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22. Kingfishers' feathers, 23. Cutch,
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25. Pungtarai seed,
26. Gum Benjamin,
27. Angrai bark,
28. Agilla wood,
29. Ray skins,
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32. Deer hides, fine,
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36. Elephant's bones,
37. Tigers' bones,
38. Buffalo horns,
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41. Armadillo skins,
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43. Hemp,
44. Dried fish, Plaheng,
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54, Cotton, clean and uncleaned,
55. Pepper,
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57. Beans and Peas,
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Preamble,
* The Lighting Rate."
HONGKONG.
ANNO DECIMO NONO VICTORIA REGINE.
No. 11 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 for Lighting the City of Victoria.
[12th June, 1856.] Whereas it is desirable that a system of Public Lighting should be introduced into this City: Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Leisglative Council thereof, as follows :-
I. For defraying the Expenses of and incident to the execution of this Ordinance, there shall be levied Quarterly, together with and in addition to the Police Rate or Rates for the year, a further Rate to be called "The Lighting Rate," and estimated at One and a Half per Cent on the gross amount of the Property included in the Police Rate Assessment for the current year; and all the Provisions of the Ordinances No. 2 of 1845 and No. 3 of 1851, touching Valuation, Assessment, Levy, and Appeal, shall extend and apply to the said "Lighting Rate."
The Surveyor-Ge- II. The Surveyor-General shall from time to time 'cause a sufficient number of Irons or Posts for the neral to provide and lighting of the Streets, Roads, Ways, and Public Thoroughfares of the City of Victoria to be provided, and fx Lamps, &c., and the same to be set up, fixed, or erected, in all suitable Situations for such lighting, and either in any of the she Superintendent of said Streets, Roads, Ways, and Thoroughfares, or in any Close adjacent thereto, or upon or against the Wall of any House or Building, or the Side of any Wall or Fence, or elsewhere, as he shall think proper; and he
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