DIE
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IT.
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 39.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 28TH SEPTEMBER,
1867.
VOL. XIII.
No. 8.
PROCLAMATION.
[L.S.] RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL.
By His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Knight, and Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas by Section XXXII of Ordinance No. 12 of 1866, it is enacted as follows:-
"This Ordinance shall commence and take effect on such Day as shall hereafter be fixed by “Proclamation under the hand of the Governor:"
Now, therefore, I, SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Governor of the Colony of Hongkong, in pursuance of the said Section and by virtue of the Authority thereby in me vested, do hereby under my hand Proclaim, that the said Ordinance shall commence and take effect on the Tenth Day of October now next ensuing.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 28th Day of September, 1867.
No. 143.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Orders made by Governor SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL in Council, under "The Stamp Ordinance, 1866,” are published for general information.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th September, 1867.
"STAMP ORDINANCE, 1866.”
[No. 12 OF 1866.]
ORDERS
Made by Governor SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL in Council under Authority of the
แ
'Stamp Ordinance, 1866."
SATURDAY, 28TH SEPTEMBER, 1867.
1. The Stamps to be used shall be: First,--Adhesive Stamps of the respective values of 3, 25, and 50 cents, and 1, 2, 3, and 10 Dollars; Secondly,-impressed or embossed Stamps of the respective values of 10, 25, and 50 Cents, and 1, 2, 21, 4, 41⁄2, 5, 61, 81, 10, 10, 20, 25, and 40 Dollars. A Stamp bearing the words "Adjudication Fee Paid" shall also be used.