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No. 14.
[L.S.]
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH DECEMBER, 1866.
PROCLAMATION.
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 XXXVIII of Ordinance No. 7 of 1866, being "The Victoria Registration Ordinance, 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:
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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 First Day of January, 1867.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 15th Day of December, 1866.
No. 187.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
His Excellency The GOVERNOR is pleased to direct that the Reverend C. F. WARREN officiate as Acting Colonial Chaplain, vice the Reverend J. WILSON, from the 5th instant until further notice.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th December, 1866.
No. 188.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
His Excellency The GOVERNOR is pleased to notify that the Holidays customary at the approaching Season shall be kept from the afternoon of Saturday, the 22nd, to the morning of Wednesday the 26th Instant, and from the afternoon of Saturday, the 29th Instant, to the morning of Wednesday, the 2nd January, 1867.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th December, 1866.
No. 189.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
The following Resolution, passed at a Meeting of the Executive Council on the 12th Instant, is published for general information:
Resolved, that till further notice the Seignorage charge for Minting at the Hongkong Royal Mint "be reduced from 2 to 1 per cent."
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th December, 1866.
No. 190.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
With reference to Section XXXV of Ordinance No. 7 of 1866, it is hereby notified that His Excellency The GOVERNOR in Council has resolved that where a Householder has once taken out a Certificate of Registration, he be allowed, in the event of removal, to take out a fresh Certificate at the reduced Fee of Twenty-five Cents, instead of Three Dollars as provided in the Second Schedule of the said Ordinance.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th December, 1866.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.