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10. Any order made by the Governor-in-Council under the last preceding section for the payment of the whole or of a portion of any sum of money which may have been transferred to the Colonial Revenue under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be a bar to the extent of any payment made under such order to any subsequent claim against the Crown to the same sum.
11. The general revenue of the Colony shall be applicable to any payment ordered to be made under the provisions of this Ordinance.
Charging of general revenue.
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ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1885.
AN ORDINANCE to make provision with respect to Weights and Measures.
A.D. 1885.
[1st April, 1885.]
Ordinance No. 8 of 1885, with Ordinance No. 26 of 1901 incorporated.
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:--
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Weights and Measures Ordinance, 1885.
2. (1.) The Governor shall cause to be deposited and safely kept in the Colonial Treasury such weights and measures of the standards in use in the United Kingdom and of such Chinese weights and measures as are specified in the Schedule to this Ordinance, and the weights and measures so deposited shall be the standard weights and measures of this Colony.
(2.) The Governor shall cause to be made copies and models of the several weights and measures so deposited, and such copies and models shall be submitted to the Colonial Treasurer, who shall cause the same to be verified, and, if approved, stamped, or marked in such manner as the Colonial Treasurer may from time to time determine to show that the same have been verified and approved.
(3.) Copies and models after being so verified and approved shall be deposited with the Police Magistrates, who shall keep the same for the purposes of reference as hereinafter directed.
(4.) If any copies or models deposited with a Police Magistrate are lost, destroyed, defaced, or injured, they shall be replaced by others of the same weight or measure duly verified and approved.
Deposit of standard weights and measures in Treasury and of copies and models with Magistrates. Schedule.
weight or copy or measure with
3.-(1.) Any person wishing to compare any weight or measure with the copy or model deposited with a Police Magistrate shall be allowed access to such copy or model for the purpose of making such comparison, at reasonable times to be appointed by the Magistrate in his discretion.
Verification of model.