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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 24, 1921.
No. 277.
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Rule made by the Chief Justice under section 32 of the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873, Ordinance No. 3 of 1873.
The total in any Bill of Costs of fees of a Solicitor (as distinct from payments) in respect of business done in any cause or matter in the Supreme Court after the 31st day of December, 1920, shall be increased by 25 per centum, and such increase shall be allowed upon any taxation of Costs as well between Party and Party as between Solicitor and Client, and shall apply to the bills of costs of the Crown Solicitor or Assistant Crown Solicitor.
In the Supreme Court, in its Summary Jurisdiction, this rule shall not apply to an action, where the claim does not exceed $500; nor shall it apply, as regards a plaintiff's Bill of costs, to an action where the amount recovered does not exceed $500.
This rule shall apply to all references to Arbitration.
The increase hereby authorised shall not affect the question whether a bill of costs when taxed is or is not less by one-sixth part than the bill delivered, sent or left.
Provided that this rule shall not apply to bills of costs which have, at the date on which this Rule comes into operation, already been delivered to the client sought to be charged therewith or to the person chargeable therewith or liable therefor or to bills then already taxed and certified or allowed.
H. H. J. GOMPERTZ, Chief Justice.
Supreme Court House,
Hongkong, the 14th day of June, 1921.
Revised and approved by the Legislative Council, this 23rd day of June, 1921.
No. 278.
Resolution of the Legislative Council made under section 31 (1) of the Rating Ordi- nance, 1901, Ordinance No. 6 of 1901, this 23rd day of June, 1921.
Resolved that the Resolution made by the Legislative Council under section 31 (1) of the Rating Ordinance, 1901, on the 7th day of April, 1921, and published in the Gazette on the 8th day of April, 1921, as Government Notification No. 144 be rescinded and that the percentages on the valuation of tenements payable as rates on and after the 1st day of July, 1921, be the same as are now payable.
No. 279.
Resolution made by the Legislative Council this 23rd day of June, 1921, under the provisions of Section 41 (1) of the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911, Ordinance No. 9 of 1911.
Liquor Duties.
Resolved that the Resolution made by the Legislative Council under the provisions of Section 41 (1) of the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911, on the 7th day of April, 1921, and published in the Gazette of the 7th day of April, 1921, as Government Notifi- cation No. 139 be amended by cancelling the clauses thereof marked (f) and (2) respec- tively and substituting therefor the following clauses:-
(f) $0.20 cents per gallon on all native liquor distilled in the New Territories,
not including New Kowloon, for consumption in the said Territories.