THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH NOVEMBER, 1886. 1077
A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance relating to Bills of Lading.
WHEREAS it is expedient that Ordinance No. 2 of
1856 should be re-enacted with certain amendments:
Be 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 Bills of Lading Ordinance, 1886.”
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Short title.
2. Ordinance No. 2 of 1856 is hereby repealed but such repeal shall not affect the past operation of the said Ordi- nance nor anything done or suffered thereunder.
3. Every consignee of goods named in a Bill of Lading, and every endorsee of a Bill of Lading to whom the property in the goods therein mentioned shall pass, upon or by reason of such consignment or endorsement, shall have transferred to and vested in him all rights of suit, and be subject to the same liabilities in respect of such goods, as if the contract contained in the Bill of Lading had been made with himself.
4. Nothing herein contained shall prejudice or affect any right of stoppage in transitu, or any right to claim freight against the original shipper or owner, or any liability of the consignee or endorses by reason or in consequence of his being such consignee, or endorsee, or of his receipt of the goods by reason or in consequence of such consignment or endorsement.
5. Every Bill of Lading in the hands of a consignee or endorsee for valuable consideration representing goods to have been shipped on board a vessel, shall be conclusive evidence of such shipment as against the master or other person signing the same, notwithstanding that such goods or some part thereof may not have been so shipped, unless such holder of the Bill of Lading shall have had actual notice at the time of receiving the same that the goods had not been in fact laden on board: Provided that the master or other person so signing may exonerate himself in respect of such misrepresentation by showing that it was caused without any default on his part, and wholly by the fraud of the shipper, or of the holder, or some person under whom the holder claims.
Repeal.
Rights under Bills of Lading to vest in consignee or endorsee. (18 & 19 Vic. c. 111, s. 1.)
Not to affect right of stoppage in transitu or claims for freight. (18 & 19 Vic. c. 111, a. 2.)
Bill of Lading in hands of consignee, &c., conclusive evidence of the shipment na agaiust Master, &c. (18 & 19 Vic. c. 111, s. 3.)
Proviso.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 435.
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 29th day of November, 1886, at 4 P.M., are published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th November, 1886.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 29th day of November, 1886, at 4 P.M., by Order of His Excellency, the Officer Administering the Government of Five Lots of Crown Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 Years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.
Boundary Measurements.
No. of Sale.
Registry.
No.
Contents in
LOCALITY.
N.W.
& W
S. &
S.E.
E.
W.
Square ft.
Annual Upset Rent. Price.
Rural Building
feet.
feet. feet. feet.
Lots
1
37
Magazine Gap,
290
370 207
42,100 98
840
N.W.
S.
2
38
Do.,
256 120 310 207 44,800 104
N.
3
39
Do.,
4
49
Do.,
300
210 350 219 240 61,900
350
900
138 1,240
237
36,100
84.
720
5
50
Do.,
237 400 237 330 63,800 146
1,280