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No. 2. THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG
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(6.) thereupon the Harbour Master shall take possession of the goods and effects, and,
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(i.) if he thinks that their value is more than one hundred dollars, he shall forthwith hand them over to the Officer Administrator, to whom he shall also furnish in writing such information as he may have been able to obtain as to the deceased passenger and as he may consider likely to be useful for the due administration of the estate; and,
(ii) if he thinks that their value is not more than one hundred dollars, he shall, in such manner as he may consider just and convenient, distribute them amongst persons who may appear to him, in his discretion, to be entitled thereto, or, if he can find no such persons within one month of the time when the goods and effects came into his hands, then he shall sell them and pay the proceeds of sale into the Colonial Treasury, to a special account to be kept for that purpose;
(c.) at any time within twelve months of the time when the proceeds of any estate have been paid into the Colonial Treasury under this section, any person entitled to the said proceeds, or to a portion thereof, may apply to the Harbour Master for the same; and, at the expiration of the said twelve months, the Harbour Master may make application in that behalf to the Colonial Treasurer, and the Colonial Treasurer shall pay to the Harbour Master the said proceeds or a portion thereof, and the Harbour Master shall distribute the same amongst the applicants in such manner as he may consider just and convenient;
(d) before distributing any estate or paying the proceeds of sale of estate into the Colonial Treasury under this section, the Harbour Master shall deduct the amount of any expenses or costs which he may have incurred in advertising or otherwise in the administration of the same; and
if no person entitled applies to the Harbour Master under paragraph (c) of this sub-section within the twelve months mentioned in that paragraph, the proceeds of the estate shall be paid over to the general revenue of the Colony; but it shall be lawful for the Governor, within a period of six years thereafter, to direct a refund of the same, or any portion thereof, to any person who establishes, to his satisfaction, a legal, equitable or moral claim thereto:
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For the purposes of this section, the expression "voyage of a passenger to the Colony" means the voyage of a passenger which...