1070 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12тп DECEMBER, 1885.
Amending Ordinance
S of 1861
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G. F. BoWEN.
No. 20 or 1885.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend Ordinance 8 of 1860.
BE
[11th December, 1885.]
E it cuacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-- 1. Ordinance 8 of 1860 is hereby amended by adding after Section 46 the following Section.
47. The following special provisions shall regulate the administration of the estates of passengers who die at sea in the course of a voyage to Hongkong on board of any ship which afterwards arrives in Hongkong.
1. Where any passenger has died on board of any vessel in the course of his voyage to Hongkong the master of the vessel in which such passenger has died shall immediately upon the arrival of the vessel in Hongkong hand over to the Harbour Master all the goods and effects of such passenger then on board of such vessel.
2. Thereupon the Harbour Master shall take possession
of such goods and effects and
(a.) If he thinks that their value is more than $100 he shall hand them over to the Official Ad- ministrator to whom he shall also furnish in writing all such information as he may have been able to obtain about the deceased passenger and as he may consider likely to be useful for the due administra- tion of the estate.
(b.) If he thinks that their value is not more than $100 he shall in such manner as he may in his discretion consider convenient and just distribute them amongst the persons who appear to him in his discretion to be entitled to them, or if he can find no such persons within one month of the date when the said goods and effects come into his hands then be shall sell them and pay the proceeds of the sale into the Treasury to a special account to be there kept for the purpose.
3. For the purposes of this
Section the expression voyage of a passenger to Hongkong, means the voyage of a passenger to Hongkong terminates at Hongkong as the port of destination of such pas- senger.
4. At any time within 12 months of the date when the proceeds of any estate have been paid into the Treasury under this Section any person entitled to the same or to any portion thereof may apply to the Harbour Master for the same, and at the expiration of the said 12 months, the Harbour Master may apply to the Treasurer and the Treasurer shall pay to the Harbour Master the said, proceeds of the estate and the Harbour Master shall distribute the same amongst the applicants in such manner as he may consider just
and convenient.
5. Before distributing any estate or paying the proceeds of any estate into the Treasury the Harbour Mas- ter shall deduct the amount of any expenses or costs that he may have incurred in advertising or otherwise in the administration of the same.. 6. If no person entitled applies to the Harbour Master under paragraph 4 within the 12 months in that paragraph mentioned the proceeds of the estate shall be paid over to the general revenue of the Colony; but it shall be lawful for the Governor within a period of 6 years to direct a refund of the same to any person establishing to his satis- faction a legal, moral, or equitable, claim thereto.
ARATHOON SETH,
· Clerk of Councils.
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