THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH NOVEMBER, 1876.
Section IV. This is same as in Ordinance No. 1 of 1868, only the transportation clause is left out, as being useless, and the minimum penal servitude is made three years instead of fourteen, so as to give a wider discretion to the Court.
Section V. This is same as section III of the Ordinance of 1868, with the transportation clause left out.
Section VI proposes to amend section V of the old Ordinance by putting three years penal servitude for five, and leaving out the transportation clause.
Section VII proposes a similar amendment in section VI of the old Ordinance.
The other sections are simply re-enactments.
J. RUSSELL,
Acting Attorney General.
Hongkong, 6th November, 1876.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend the Law relating to the Postal Matters of the Colony
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E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of
Be the Legislative Council thereof, as follows.
Title.
I. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Post Office Ordinance, Short title.
1876."
II. In this Ordinance, and in any Order in Council or re- Interpretation. gulation made thereunder, unless the context indicates the contrary,
the following expressions shall have the meanings set against them respectively, that is to say
"Postmaster General" shall mean the Postmaster General of the Colony.
Correspondence" shall mean any letter, newspaper, book, [See Ord. 8 of pamphlet, document, parcel, or package, or other article whatsoever 1862, sec. 25.] transmitted by post, whether in a closed mail or having been placed loose on board any Contract Packet or vessel for transmission; and a letter or other article shall be deemed to be correspondence from the time of its arrival within the limits of the Colony, if brought to the Colony by post, or from the time of its delivery to the Post Office if not so brought, and in either case shall con- tinue to be deemed correspondence to the time of its delivery from the Post Office; and delivery to or by any person authorised to receive or deliver letter bags or correspondence on behalf of the Postmaster General shall be a delivery to or from the Post Office.
"Postage Stamp" shall mean any label or stamp for denoting any rate of postage.
"Letter Bag" shall mean any bag, or box, or packet, or parcel, or other envelope or covering in which correspondence is conveyed, whether it does or does not contain correspondence.
"Post Office" shall mean any house, building, room, or place where correspondence is received or delivered, or in which it is sorted, made up, or despatched.
"Officer of the Post Office" shall mean the Postmaster General, and every Postmaster, Assistant Postmaster, Agent, Officer, Clerk, Letter Carrier, or any other person employed in any business of the Post Office, whether employed by the Postmaster General, or by any person under him, or on behalf of the Post Office.
"Persons employed by or under the Post Office" shall mean every person employed in any business of the Post Office according to the interpretation given to Officer of the Post Office.
"Contract Packet" shall mean any vessel for the conveyance of letter bags and correspondence under contract.
"Master of a Vessel" shall mean any person in charge of a vessel, whether commander, mate, or other person.
"Vessel "shall mean any ship or other vessel not being a contract
packet.
III. There shall, as heretofore, be one General Post Office of the General Post Colony, where correspondence may be received from all places, and Office.
whence correspondence may be despatched to all places, and the [Ibid, sec. 1.]
present Post Office shall be such General Post Office until the site
thereof be changed by the Governor.
The Governor may establish such other District Post Offices in
the Colony as he thinks fit.
Management.
IV. The present Postmaster General and all other officers of Postmaster the Post Office are hereby continued in their offices, and shall have General and all the powers and privileges hereby conferred upon the holders of their respective offices.
,officers con-
tinued in their offices.
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