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No. 1 of 1885.
Effect of refund on UNCLAIMED BALANCES.
to the general revenue, and upon such petition it shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to order that such sum or any portion thereof be paid by the Treasurer to such person as is mentioned in the order.
10. Any order made under the last section 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.
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Charging of general revenue.
11. The general revenue shall be applicable to any payment ordered to be made under this Ordinance.
No. 2 of 1885.
Short title.
Deposit of standard weights and measures in Treasury, and of copies and models with Magistrates.
To make provision with respect to Weights and Measures.
[1st April, 1885.]
1. The Weights and Measures Ordinance, 1885.
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2. (1) The Governor shall cause to be deposited and safely kept in the 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, 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 Treasurer, who shall cause the same to be verified, and, if approved, stamped or marked in such manner as the Treasurer may 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 Magistrates, who shall keep the same for the purposes of reference as hereinafter directed.
(4) If any copies or models so deposited are lost, destroyed, defaced, or injured, they shall be replaced by others of the same weight or measure duly verified and approved.
3.-(1) Any person wishing to compare any weight or measure with the copy or model deposited with a Magistrate shall be allowed to do so.
* As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 62 of 1911.
§ As amended by No. 50 of 1911, No. 63 of 1911 and No. 21 of 1912.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911, No. 62 of 1911, No. 63 of 1911 and No. 21 of 1912.