construed
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST JANUARY, 1863.
as if the samne had originally been added to Section 16 of the said Ordinance No. 8 of 1862, and the said Schedule C. hereto shall be read and construed as if the same had originally been Schedule C. to the same Ordinance.
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II. Section 18 of the Ordinance No. 8 of 1862, is hereby repealed.
$18 of No. 8 of 1862 repealed.
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III. It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to register in this Colony Cor- Registration of Let- respondence posted for transmission to any place out of the limits of this Colony in like" manner and form as the same were registered by the Postmaster before the Third day of May, 1862, and to demand and receive in respect of every Letter or Book Packet registered in this Colony the Sum of Six Pence, one-half thereof to be by him retained and accounted for to and for the use of this Colony, and the other half thereof to be by him retained and accounted for and paid over to the Imperial Postmaster General and all registered Correspondence and the Registration thereof shall be subject to all such and the same Rules and Regulations as were in force respecting the same on the said Third day of May, 1862, or as shall from time to time be hereafter enacted or provided in respect thereof by, any Statute of the Imperial Parliament or by Her Majesty's Post- master General or by His Excellency the Governor. This Section shall be read and This Section to be construed as if the same had 'originally been Section Eighteen of the said last mentioned been $18 of N9. 8 of Ordinance.
construed as if it had
1862.
ing Letters to Master
through the Post,
IV. In case any Person other than an Officer of the Post Office shall knowingly, Penalty for deliver- deliver or cause to be delivered on board of any Vessel announced to sail for any port to be carried except-
Letter or or place other than ports and places on the Canton River or Macao, any Letters or Book, Bag or Package containing any Letter or Letters other than such as is or are by Law expressly permitted to be carried otherwise than through the Post, every such Person shall forfeit for every Letter or Parcel carried separately or contained Dollars to be recoverable in a larger Box or Package a Sum not exceeding before a Police Magistrate. In case the Master or Person in charge of a Vessel shall, Penalty on Mast receive on board of any Vessel for the purpose of being carried or shall carry any not sent through Post. Letter or Letters or any Bag, Box or Package containing any Letter or Letters other than such as is or are by Law expressly permitted to be so carried otherwise than through the Post, every such Person shall forfeit for every Letter or Parcel carried separately or contained in any Bag, Box or Package a Suin not exceeding Dollars to be recoverable before a Police Magistrate.
for carrying Letters
General to search for
otherwise than
V. In case any Officer of the Post Office shall suspect that any Letter or Letters Power to Postmaster not authorized by Law to be carried otherwise than through the Post Office to be on and open Letters sent board any Vessel about to leave the said Harbour without having been subjected to by Ship or Vessel postage, it shall be lawful for such Officer to detain such Vessel, and the Master thereof through the Post. shall, subject to a penalty of Dollars to be recovered before a Police Magistrate, detain such Vessel for a reasonable time, and thereupon the Postmaster General shall be required to attend on board, and if in his opinion there is reasonable suspicion that a Letter or Letters is or are on board other than such as is or are subjected to the Post or as is or are otherwise legally on board, it shall be lawful for the said Postmaster General to search the said Vessel for Letters, and for that purpose he shall have authority to open any Bag, Box or Package on board such Vessel which he may suspect to contain any Letter, and in case he shall find any such Letter as is hereby authorized to be searched for, it shall be lawful for him to open the same and to detain the same until the same shall be claimed by the Person or Persons who shall have sent the same by some writing under his or their hand or hands, claiming the same as belonging to him or them and upon such evidence as to the said Postmaster General shall be satisfactory.
SCHEDULE C.
Ship Letters between Her Majesty's Colonics, or between Her Majesty's Colonies and Foreign Ports, not passing through the United Kingdom.
RECEIVED
Postmaster General of Hongkong,
186 of Mr.
Ship Mail addressed and the said contain
Letters; which I promise
to deliver in its present state (the dangers of the Seas excepted) as soon as possible after my arrival.
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Master of the