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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14т MARCH, 1885.
POSTTONEMENT OF THE OTHER ÜRDER OF THE DAY.-The Attorney General moved that the other Order of the Day be postponed.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question--put and passed.
The Council adjourned antil Wednesday, the 11th instant, at 4 P.M.
Read and confirmed, this 11th day of March, 1885.
ARATHOON SETH,
Clerk of Councils
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 108.
G. F. BOWEN,
Governor.
The following Order of the Governor in Council under The Stamp Ordinance, 1884, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th March, 1885.
ORDER
Made by the Governor in Council, under the Stamp Ordinance
1884, this 11th day of March, 1885.
It is hereby ordered as follows :---
1. The Adhesive Stamps to be used under the above- mentioned Ordinance shall be of the following values :--
1 Cent. 2 Cents.
25 Cents.
30
21
50
$ 1.00
""
10
$ 1.50
**
12
$10.00
2. The Impressed
Stamps shall be of the following
values :--
1 cent.
20 cents.
$1.25. $ 4.50.
$ 10.50.
2 cents. 25
17
3
30
33
5
50
"
"
$1.50. $2.00. $2.50.
$ 5.00.
$ 20.00.
$ 6.00.
$ 25.00.
$ 6.50.
$ 40.00.
10- 15
39
"
75 $1.00.
19
$3.00. $4.00.
$ 8.50. $ 50.00. $10.00.
$100.00.
and a Stamp bearing the words Adjudication fee paid.
3. The above Stamps shall be of the form, size, and design of the Specimen Stamps enclosed in a case for Public Inspection at the Stamp Office.
4. Adhesive Stamps may be used for the following classes of documents, aud for no others :—
Bills of Exchange drawn out of the Colony, Cheques,
Renewals of Policies of Insurance,
Receipts,
but Impressed Stamps may be used for any of the above doenments.
5. No Bills of Exchange in sets shall be stamped in which the words First and Second, or First, Second, and Third are left blank, nor in which the words Second of the same tenor and date being unpoid, or the like, are wholly or partly left blank.
6. Every Promissory Note in the Chinese language shall bear an Impressed Stamp of the value required by the Schedule, which Impressed Stamp shall be placed on the upper edge of a printed border similar to the Specimens enclosed in a case for Public Inspection at the Stamp Office. All the writing of such note must be within the said border, which is to be taken as part of the Impressed Stamp required for such Promissory Note.
7. The size or shape of such border, and the devices or characters accompanying it, may be varied from time to time at the discretion of the Collector.
ARATHOON SETH,
Clerk of Councils.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.