THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7т MARCHI, 1883.
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(Section 3) the Promoters or the Survivors or Survivor of them should be the Promoters for the purposes of that Ordinance and were thereinafter referred to as the Promoters and that (Section 4 since repealed) when and so soon as that Ordinance should have come into operation as therein- after provided (but not before) the Promoters might with the assent and approval of the Governor in Council and in manner therein mentioned assign and absolutely dispose of any one or more of the Tramways thereby authorised to be constructed and all and every the assignees or assignee for the time being from the Promoters whether a Corporate Body or not were and was therein- after included in the expression and referred to as the Company and the said reciting Ordinance more particularly mentioned and described the Tramways which were thereby anthorised to be made and constructed the powers for construction thereof the provisions for the protection of gas and water Companies and of sewers drains water courses and subways the powers to sell lease and mortgage and the other powers and provisions therein more particularly mentioned and set out an in particular it was thereby enacted that (inter alia) if the Company did not within three years after the time at which they might under that Ordinance have commenced the construction of any one or more of the Tramways thereby authorised and complete and open the same for public traffic or if within one year after the time aforesaid the construction of any one or more of such Tramways was not in the opinion of the Governor in Council substantially cominenced the powers thereby given to the Company for constructing such Tramways so not completed or commenced or otherwise in relation thereto should cease to be exercised unless the time were prolonged by the Governor in Council And it was thereby also enacted that (Section 145) that Ordinance should not come into operation until Her Majesty's confirmation thereof was proclaimed by the Governor And whereas by a Proclamation dated the Third November One thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and published in the Hongkong Government Gazette of the same date under the hand of flis Excellency Sir GEORGE FERGUSON BOWEN Knight Grand Cross of the most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same and the Seal of the said Colony of Hongkong after reciting that a Despatch had been received from the Right Honourable the Earl of DERBY Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies con- veying to him (the said Sir GEORGE FERGUSON BOWEN) Her Majesty's gracious confirmation and allowance of (inter alia) the said recited Ordinance it was by the now reciting Proclamation proclaimed that (inter alia) the said Ordinance had been so confirmed and allowed as aforesaid And whereas by the Tramways Ordinance Amendment Ordinance 1883 after reciting that a doubt had arisen as to the powers conferred upon the Promoters for the purposes of the Tramways Ordinance 1883 under Section 4 of the said Ordinance and that it was desirable to remove such doubt it was enacted that (Section 2) the Tramways Ordinance 1883 was thereby amended by repealing Section 4 and by inserting in lieu thereof the Section following
4. The Promoters may with the assent and approval of the Governor in Council grant the right to construct and maintain any one or more of the Tramways hereby authorised to be made and all or any of the privileges hereby conferred without receiving any valuable consideration therefor or for any consideration that the Promoters may think fit to accept t such persons or person Corporation or Company and with under and subject to such terms and conditions in all respects as the Promoters shall think fit and may with the approval of the Governor in Council upon failure of any of the terms and conditions contained in the original or any subsequent grant if thereunto authorised by the terms of such original or subsequent grant revoke the same and re-grant all or any such rights aud privileges and so much of any Tramway as may be constructed upon such terms and conditions as to them shall seem fit and all and every the Assignees or Assignee for the time being from the Promoters whether a Corporate Body or not are and is hereinafter included in the expression and referred to as the Company
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"And it was also enacted that (Section 3) that Ordinance should commence and take effret on the First January. One thousand eight hundred and eighty-four And whereas on the Eighth October One thousand eight hundred and eighty-four (the construction of any one or more of the said Tramways not having been then substantially commenced) an application was made to the Governor in Council for an extension of the time allowed by the said Tramways Ordinance 1883 for the substantial commencement of the construction of all the Tramways authorised by the Ordinance in the words and figures following that is to say-
T., 35 Queen's Road Hongkong Sth October 1884 Sir By the Tramways Ordinance 1883 Section 26 it is provided that if within one year after the time at which the Company might under that Ordinance have commenced the construction of any one or more of the Ti
ways the construction of any one or more of such Tramways is not in the opinion of the Governor in Council substantially commenced the powers thereby given to the Company for constructing such Tramways so not commenced or otherwise in relation therero shall cease to be exercised unless the time be prolonged by the Governor in Council Section 145 cuneied that the Ordinance was not to come into operation until Her Majesty's confirmation was proclaimed by the Governor This confirmation was proclaimed on the