THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH AUGUST, 1882.
Brought forward,
$445,829
SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.
Colonial Secretary,
540
Colonial Treasurer,
1,500
Surveyor General,
2,160
Postmaster General,
57,000
Registrar General,
25
Judicial,
500
Ecclesiastical,
500
Educational,
13,817
Medical,
14,856
Police Magistrates,
390
Police,
37,574
Gaol,
21,320
Fire Brigade,
5,800
Charitable Allowances,
4,000
Transport,
4,500
Works and Buildings,
113,250
Roads, Streets, and Bridges,
53,000
Lighthouses,
1,000
Government Gardens and Plantations, 15,500
Miscellaneous Services,
Military Contribution,
Total,
35,800
109.067
$492,099
$937,928
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 24th day of August, 1882.
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 338.
The following Bill, which was read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council, on the 24th instant, is published for general information.
By Command,
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 26th August, 1882.
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
BE
A BILL
ENTITLED
SUPREME COURT (VACATION) ORDINANCE, (1882).
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. Sections 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30, of Ordinance 12 of 1873, are hereby repealed, and Section 24 of the same Ordi- nance is hereby amended by striking out the words "and the periods of the vacation thereof."
2. The Chief Justice may, from time to time, make and when made revoke, add to, or alter, orders, regulating the vacations to be observed in the Supreme Court and in the offices thereof. Such orders, revocations, alterations and additions shall be subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, and when approved, shall be published in the Gazette, and shall operate from the date specified therein.
3. The amount of vacations in each year shall not ex- ceed a total of two months.
4. During vacation the Supreme Court and its offices shall be open for the purposes of holding Ordinary Criminal Sessions, or any Special Criminal Sessions, or for hearing and determining any applications, or other business in re- lation to any criminal proceedings, and for the purpose of issuing writs and filing petitions and answers, and hearing summonses in relation thereto, and of completing by special leave of the Court any civil business actually commenced before the first day of the vacation.
Rapeai.
Chief Justice
to make orders regulating vacation, subject to spproval of Governor in Council.
Vacation.
Supreme Court offices open during vacation.