534 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH DECEMBER, 1872.
included within the Expression "District of Victoria" in Section II of Ordinance No. 9 of 1858, and the same has been signified by Proclamation under the Hand of the Governor, pursuant to the Provisions of Section VIII of "The Markets Ordinance, 1867;" And whereas a new Market has been erected at the said Village of Shau-ki-wán, and it is proposed that the same should be established for Public use; And whereas by Section III of Ordinance No. 9 of 1858, it is enacted that no new Market shall be deemed to be established until after Notification, made by His said Excellency in Council, in the Gazette, in English and Chinese, that the same is so established for Public use:—
Now, therefore, under and in pursuance of the last mentioned Section, it is hereby notified that the said new Market at Shau-ki-wán is established for Public use.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th December, 1872.
No. 233.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Tenders will be received at this Office, until Noon of Tuesday, the 24th instant, for the privilege of Farming all Granite Quarries in Hongkong, and Kowloong, from 1st January, 1873.
Persons desirous of tendering are directed to call at the Surveyor General's Office, where the con- ditions can be ascertained, and a proper Form of Tender obtained.
No Tenders will be received, unless the persons tendering shall produce a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $350, as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown, if such person shall refuse to carry out his Tender. By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th December, 1872.
NOTICE.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Registration of Births and Deaths among Persons other than Chinese.
Register Books for the Registration of Births and Deaths amongst Persons other than Chinese, will be kept only at the Registrar General's Office, in the Supreme Court House, where all reports of Births and Deaths, which may occur on and after the 1st January, 1873, must be made.
The Registers of Births or Baptisms, Deaths and Burials, which may occur in the Colony of Hongkong, on and after the First day of January, 1873, will be kept in the Registrar General's Office. Every person is entitled to search such Registers and relative Inventories or Indexes in the Custody of the Registrar, upon every week day, except Saturday, from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M., and every Saturday between 10 A.M. and 1 P.M. For every search of a Register extending over a period not less than One Year, the sum of Fifty Cents will be charged, and Twenty-five Cents for every additional Year, and
every Certified Extract of any single Entry in the said Registers the sum of One Dollar.
for
For every particular search of an Index, the charge is Fifty Cents, and for every general search. Two Dollars. In the case of a particular search, the Applicant must indicate a particular Name or Entry, while in the case of a general search, he does not require to specify the object of such search. Inventories are kept and Certificates of Entries can be obtained only at the Registrar General's Office.
Every extract of an Entry in the Register Books kept under the Provisions of the Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance, No. 7 of 1872, duly signed and sealed, is admissible as evidence without any other proof of such Entry.
Registration of Births and Deaths among the Chinese Population.
The Register Books for the Registration of Births and Deaths among the Chinese Population, will be kept at the Registrar General's Office in the Supreme Court House, and at the Police Stations Shau-ki-wán, Stanley, Aberdeen, and Yau-ma-ti.
All Births and Deaths occurring at
the City of Victoria, Hung Heung-lo, San-tsün, Wong-nei-chung, Sai-Wan, and
Kau-i-wan,
must be registered at the Registrar
General's Office.
Shau-ki-wán,
A-kung-ngám,
Do.
do.
do.
Wong-kok-tsui,
Shui-tsing-wan, and Tsat-tsz-mui,
must be registered at the Police Sta-
tion, Shau-ki-wán.