Prevention of Critel- ty to Animals.
Compensation
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
[SEPTEMBER 12, 1857,
XXIV. Every Person who shall, from and after the passing of this Ordinance, cruelly Beat, Ill-treat Overdrive, Abuse, or Torture, or cause or procure to be cruelly beaten, ill-treated, overdriven, abused, o tortured, any Animal, or shall convey, or carry, or cause to be conveyed, or carried, in or upon any Vehicle Hurdle, or otherwise, any Animal, in such a manner or position as to subject such Animal to unnecessary pain or suffering, shall, for every such offence, Forfeit and Pay a Penalty not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars nor less than One Dollar; or in default of payment be imprisoned for a term not exceeding One Month of less than Twenty-four Hours; and if any Person shall, by cruelly beating, ill-treating, overdriving, abusing, or torturing any Animal, do' any Damage or Injury to any Animal, or shall thereby cause any Damage o Injury to be done to any Person, or to any Property, every such Offender shall, on conviction of such Offence. pay to the Owner of such Animal (if the Offender be not the Owner thereof,) or to the Person who sha sustain Damage or Injury as aforesaid, such Sum by way of compensation, not exceeding the sum of Fifty Dollars, as shall be ascertained and determined by the Justice or Justices of the Peace by whom such Person shall have been convicted; or in default thereof, shall be imprisoned for any Term not exceeding One Month: Provided always, that the Payment of such Compensation, or any Imprisonment for the nonpayment thereof, shall not prevent, or in any manner affect, the Punishment to which such Person, or the Owner of such Animal, may be liable, for or in respect of the beating, ill-treating, or abusing of the said Animal, Provided also, that nothing herein contained shall prevent any Proceeding by action against such Offender, or the Employer of such Offender, where the Amount of Damage or Injury is not sought to be recovered under this Ordinance; and all cases of Violations or Disobediences of, or Claims for Compensation, under the Provisions of this Section, shall be heard and determined summarily under Ordinance No. 10 of 1844. in XXV. If any Person shall be entitled to any Compensation in respect of any Lands or Buildings, or of vases not provided for any Interest therein, which shall have been taken for or injuriously affected by the Works necessary for the by Section VI, to be establishment of the said Markets and Slaughter-houses, or otherwise in the carrying out the provisions of allowed by Justices, Arbitrators, or a Jury,
this Ordinance, and for which satisfaction shall not have been made under the provisions of the Sixth Section as the case may be.
of this Ordinance, and if the Compensation claimed in such case shall not exceed the sum of Two Hundred 9 & 9 Vict. cap. 18. Dollars, the same shall be settled by Two Justices of the Peace in the manner provided by the Twenty-fourth Section of the "Lands' Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," the several provisions of which Section of the said Act are hereby, for the purposes of this Section, incorporated with this Ordinance; and if the Compensation claimed in such case shall exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, such Person may have the same settled either by Arbitration or by the Verdict of a Jury, as he shall think fit; and if such Person desire to have! the same settled by Arbitration, it shall be lawful for him to give Notice in Writing to the Colonial Secretary, or the Grantee or Grantees of the privilege of Slaughtering Cattle as aforesaid, as the case may be, of suct his desire, stating in such Notice the Nature of the Interest in such Lands, in respect of which he claim Compensation, and the Amount of the Compensation so claimed thereon; and unless the Parties from whom such Compensation shall be claimed be willing to pay the amount of Compensation so claimed, and shall enter into a written Agreement for that purpose within Twenty-one Days after the receipt of any suc Notice from any Party so entitled, the same shall be settled by Arbitration in the manner hereintofore provided by the Sixth Section of this Ordinance; or if the Person so entitled as aforesaid desires to have suc question of Compensation settled by Jury it shall be lawful for him to give Notice in Writing as aforesaid of such his desire, stating such particulars, as aforesaid, and unless the Parties from whom such Compensa tion shall be claimed be willing to pay the Amount of Compensation so claimed, and enter into a writte Agreement for that purpose, they shall, within Twenty-one Days after the receipt of such Notice, issu their Warrant to the Sheriff to Summon a Jury for settling the same, in the manner hereinbefore providei by Section Six; and in default thereof, they shall be liable to pay to the Person so entitled as aforesaid the Amount of Compensation so claimed, and the same may be recovered by him, with Costs, by Action in thef Supreme Court."
