Bongkong
THE
Government
NEW SERIES.
GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 2D FEBRUARY, 1856.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. I. No. 31.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
“THE HONgkong goVERNMENT GAZETTE'
will, as before, be the only Official Organ for PROCLAMATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.⠀
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
HONGKONG.
ANNO DECIMO NONO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.
No. 3 of 1856.
By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
An Ordinance to declare certain. Acts of the Imperial Parliament to be in force in the Colony of Nongkong.
[29th January, 1856.] Whereas it is expedient that the Provisions of certain Acts of the Imperial Parliament should be dopted in this Colony: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that the Three Acts of Parliament, the Titles. of which are set forth in the Schedule hereunto annexed, shall, from and after the passing of this Ordi- nance, be in force in this Colony, so far as the same are applicable thereto.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 29th Day of January, 1856.
L. D'ALMADA E Castro,
Clerk of Councils.
JOHN BOWRING.
Schedule of the Three Acts of Parliament to which this Ordinance refers.
6 & 7 Victoria, cap. 83.—" An Act to amend the Law respecting the Duties of Coroners."
9 & 10 Victoria, cap. 24.-" An Act for removing some Defects in the Administration of Criminal Justice."
11 & 12 Victoria, cap. 46.—" An Act for the Removal of Defects in the Administration of Criminal Justice."
No. 12.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Title.
Preamble.
Three Acts of Par ́liament enumerated in Schedule annexed, to be in force in the Colony.
1
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It having been notified in the London Gazette of August 17th, 1855, that "the Chinese Passengers' Act 1855 Las received the Royal Assent, His Excellency The Governor is pleased to direct the publication of the same for general information.
This Act will therefore be enforced from this date, and the Emigration Officer has been instructed accordingly.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 25th January, 1856.
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
ANNO DECIMO OCTAVO & DECIMO NONO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.
CAP. CIV.
An Act for the Regulation of Chinese Passenger Ships.
[14th August, 1855.]
Whereas Abuses have occurred in conveying Emigrants from Ports in the Chinese Seas: And whereas it is expe ent to prevent such Abuses: Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: