388 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD SEPTEMBER, 1876.
Title.
Preamble.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum not exceeding Fifty-five thousand Dollars to defray the Charges of the Year 1875.
[
1876.]
HEREAS it has become necessary to make further provision
addition to the charge upon the revenue for the service of the said year already provided for in the Estimates submitted to the Legis- lative Council: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:- Supplement- I. A sum not exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars shall be ary Estimates, and the same is hereby charged upon the revenue of this Colony for the service of the year 1875, the said sum so charged being expended as hereinafter specified; that is to say :-
W for the public service of the Colony for the year 1875, in
1875.
ESTABLISHMENTS.
C.
Governor,
Judicial,
Fire Brigade,
1,555.24
2,414.16
1,811.08
Total Establishments,
$5,780.48
SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.
Surveyor General,
360.00
Police,
1,756.63
Charitable Allowances,
152.80
Works and Buildings,
25,923.92
Roads, Streets and Bridges,
4,372.65
Lighthouses,
3,001.93
Miscellaneous Services,
7,697.25
Land and Houses Purchased,
3,160.80
Military Contribution,
1,905.54
Total Exclusive of Establishments,
48,831.52
Total,
$54,112.00
Title.
Preamble.
Ordinance
No. 4 of 1876 repealed.
Short title.
Ordinance to be construed as one with No. 1 of 1865.
180 & 31 Vic. e. 131 s. 2].
Company may
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend "The Companies Ordinance, 1865,” and to repeal Ordinance No. 4 of 1876.
[
, 1876.]
HEREAS it is expedient to extend to all Companies
W limited by shares and registered in the Colony the
power of sub-dividing their shares, and to amend "The Com- panies Ordinance, 1865;" Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as
follows:-
I. Ordinance No. 4 of 1876 is hereby repealed.
II. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Companies Ordinance, 1876."
III. "The Companies Ordinance, 1865" is hereinafter referred to as "The Principal Ordinance;" and the principal Ordinance and this Ordinance are hereinafter distinguished as and may be cited as "The Companies Ordinances, 1865 and 1876;" and this Ordinance shall, so far as is consistent with the tenor thereof, be construed as one with the principal Ordinance; and the expres- sion "This Ordinance" in the principal Ordinance, and any ex- pression referring to the principal Ordinance, which occurs in any Ordinance, or other document, shall be construed to mean the principal Ordinance as amended by this Ordinance.
Unlimited Liability of Directors.
IV. Where after the commencement of this Ordinance a com- have directors pany is formed as a limited company under the principal Ordi- with unlimited nance, the liability of the directors or managers of such company, liability. or the managing director, may, if so provided by the memoran- [sec. 4].
dum of association, be unlimited.