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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH MAY, 1862.
dressed to Persons in this Colony which, before the passing of this Ordinance, were not required by the Law then in force, to be so delivered: Provided also that nothing in this rial Acts of Parlia- Ordinance contained shall, in any way be construed to affect or interfere with the ex- clusive Rights and Privileges of Her Majesty's Postmaster General or with the Pro- visions of the Imperial Acts of Parliament relating to the Imperial Post Office: Provid- ed also that such exclusive Frivilege as aforesaid shall not apply to the transmission of Correspondence to and from Places on the Canton River or to and from Macao.
Letters excepted under Acts of Impe- rial Parliament.
No Person to act under Postmaster Ge-
ration.
IV. All Correspondence which in and by the Statutes of the Imperial Parliament, is excepted from and out of the exclusive Privilege of the Imperial Post Office, shall within this Colony be and the same are hereby declared to be excepted from and out of the exclusive Privilege of the Postmaster General..
V. Fit and proper Persons shall be appointed to be Postmasters or Deputy Post- neral until after decla- masters, Clerks, Agents, or Servants in the managing, receiving, sorting, marking, or delivering of Correspondence, and every Postmaster General and every such Person so appointed shall, before he shall enter upon the Duties of his Office, take and subscribe the Declaration contained in the Schedule marked A hereto annexed, before a Justice of the Peace for this Colony, who shall administer such declaration accordingly.
Postmaster General to have powers of
ed.
VI. The Postmaster General to be appointed under the Provisions of this Ordinance Postmaster acting shall, within the limits of this Colony, and subject also to the Provisions of this Ordinance when Ordinance pass- and to the Rules to be established under the Authority of the same, and so long as he shall be in the exccution of his Cffice, have and exercise and be invested with and en- joy, all and every such and the same Powers and Authorities, Privileges and Exemp- tions, and be liable to the same Duties and Liabilities as the Postmaster, appointed for this Colony by Her Majesty's Postmaster General and acting at the time of the passing of this Ordinance, had, or was invested with, or was entitled to, or enjoyed, or was liable to, whether by Statute or otherwise.
But subject to the Rules, &c., then ex- isting.
Postmaster General to keep Accounts.
Por Imperial Post: Office.
VII. The Postmaster General shall keep Accounts of all Letters and other Papers received and dispatched by him, by virtue of his Office, with the Particulars of the Postage thereof, in like manner and form as the Postmaster kept such Ac- counts heretofore and at the time of the passing of this Ordinance, or in such other form as His Excellency the Governor shall hereafter and from time to time direct or require; and shall keep a separate Account of Monies which, under the Regulations in that behalf for the time being in force, and his instructions in reference thereto, shall be payable to the Imperial Postinaster General or to the said Postmaster General, in respect of the Postage of Letters or Papers received at, or transmitted from this Co- lony, and a separate Account of all Monies which shall be payable to the Treasury of this Colony in respect thereof; and the Accounts so to be kept in relation to the Monies payable to Her Majesty's Postmaster General, shall be kept and governed in all respects according to the instructions to be issued from time to time from Her Majesty's Post- master General, in relation thereto; and the Accounts so to be kept in reference to the Monies payable to the Colonial Treasury shall be kept and governed in all respects ac- cording to the instructions to be given by His Excellency the Governor, and Duplicate Copies of all such Accounts respectively, shall be forwarded within Seven Days next after the last Day of every Month to the Auditor General of this Colony, and payments shall be made of the Revenue of the said Post Office in manner provided for payment of Revenue and Fees by Public Officers. The Amount payable in respect of such Ac- How monies collect-counts to the Colonial Treasury, shall be paid by the Postmaster General into the Trea- sury, and the Amount payable in respect of such Accounts to Her Majesty's Post- master General, in respect of Postage, shall be payable and paid in such manner as Her Majesty's Postmaster General shall from time to time appoint.
For Colonial Trea-
sury.
Local Collection how to be paid.
ed for Colonial Trea- sury to be paid.
General Post Office Regulations.
Contract Packet to
VIII. The Post Master General, his Deputies and Servants, and the Post Office Es- tablishment of this Colony shall be guided by and subject to such Rules and Regulations as shall be made in that behalf by His Excellency the Governor, and a Copy of all such Rules and Regulations shall be furnished to the Postmaster General, and such of the same as relate to the Public shall be at all times exhibited openly at the General Post Office for the information of the Public; Provided that no such Rules or Regulations as shall relate to the Public shall be in force until the same shall have been published in the Hongkong Government Gazette.
Correspondence by IX. No Correspondence coming from, or through or sent to the United Kingdom, bear Imperial Postage or carried elsewhere, or brought here by any Contract Packet, shall be liable to any other Rate of Postage, than that charged by the Imperial Government, and the Post- master General shall collect and receive as well all Postage payable in this Colony, to Iler Majesty, for the Imperial Postmaster General as for the Colonial Treasury.
only.