348 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28тп SEPTEMBER, 1867.
2. All impressed Stamps shall be made and impressed in the Stamp Office in the City of Victoria, on either paper or parchment, and shall be of the form and size of the specimen Stamps enclosed in a case for Public inspection under the Seal of the Colony, which case shall be kept at the Stamp Office.
3. Each of the Seven kinds of Adhesive Stamps aforementioned shall be of the form, size, and material of the specimen Stamps enclosed in a case for Public inspection under the Seal of the Colony, which case shall be kept at the Stamp Office.
4. Adhesive Stamps may be used for the documents specified in Section 1 of the Schedule to the Stamp Ordinance, 1866"; for Bills of Exchange specified in Section 3 of the Schedule when drawn out of the Colony; Powers of Attorney under Section 8; Notes of Protest under Section 9; Receipts and Discharges under Section 11. They may also be used when the Duty on a Duplicate or Counterpart of a Deed, &c., under Clause 4 of Section 17, is under $10 and does not exceed $20; and when the Instruments referred to in Section 21 may be drawn out of the Colony; nothing herein contained shall however prevent it being lawful for impressed Stamps being used for these purposes, when such impressed- Stamps can be obtained, or prevent the use of Adhesive Stamps in part pay- ment of any duty where two or more Stamps are required, when the same cannot be made up by impressed Stamps.
5. The Stamp duty on Bank Notes specified in Section 2 of the said Schedule shall, for the first Half Year subsequent to the commencement of Ordinance No. 12 of 1866, be only two-thirds of that declared to be leviable half-yearly under Section 2 of the said Schedule.
6. The Stamp duty on Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and other Obligations, specified in Section 3 of the said Schedule for the payment of Money not exceeding Fifty Dollars, shall, for the first Half Year subsequent to the commencement of the said Ordinance, be 50 Cents, or if drawn in sets, 25 Cents for each part of a set.
7. The Maximum Stamp duty payable on any one Letter or other Instrument of Hypothecation under Section 16 of the Schedule of the said Ordinance shall not, during the first Half Year from the commencement of the Ordinance, exceed the sum of 25 Dollars.
8. Stamps shall be impressed or embossed at the Stamp Office, and Adhesive Stamps sold, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 3 P.M. every day, authorized Holidays excepted.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
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Clerk of Councils.
No. 144.
Approved in Council,
RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Governor.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Regulations, made by Governor SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL in Council, under Ordinance No. 13 of 1867, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th September, 1867.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
REGULATIONS
Made by Governor SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL in Council, this 28th Day of September, 1867, under Ordinance No. 13 of 1867.
1. The Fee for each License to use or exercise the trade or business of a Dealer in Marine Stores, or a Dealer in Old Metals, shall be $15 per mensem, payable in advance.
2. All Persons who shall trade or deal in Marine Stores or Old Metals shall have their names with words "Dealer in Marine Stores, or Old Metals" painted distinctly, in letters not less than 3 inches in length, on a board to be hung up conspicuously in front of their shops.
3. The said houses may only be open from the 1st October to the 1st April from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M., and from the 1st April to the 1st October from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.
4. No Article of Metal, or any Marine Store, shall be purchased from a Child apparently under 14 Years of age.