeding Two hundred dollars.

(2.) In the case of any other offence, a fine not ex-

ceeding One hundred dollars.

In addition to which any licence held under this Ordinance by the offender may be forfeited:

31. All penalties for Offences against this Ordinance may be recovered in a summary way before a Police Magistrate.

32. The following Ordinances or parts of Ordinances and all rules made thereunder are repealed.

14 of 1845. Section 11.

9 of 1858.

5 of 1867.

9 of 1867. Sections 11 and 12.

3 of 1878.

19 of 1885.

but such repeal shall not affect anything lawfully done or commenced to be done under the said Ordinances, nor revive any Ordinance repealed by them.

33. This Ordinance shall come into force on a day to be named by the Governor.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 6th day of May, 1887.

ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, this 20th day of June, 1887.

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FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Cattic landing wharves and time of

landing.

Importation of cattle and sheep by land.

Cattle and sheep to be inspected on importation. Diseased animals to be segregated.

Segregation of animals to be reported to Sanitary Board.

SCHEDULES.

A.

Cattle Diseases.-Bye-lans.

1. All cattle and sheep imported into the Colony by water shall be landed either at the cattle wharf at Kennedy Town, the wharf of the Hongkong and Macao Steam-boat Company, and the wharf commonly used by the China Steam Navigation Company, at Praya Central, the Hongkong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Pier at Praya West, the Dairy Farm Company's Wharf at Pok-fn-lam, or the Police Station Wharf at Yaumáti, between the hours of 6 o'clock and 11 o'clock in the morning or between the hours of 2 o'clock and 6 o'clock in the evening.

2. All cattle and sheep imported into the Colony by land shall be driven direct to the cattle market at the village of Yaumáti, and their arrival reported forthwith at the Yaumáti Police Station.

3. All cattle and sheep imported into the Colony shall be forthwith inspected and duly marked by an Inspector of Live-stock, and any animal which he finds to be diseased or which he may suspect to be suffering from disease shall be placed in segregation and under observa- tion at the depôts set apart for the purpose at Kennedy Town and Yaumáti.

4. An Inspector of Live-stock shall in every instance, with all practicable speed, report to the Sanitary Board the whole of the ascertainable particulars concerning the animals he places in segregation,

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