THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH FEBRUARY, 1882.

be deposited in the Office of the Colonial Secretary of the said Colony of Hongkong not later than two weeks after the date of the making of such award.

CXXX. The Governor in Council shall thereupou decide upon such petition, and shall be at liberty to con- firm, set aside, or alter, such award, or reduce, or add to the amount awarded thereby in such manner as he shall think proper, having regard to the rights of all parties, and he may order by whom, and in what proportions the costs of the Company and of such party shall be paid, and such costs may include such costs of the arbitration, as the Governor in Council shall think fit to award.

CXXXI. Any compensation awarded or ordered by the Governor in Council may be recovered and levied in all respects in the same and the like manner as other com- pensation may be recovered and levied under the provis- ious of this Ordinance.

CXXXII. If the Company, or any party shall feel ag- grieved by the determination or adjudication of a Judge in Summary Jurisdiction, with respect to any penalty or forfeiture under the provisions of this Ordinance, the Com- pany or such party may appeal to the full Court, but no such appeal shall be entertained unless it be made within three months next after the making of such determination or adjudication, nor unless ten days' notice in writing of such appeal, stating the nature and grounds thereof, be given to the party against whom the appeal shall be brought, nor unless the appellant forthwith after such notice enter into recognizances, with two sufficient suretics, before a Magis- trate, conditioned duly to prosecute such appeal, and to abide the order of the Court thereon.

Sale of superfluous lands.

CXXXIII. Within ten years after the expiration of the time limited by this Ordinance for the completion of the works, the Company shall absolutely sell and dispose of all superfluous lands, and in default thereof all such super- fluous lands remaining unsold at the expiration of such period shall thereupon vest in and become the property of the owners of the lands adjoining thereto, in proportion to the extent of their lands respectively adjoining the same. Service of documents.

CXXXIV. Any summons or any writ or other proceed- ing at law or in equity required to be served upon the Com- pany may be served by the same being left at, or trans- mitted through the post directed to, the principal office of the Company, or being given or transmitted through the post directed to the Secretary, or, in case there be no Secre- tary, the Solicitor of the Company.

CXXXV. With respect to notices, and to the delivery thereof by or to the Company, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say :—

1. Every notice shall be in writing or print, or partly

in writing and partly in print.

2. Any notice to be delivered by or to the Company to or by any other Company or person may be delivered by being left at the office of such other Company, or person, or at the then present, or the last known, place of abode, or residence, of such person, or of his ostensible Agent, or Agents, or of other the Agent or Agents, who pay the rents, rates, and taxes payable in respect of the property of such person, or by being affixed upon some conspicuous part of any lands affected, or intended to be affected, by such notice, or by being left at the office of the Company, as the case may be, or by being sent by post in a regis- tered letter addressed (as the case may be) to the Clerk or Secretary of such other Company at their principal office, or to such person at his then present, or then last known, place of abode, or residence, or at his office or business premises, or by being so sent by post addressed to the ostensi- ble Agent or Agents of such person, or other the Agent or Agents aforesaid, or to the Clerk or Secretary of the Company at their principal office.

Miscellaneous.

CXXXVI. If any party shall have committed any irregu larity, trespass, or other wrongful proceeding in the excon- tion of this Ordinance, or by virtue of any power, or authority hereby given, and if, before action or suit brought in respect

Governor in Council to adjudge petition.

Recovery of compensation awarded by Governor in Council.

Power to appeal from Judge in Sanuary Jurisdiction's decision.

Lands no wanted to be sold, or in default to VOSL in owners of adjoining lands,

Service of summers, &e,

Form and delivery of notices.

Tender of amends.

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