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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 44.
Νο. 12.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 1ST NOVEMBER, 1873.
[L.S.] A. E. KENNEDY.
PROCLAMATION.
VOL. XIX.
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 Cominands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honourable The Earl of KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonics, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinances; namely:---
No. 7 of 1873, entitled,-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to extend to this Colony some of the Provisions of certain Acts of the Imperial Parliament for the Relief of Trustees and Executors ;
No. 8 of 1873, entitled,-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for the Amendment of the Law with respect to the Carriage and Deposit of Dangerous Goods:
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 1st Day of November, 1873.
No. 170.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Commission issued by His Excellency The Governor, for the purpose of Investigating the Claims of Marine Lot Holders to Crown Leases of certain Pieces of Land reclaimed from the Sea in front of the said Lots, is hereby published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st November, 1873.
[L.S.] A. E. KENNEDY,
MARINE LOTS COMMISSION, 1873.
Governor.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
WHEREAS numerous claims have been preferred by the present Holders of Marine Lots and of Sections thereof, to Leases from the Crown of Lands reclaimed from the Sea, and lying between the original Sea Frontage of the said Marine Lots and the Public Praya; AND WHEREAS in many cases the said Reclamations have been made at the expense of the original or previous Holders of the said Marine Lots, and the said Lots have since been assigned and subdivided into Sections, and have from time to time become vested in different Holders; AND WHEREAS it is expedient to appoint a Commission to inquire into and investigate the Title of all Claimants to the Reclainations aforesaid, and to define the Boundaries thereof in each particular case;