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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH AUGUST, 1866.
an arrear of Revenue or Rent or in satisfaction of a Decree or Order of Court, in any of which cases the purchaser shall be required to pay in addition to the purchase money the amount of the requisite Stamp. Will, Testament and the like, together with a Deed, merely declaratory of Trust or Appointment or otherwise in execution of powers or pursuant to any previous Settlement, Deed or Will.
NOTE.-Any Deed, Instrument or Writing required by the foregoing Schedule to be Stamped may be written on one or more Stamps if the value of the Stamps used amount to the value required by the Schedule.
When of several Deeds, Instruments or Writings a doubt shall arise which is the principal, it shall be lawful for the parties to determine for themselves which shall be so deemed.
In any case however where there are more Deeds than one, every other Deed than the principai requires the same Stamp as the principal Deed if of value not exceeding Two Dollars (which shall be the maximum Stamp for collateral Deeds) and every such collateral Deed shall specify by its contents which other is the principal Deed by which the conveyance has been effected, certi- fying that it is executed on the proper Stamp.
No. 9.
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 V of Ordinance No. 11 of 1866, being "An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for altering the Time of the Vacation of the Supreme Court, and to provide for the granting of Interim Injunctions in case of the Absence or Illness of the Chief Justice," it is enacted as follows:
"This Ordinance shall come into force and take effect on such Day as shall hereafter be fixed by "Proclamation ur der the Hand of the Governor"
Now, therefore, I, SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Governor of the Colony of Hongkong, in pursuance of the said Ordinance and by virtue of the Authority thereby in me vested, do hereby under my hand Proclaim that the said Ordinance shall be brought into operation and be in full force and effect on and after the Date hereof.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
'W. H. RENNIE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 25th Day of August, 1866.
No. 127.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notification, received from the Government of Bombay, is published for general information.
By Order,
W. H. RENNIE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd August, 1866.
NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice descriptive of the light, position, &c., of the Light House at Rutnagherry is published for general information. To admit of ample notice being given before the light is brought into use, it will not be lighted before the is January 1867:
1. The Light House at Rutnagherry is a short column raised in the South Bastion of an old Fort, built in a very Blu headland rising 300 feet above the sea. The Light, on the Dioptric principle of the 3rd order and Red in color, will be visible from a vessel's deck, in clear weather, at a distance of at least 18 miles.
2. The Light House is in Latitude 16° 59' 0" North and Longitude 73° 15′ 47′′ East of Greenwich or 0° 27′ 39′′ East of Bombay Light House.
3. There are three anchoring grounds. The outer anchorage for sailing vessels, the outer anchorage for Steamers, bu the inner anchorage for Steamers during the fair season only.