Interpretation
"Cattle."
of
Moneys to be paid in Current Dollars,
XXVI. The word “Cattle" in this Ordinance shall include Ram, Ewe, Wether, Lamb, Goat, Kid, or Swine, but shall not include Horse, Ass, or Mule.
XXVII. All Sums of Money to be paid under, or by virtue of, this Ordinance, or any of its Provisions whether for Rent, Tolls, Taxes, Fees, Fines, or otherwise, are to be paid in Current Dollars.
No. 38.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
The undersigned having obtained Leave of Absence from his post, to proceed to Europe, His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING has been pleased, pending reference to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to appoint GEORGE STAUNTON MORRISON, Esquire, to Officiate as Secretary and Registrar to Her Majesty's Plenipo- tentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade in China.
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th September, 1857.
In re JUAN ANTONIO MARTINEZ, deceased.
"OTICE is hereby given to the NEXT OF KIN, and all other Persons, to produce any WILLS or CODICILS of the above Party that may be in their possession, before the Supreme Court, on WEDNESDAY, the 16th day of September, 1857;|| or, if none, that the Next of Kin do accept or refuse LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION; failing which, Ad- ministration will be granted to the Registrar of the said Court,
By the Court,
NORMAN RAMSAY MASSON, Acting Registrar.
In the matter of the Estate of the late Mr RICHARD NEIL, of Victoria, deceased.
In the Estate of the late Dr WILLIAM B. LORRAIN, deccased. OTICE-All Persons Having Claims against
Nthe said Estate, will plexing to send the in
for liquidation; and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, aro requested to make immediate pay-
ment to
ADAM SCOTT, } от AND. S. DIXSON, j Hongkong, 29th August, 1857.
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Executors.
In the matter of the Estate of the late Mr JAMES SMITH, of the Firm of SMITH & BRIME- LOW, of Victoria, deccused. OTICE-All Persons having Claims on the said Estate, are requested to forward parti- of the same to Mr H. W. HYATT; and all Persons and all Persons indebted to the said Estate, are re- indebted to the said Estate, are requested to pay the quested to pay the respective amounts thereof, to the respective amounts thereof to the said H. W.HYATT. | said JAMES W. BRIMKLOW.!
́OTICE.—All
Nette, Ard Persons having Claims on the said calars of the Emoto Mr JAMES W. BRIMELO
J. MURPHY, Hongkong, 5th September, 1857.
Executors.
D. LAPRAIK, A. S. DIXSON, Hongkong, 11th July, 1887,
Executors.
TE
W. WOODGATE.
BOTTOMRY.
(ENDERS will be received at the Office of th undersigned, for an advance on BOTTOMRY on the Chilian Ship “ ELOISA,” until Noon of Tenth of October proximo, for a sum not exceedir: TWELVE Thousand Dollars, ($12,000.)
TORIBIO LAMBARRI, Consul for the Republic of Chil Hongkong, 4th September, 1857.
THE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,—THAT THE Partnership heretofore subsisting hetween CHARLES EDWIN BATESON and JOHN BUTT, as General and Commission Merchants & Canton, under the Firm of BATESON, BUT & Co., is dissolved by mutual consent, (as advertise in the London Gazette, dated June 16th, 1857.)
The Affairs of the late #artnership will be woun up by CHARLES EDWIN BATËSON, who wi sign the firm in Liquidation.
BATESON, BUTT & Ca Macao, 18th August, 1857.