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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH SEPTEMBER, 1869.
including the item of $15,000 to be expended in 1870 on account of the continuation of the Upper Road to the Gap above the Race Course. This item has now appeared for Four consecutive Years on the Estimates as laid before you by the Government, but has hitherto been obliged to give way to some more pressing claim. Now however, as all differences between the Colony and the Military concerning the ground through which part of the Road would pass, are at an end, and as moreover the inconvenience of the City's possessing only one mode of igress and escape to the Eastward has during the last Twelve Months become more obvious than formerly, I think this useful, and possibly reproductive work, has some chance of being at last commenced. 36. I have, however, no desire to press it specially against your opinion if unfavorable, for if you maintain the Public Credit by ensuring a sufficient Revenue to meet all reasonable duties, I hope you will not suppose the Government has any pet immutable scheme for appropriation of the disposable Revenue. The duty of the Excecutive, it is true, necessitates the initiation of all Expendi- ture, but, as you are aware, it is and has been my desire to found such proposals, as far as possible, on some basis which I may have had previous reason to consider in harmony with our common wish and duty.
The Bills are then read a first time; namely:-
(1). A Bill to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum not exceeding Thirty- eight thousand Dollars to defray the Charges of the Year 1868.
(2). A Bill to apply a Sum not exceeding Six hundred and Forty thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1870.
Ilis Excellency adjourns the Council at 20 minutes before 5 o'clock till Friday, the 24th Instant, at
3 P.M.
Read and confirmed, this 24th Day of September, 1869.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Governor.
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Preamble.
Short Title.
Repealing Clause.
Summer and
Winter Vacations.
Periods of Vacations.
ΠΟΝΟΚΟΝG
ANNO TRICESIMO TERTIO
VICTORIA REGINE.
Sir Richard GraVES MACDONNELL, Knight, C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
No. 1 of 1869.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to make further Provision in relation to the Vacation of the Supreme Court and the Transaction of Business during the same in certain Cases.
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[24th September, 1869.]
HEREAS it is expedient to make further Provision in relation to the Vacation of the Supreme Court and the Transaction of Business during the same in certain Cases: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
I. This Ordinance may be cited as the "Vacation Ordinance, 1869."
II. Ordinance No. 11 of 1866, is hereby repealed.
III. From and after the Passing of this Ordinance, there shall be Two Periods of Vacation for the Supreme Court in each Year, that is to say, a Summer Vacation between the Dates hereinafter mentioned, and a Winter Vacation of One Month.
IV. The Summer Vacation shall commence on the Evening of the Twentieth Day of August in each Year and end on the Morning of the Twelfth Day of October then next following. The Month Chowany shal Page Winter Vacation Month.