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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 24.
ublished by
by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 14TH JUNE, 1873.
VOL. XIX.
No. 5.
[L.S.] A. E. KENNEDY.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas the Commands of Iler Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honourable The Earl of KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinances; namely:-
No. 1 of 1873, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice ·
of the Legislative Council thereof, to make better Provision for the Appointment_and Remuneration of the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff's of the Colony, and to afford them Relief and Protection in the Execution of their Duties;
No. 2 of 1873, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to abolish Minimum Punishments on Summary Convictions before Magistrates :
Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed, as aforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 11th Day of June, 1873.
No. 95.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified, that Her Majesty The QUEEN has been graciously pleased to issue a Mandate, authorizing the Consecration of the Reverend JOHN SHAW BURDON, to be a Bishop, to the Intent that he should exercise his Functions in one of Her Majesty's Possessions abroad.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th June, 1873.
No. 96.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
The following Copy of an Order of Her Majesty in Council, of the 24th March, 1873, for carrying into effect a Treaty between Her Majesty and the King of Italy for the Mutual Surrender of Fugitive Criminals, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th June, 1873.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.