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shore, which Ordinance No 6 was intended to procure a check on piracy and to regulate proceedings on the water. The working of this Ordinance was entrusted to the Registrar General Mr Cecil Smith who has discharged his difficult duties under it with great ability and success which would have been impossible without the knowledge which he possesses of the Chinese language.
36. That Ordinance divides the town of Victoria into districts and renders compulsory the Registration of all Chinese Householders, who are moreover ultimately responsible if certain violations of the Law specified in Section XVII and which with ordinary vigilance they can prevent, occur on their premises. Considerable powers are given to the Registrar General enabling him to summon Householders and tenants of portions of Houses before him, and to insist on their furnishing him with all particulars respecting themselves and their pursuits. All Chinese servants in the employment of foreigners of every degree were obliged to retain a certificate of Registration specifying for each his or her age, native domicile, and such other particulars as might assist in tracking servants implicated in any offence. The Ordinance provides for keeping the Government informed of the character