that the latter shall pay the tax or rent.
deducts it from his accruing
(Signed) Paul Sterling 30th Sept 1850. Hong Kong..
(True Copy)
Colonial Secretary:
HONGKONG,
ANNO OCTAVO
VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.
No. 2 of 1845.
By His Excellency JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS, Esq., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
AN ORDINANCE TO RAISE AN ASSESSED RATE ON LANDS, HOUSES, AND PREMISES, WITHIN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, FOR THE UPHOLDING OF THE REQUISITE POLICE FORCE THEREIN.
[23d May, 1845.]
Title.
Preamble.
I. WHEREAS it is deemed expedient and necessary that the Colony of Hongkong should defray the Expenses attendant on the upholding and maintaining the Police Force thereof: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof,
That it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, from time to time to appoint two or more persons for the purpose of estimating the annual value of the lands, houses, and premises within the said Island, or within any particular district thereof, which shall be in the tenure or occupation of any person or persons; and the said valuator or valuators shall, when thereunto required, make a return in writing and on oath of such valuation to the said Governor and Council; and also at the time of having valued each property respectively, he or they shall
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