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The Hongkong Government Gazette.
[MARCH 7, 1857.
8. The Commissioners for the affairs of India will be ready to receive, at any time previous to the 1st of May, 1857, the testimonials of persons desirous of being appointed to the office of Examiner: but no such appointment will be made until after the date above
mentioned,
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9. All papers relating to the above-mentioned examination are to be sent, and all inquiries are to be addressed, thus :--
"E. I. C. Civil Service
"The Secretary,
"India Board,
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Examination.”
Westminster."
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No. 40.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
BOWRING PRAYA.
The Instructions of Her Majesty's Government have been received as to the mode in which Compensation (if any) shall be given for Damage,—and the Rents settled for Lands not comprehended in the original Leases. They are to the following effect:-
"There is no doubt that Land recovered from the sea, whether artificially or naturally, belongs to the Crown-and that the Crown is at liberty to dispose of it in the same manner as of any other land in the Colony. But it is also clear that the acquisition of such land by any other person than the Owner of the Marine Lot behind it, would very much diminish the value of the Marine Lot, and in many cases render it useless for the purpose for which it was acquired. While, therefore, the rights of the Crown and the interests of the public require that the claim of the Crown to such lands should be firmly maintained, a sense of justice requires that the equitable claims of the holders of the original Marine Lots should be liberally considered."
"The most practicable way of reconciling these interests, would be to appoint assessors on the part of the Crown and the pro- prietor of the Marine Lot, or, if it be preferred, a Jury, to assess the damage done to the original Marine Lot by the creation of a new Marine Lot in front of it. To put up the new Marine Lot to Auction, and to allow the proprietor of the original lot to acquire it at the highest price which may be bid for it, less the sum assessed as the damage done to the original lot. If, however, he should refuse to become the purchaser, then to pay to him out of the price of the new lot the sum assessed as damage."
"Some such arrangement would meet the justice of the case. It would of course require modification to meet the peculiar cir- cumstances of individual cases, e.g., when the whole new land is not put up in a single lot. It would also be necessary to provide, that in no case should more be claimable as assessed damages than the amount realized by the sale of the new lot. But points of detail like these can best be settled by the local authorities on the spot. It is sufficient to indicate the general principle on which such cases may
be dealt with."
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 3d March, 1857.
No. 41.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION."
The subjoined Commission issued by His Excellency The, Governor, for the purpose of enquiring into the Condition of the Gaol, is hereby published for general information. ́
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 5th March, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Whereas it is expedient to take into consideration the Condition of the Gaol of this Colony, with a view to the improvement and required enlargement of the same:
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Now know ye therefore, that I, Sir John Bowring, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of this Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, do hereby, under my hand and Seal of the said Colony, appoint you The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel William Caine, Lieutenant-Governor, to be President, and Henry Tudor Davies, Esquire, Chief Magistrate of Police, Charles May, Esquire, Deputy Sheriff, and Angus Fletcher, Esquire, and John Scarth, Esquire, to be Members of a Commission for the purpose of making Enquiry into the matters aforesaid, and any Three of you, where of the Lieutenant-Governor shall be one, shall form Quorum of the said Commission.
And such enquiry shall be general and comprehensive, but shall embrace specially the following subjects :—
J. The Classification of Prisoners.
2. The introduction of appropriate and productive Labour-how far Out-of-door work is desirable—and the advisability of
enforcing a certain quantity of Labour.
3. Diet and Gaol allowances-especially Extra allowances.
4.
Punishment of Offences committed within Gaol or at Out-door work.
5.
State of Hospital, and treatment of Diseased Prisoners,
6. The efficiency of the Gaol Staff.
7. Visitation by the Magistrates.
8. Revision of the existing Gaol Regulations.
And I do hereby enjoin you without any of loss time to institute a proper investigation in the premises, and to take, but not upon Oath, evidence therein. The result thereof, and your opinions thereon, whether unanimous or dissenting, you will report to me with all reasonable completeness and despatch. And I do authorize you to have access to all Records, Papers, and Documents, relating to the subject- matter of this Commission in the custody or control of the public departments in this Colony; and to call before you and examine all persons belonging to any of the said departments; and I hereby charge all persons to aid and assist you herein.
Given under my hand and Seal of the Colony of Hongkong, at Victoria, in the said Colony, this 5th Day of March, A.D. 1857.
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JOHN BOWRING, Governor.
SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
REGULA GENERALIS.
EASTER TERM
ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ, 5TH MARCH, 1857.
WRITS OF Foreign ATTACHMENT.
WHEREAS cases may occur where in parties being in possession of or holding goods and property as Garnishees within
the meaning of Ordinance No. 2 of 1855, may be persons of small and irresponsible means, and such property may be in danger of being carried away beyond the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of this Colony, or sold, or otherwise disposed of to the injury of Plaintiffs proceeding under the said Ordinance:
Be it therefore ordered, That in all cases where there shall be just and reasonable grounds to believe that any Property, which may have been attached by Writ of Foreign Attachment, is in danger of being removed from and out of the