THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD FEBRUARY, 1883.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 39.
LEGISLATION.
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The following Bills, which were read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council, held this day, are published for general information.
By Command,
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 2nd February, 1883.
Preamble.
Repeal.
A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled the Mahomedan Cemetery Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, 1882.
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HIEREAS it is expedient that all right of access to the old Mahomedan Cemetery as reserved by See- tion 4 of Ordinance 8 of 1867, should be extinguished, and that the said Cemetery should be re-vested in Her Majesty, free from all restriction as to the use of the same: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-
1. Section 4 of Ordinance 8 of 1867 is hereby repealed, and the old Mahomedan Cemetery in the said section re- ferred to, is hereby absolutely vested in Her Majesty, free from all restrictions whatever as to the use of the same.
Repeal.
A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of long- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled the Companies Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, 1883.
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong with the
Be
lows:-
1. Section 20 of Ordinance 1 of 1877 is hereby amended by striking out the words "that the amount in which each share is so reduced shall in no case be less than one fourth part of the amount of the original share and."
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No: 40.
LETTERS PATENT.
In the matter of the Petition of FRANCIS WENTWORTH BREWSTER, of Bloomsbury, in the County of Middlesex, England, for Letters Patent for the exclusive use within the Colony of Hongkong, of an Invention for Improvements in Life Preserving Garments, for which Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent were granted on the 16th day of May, 1881, to the said FRANCIS WENTWORTH BREWSTER.
Notice is hereby given that the Petition, Specification and Declaration required herein by Ordinance No. 14 of 1862, have been duly filed in this Office, and that it is the intention of the said FRANCIS WENTWORTH BREWSTER to apply at the sitting of the Executive Council hereinafter mentioned for Letters Patent for the exclusive use within the said Colony of Hongkong of the above named invention, and that a sitting of the Executive Council, before whom the matter of said petition will come for decision, will be held in the Council Chamber, at the Government Offices, Victoria, Hongkong, on Tuesday, the 13th day of February instant, at 3 P.M.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd February, 1883.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.