ORDINANCE No. 7 of 1866.
Victoria Registration.
The term "Servant" shall mean every Chinese regularly employed in or about the dwelling house, office or business premises of any company, corporation, or person not being Chinese, in any of the following capacities:- House boy, cook, cook's mate, amah, coolie, watchman, gardener, coachman, horse boy, and boatmen.
3. The City of Victoria shall for the purposes of registration under this Ordinance be divided into the nine following districts, that is to say: (1) Shektongtsui, (2) Sai Ying Poon, (3) Taipingshan, (4) Sheong Wan, (5) Choong Wan North and South, (6) Ha Wan, (7) Wanchai, (8) Bowrington, (9) So Kun Poo; and the boundaries of the said districts shall be those specified in a map regulating and defining the boundaries of the said districts, and the said map shall be kept in the office of the Registrar General and a duplicate of the same in the office of the Surveyor General.
4. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to alter all or any of the said districts or their boundaries, and to increase or diminish the number of the same.
5. Separate register books in respect of each of the said districts shall be kept in the Registrar General's Office.
6. Every person being a householder at the commencement of this Ordinance shall within thirty days next thereafter furnish to the Registrar General the following particulars to be kept in the register of such district :-
1st. The name of the street in which his house is situate and the street number thereof;
2nd. His name and address and profession or trade;
3rd. The name, condition or occupation of any person renting any portion of the said house for any period not less than one month;
and such other particulars as may from time to time be required of him by the Registrar General, who when necessary shall supply blank forms for such purposes.
7. Every person who shall become a householder after the commencement of this Ordinance shall within fifteen days thereafter report the same to the Registrar General.
8. Every householder shall within one week report to the Registrar General any change in such tenancy as aforesaid of any portion of his house.
9. Every registered householder shall receive a certificate of registration in English and Chinese, signed by the Registrar General, which said certificate shall be produced by him when required so to do by the Registrar General or any Justice of the Peace, or any officer of Police.
10. Every householder who shall not have his permanent place of residence in the Colony shall enter into a bond with two sureties to be approved of by the Registrar General, conditioned in the sum of five hundred dollars for the observance of the provisions of this Ordinance, and shall appoint for every building or tenement in
"Servant."
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Division of the town of Victoria into districts.
Power to alter districts.
Register of districts.
Particulars to be furnished by householders.
Persons hereafter becoming householders to report the same to Registrar General.
Householder to report change of tenants.
Householder to receive certificate from Registrar General.
Householder, not resident in Colony to enter into bond and appoint an agent.