to pay the expenses
The cost and management to be thereafter entirely in the hands of Government.
Petition dated the 12th month of the 5th year of "Wen-hung"
(True Copy)
Colonial Secretary.
M:116.
Legislative.
Referred to Messrs. Mordaunt & Rogers. 9 September 1866
Report 834?
Answered 29 Sept./86 113 with for. Bill.
14 July 1866
Government Offices, Victoria, Hong Kong
The enclosed Copy (sent herewith) of Bill entitled M:12 of 1856 passed the Legislative Council on the 12th instant.
It is entitled "An Ordinance to regulate Chinese Burials, and to prevent certain nuisances within the Colony of Hong Kong"
The increase of the city of Victoria, to the Westward, rendered it necessary...
The Right Honorable Henry Labouchere, M.P.,
etc., etc., etc.