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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH MARCH, 1886.
LS
W. H. MARSH.
Short Title.
No bona fide purchase of Reversions to be set aside for under- value merely [31 V. c. 4. 8. 1.]
Interpreta- tion.
[Ibid. n. 2.]
No. 5 OF 1886.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend the Law relating to Sales of Reversions.
BE
[10th March, 1886.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Sales of Reversions Ordinance, 1886.
2. From and after the commencement of this Ordinance no Purchase made bona fide and without fraud or unfair dealing of any Reversionary Interest in property of any kind within the Colony shall hereafter be opened or set aside merely on the ground of undervalue.
3. The word Purchase in this Ordinance shall include every kind of Contract, Conveyance or Assignment under or by which any beneficial interest in any kind of property may be acquired.
ARATHOON SEth, Clerk of Councils.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 88.
• His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to grant to the Honourable E. L. O'MALLEY, Attorney General, Twelve months' leave of absence, viz.: Four months' vacation leave, and Eight months' leave on half salary.
Consequent on Mr. O'MALLEY's departure, His Excellency has been pleased to make the following temporary appointments :---
EDWARD JAMES ACKROYD, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, Registrar of the Supreme Court, to be
Acting Attorney General.
ALFRED GASCOYNE WISE, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, Police Magistrate, to be Acting Registrar of the Supreme Court, Official Trustee, Registrar of Companies, and Land Officer. ERNEST MACKEAN, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, to be Acting Police Magistrate.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th March, 1886.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 91.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to recognise provi- sionally, and until further notice, JULIEN RIGOREAU, Esquire, as in charge of the French Consulate at this Port, during the absence of LEON DEJARDIN, Esquire.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th March, 1886.
FREDERICK STEwart,
Acting Colonial Secretary.