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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24т MAY, 1884.
33. Servant'sSecurity Bond. Any Instrument in writing under seal by which any domestic or other Servant or Clerk or Compradore shall give security for the due dis- charge of his duties, or of the duties of other persons to be employed by him. or for the safe custody of money or property to be entrusted to him, or for the proper carrying on of business to be conducted by him, or for the discharge of his responsibilities arising from such business, whether such security shall be given by the binding of other persons, or by the deposit of money or valuable property or by deposit of the Title Deeds to any property or by any assignment.
34. Settlement. Any instru- ment, whether voluntary or upon any good or valuable consideration, other than a bonâ fide pecuniary consideration, whereby any definite and certain principal sum of money (whether charged or chargcable on lands or other hereditaments or heritable subjects or not, or to be laid out in the purchase of lands or other bereditaments or heritable subjects or not) or any definite and certain amount of stock, or any security, is settled or agreed to be settled in any manner whatsoever.
10 cents for every $100 or part thereof up to $10,000, Exceeding $10,000, $10.
30 cents for every $100 or part thereof of the am unt or value of the property settled or agreed to be
settled.
Exemption.-Instrument of appointment relating to any property in favour of persons especially named or described as the objects of a power of appointment created by a previous Settlement stamped with ad valorem duty in respect of the same property, or by will, where probate duty has been paid in respect of the same property as personal estate of the testator.
35. Transfer of Shares or 10 cents for every $100 or Stock in any Public Company,...... part thereof.
Exemption.-Scrip Certificate,
GENERAL EXEMPTIONS.
Any Document made or executed by or on behalf of Her Majesty or of any Department of Her Majesty's Service, or whereby any property or interest is transferred to, or any contract of any kind whatsoever is made with Her Majesty or any person for or on behalf of Her Majesty or any such Department us aforesaid.
But this exemption does not extend to any Document executed by the Registrar of the Supreme Court as Official Administrator or by a Receiver appointed by any Court, or to any Document rendered neces- sary by any Ordinance or by the order of any Court; neither does it extend to a sale made for the recovery of an arrear of Revenue or Hent, or in satisfaction of a Decree or Order of Court, in any of which cases the purchaser shall be required to pay the amount of the requisite Stamp in addition to the purchase money.
Ordinance 1 of 1870 amended.
[L.S.]
G. F. BoWEN. No. 16 of 1884.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Preservation of Birds Ordinance 1870, Amendment Ordinance 1884.
[16th May, 1884.]
Bit Legislative follows
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong with the
Ordinance 1 of 1870 is hereby amended as follows:--
In section I. Strike out from the words "except the following "down to the words "such other de- scription 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 or Partridge" and
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In section 5. Strike out the words " not hereinbefore
excepted."
J. II. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Clerk of Councils,