A.D. 1888.] OFFICIAL SIGNATURES FEES.
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ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1888.
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AN ORDINANCE to fix the Fees payable on certain Official Signatures.
[14th February, 1888.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Official Signatures Fees Ordinance, 1888.
2. From and after the commencement of this Ordinance, the following fees shall be levied and paid into the Colonial Treasury :-
(1.) for the signature of the Governor $5.
(2.) for the signature of the Colonial Secretary ...
ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1888.
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AN ORDINANCE to provide for the Preservation of Copies of Books printed in this Colony and for the Registration of such Books.
[2nd April, 1888.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the preservation of three copies of every book printed or lithographed in this Colony and for the registration of such books:
Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Colonial Books (Preservation and Registration) Ordinance, 1888.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, "book" includes every volume, part or division of a volume, and pamphlet in any language, and every sheet of music, map, chart, or plan separately printed or lithographed, but does not include any publication which consists merely of a price list, sale catalogue, annual report, trade circular, or trade advertisement.
3.--(1.) Three printed or lithographed copies of the whole of every book which is printed or lithographed in this Colony after the commencement of this Ordinance, together with all maps, prints, or other engravings belonging thereto, finished and coloured in the same manner as the best copies of the same are produced, and also of any second or subsequent edition printed or lithographed in the Colony,