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draughting them, and who is therefore the most competent party to give Your Lordship the requisite information as to the necessity for each Ordinance.
The reports of Mr. Pauncefote are so complete and so succinct that I consider it needless to add any remarks of my own on each Ordinance.
I have therefore devoted a separate despatch to each Ordinance.
The following are the Numbers and titles of each Ordinance forwarded herewith along with an explanatory report of Mr. Pauncefote.
Ordinance No. 1 of 1869. An Ordinance to make further Provision in relation to the Vacation of the Supreme Court and the transaction of Business during the same in certain cases.
Enclosures No. 1+2
Enclosures 3+4.
Enclosures 5+6.
No. 2 of 1869. An Ordinance to grant Licenses for the Distillation of Spirits and the Rectifying and compounding thereof within the Colony.
No. 3 of 1869. An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to Promissory Notes.
Enclosures 9+10.
No. 5 of 1869. An Ordinance to provide for the payment out of the Revenue of the Colony of Expenses incurred in the relief of Distressed British Seamen belonging to Ships registered in this Colony.
No. 4 of 1869. An Ordinance to amend "The Ordinance for the Suppression of Piracy (Hongkong) 1868."