No. 7.
101
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
With reference to Clauses II, III, and IV, of the recent Ordinance No. 2 of 1857, it is hereby notified, that Printed Forms of Night Passes for Chinese may be had on application to the Superintendent of Police after Noon to-morrow, when they will be ready for delivery.
The Passes thus issued will remain in force until the 31st instant, when another issue will be made on renewed application and return of the Old Forms.
In the use of these Passes, a grave responsibility will rest with the person to whom they are supplied.
It will be the duty of the Police to see that the License conveyed by them be not abused by the Chinese Householders; and Householders, other than Chinese, are cautioned to retain the Forms under their own control, and to be guarded in the distribution of them for the temporary purpose of protecting their Servants while abroad.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th January, 1857.