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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND MARCH, 1884.
Establishment of Savings Bank,
Governor in Council may make rules
Depositor's Book.
Deposits may be paid from Itvenue.
Certain documents cxempt from Stamp Duty.
Suspending clause.
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A BILL
ENTITLED
The Savings Bank Ordinance, 1884.
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :— 1. There shall be a Savings Bank at Hongkong, and the Revenue of the Colony shall forin a direct security for the repayanent of suns deposited in such Savings Bank.
2. The Governor in Council may from time to time make, and when made, revoke, alter, or add to, rules with regard to the following matters:-
(1.) The title or name of the Bank,
(2.) The place or places where its business shall
be carried on.
(3.) The officer or officers of Government, who shall manage the same, and their designations and remuneration.
(4.) The limits of deposit, the rate of interest, and
the mode of computing it.
(5.) The manner of keeping accounts and of
auditing such accounts.
(6.) The disposal and investment of monies re- ceived under this Ordinance. Provided that such inoneys shall not be applied to the pur- poses of the Colony or invested in any loan raised or to be raised in the Colony.
(7.) And generally for carrying out the purposes
of this Ordinance.
3. Each Depositor in the Savings Bank shall be furnished with a book, to be called a Depositor's Book, and every entry duly made in such Depositor's Book according to the rules made for that purpose, shall be considered as proof of the facts set forth, and if it be an entry of Deposit shall entitle the Depositor to have repaid to him on demand the sum so entered with the amount of interest due thereon according to the rules for interest in force for the time being. 4. If at any time the monies received under this Ordi- nanee shall, owing to investments or otherwise, be insuffi- cient to meet the claims of any depositor demanding pay- ment, it shall be lawful for the Governor to authorise pay- ment of any deficiency out of the general revenues of the Colony.
5. No Power, Warrant, or Letter of Attorney granted by any Officer of the Bank or given by any Depositor in the Bank to any other person authorising him to make any Deposit in the Bank on behalf of the said Depositor, or to sign any document or instrument required by the Rules or Regulations of the Bank to be signed on making such de- posit, or to receive back any sun of money deposited in the Bank, or the dividends or interest arising therefrom, nor any bond or other instrument or document whatsoever required or authorised to be given, issued, signed, made or produced in pursuance of this Ordinance or of the rules made there- under shall be subject to any stamp or other duty.
6. This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be proclaimed by the Governor.
Ordinance 1 of 1870 amended.
A BILL
ENTITLED
The Preservation of Birds Ordinance 1870, Amendment Ordinance 1884.
Badvice the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong with the
Ordinance 1 of 1870 is hereby amended as follows:-
In section 1. Strike out from the words "except the.
following" down to the words "such other de- seription of bird" both inclusive and insert in place thereof the words " 'except such descriptions of
birds" and
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In section 2. Insert after the words "or taking the same and before the words "shall be guilty" the words" or shall between the months of April and September both inclusive, offer for sale in this Colony any Pheasant Partridge or Quail" and In section 5. Strike out the words "not hereinbefore
excepted."