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and rollers the Canon

the

W the use

Mahomedan Cemetery without the consent

the Mahomedan community would to a great

Ordinance 7/1867

from all restrictions

z faith-

In 1887

wed

found desecrate

Atx

sanitary ground

od Cemetery

"

the reluctance

to close this burial ground and

of the Mahomedans to abandon the old site led to

J

1867

7

bay sorry and lengthy discussions to and correspondence on the subject resulting at last in the provisos of Ordinance 7/1867 which enabled the Governor to resume and close the Cemetery without disturbing existing

Providing adequate accommodation for interments

in fixing and preparing elsewhere and laying out $2000 in

as compensation for the sums already expended on the said site

timbs on

"

(Gr. Hardmell's despatch 20 June 1867 par.3). In the same despatch the Gov. contemplates the possibility of the old cemetery being resumed by Govt for general purposes" with the consent

of the Mahomedan population" after the lapse of a period

pars.

reserved to the Muhammadan

14 of the Ordinance 7/1867 Community of Hong Kong free access to the old Cemetery undisturbed ir.

therein where application to and

of the above new

and to the monuments and gravestones which were to be removed except by leave in Council and empowered the Gov. in Council to make regulations for the preservation and security of the said Cemetery and for permitting or restricting such

It

that most of the tombstones and remains have apparently

The Mahomedans to the new

Cemetery have removed by the

and the material but there are 15 tombs still on the ground Engineer Acting Surveyor has

ari

The proposal is justified on the ground that

hielding

land is

valued as a

grave

Search

my building site

Ohe

cemetery in

at $10,000-

The Acting Colonial Surveyor recommends

the making of

keaw

road which would pass

through, the land to the old cemetery, for such a

I think the Govt would be justified in

equally by

purpose taking a part of the ground

Cat

to remove any

remains to the new

being laid Cemetery

on the other hand the Mahomedans have.

es clacinta

Klase y

The do cemetery

pantyh

at

A.

worship wherein they celebrate the

techaram

Eu

1414

Apparently the proper

in that this ground opens

& ad to build on it

ay

would

"

allow them

lang

Mahometans to celebrate their rites

Keen.

Regelt Ap 17

no doubt that there

You

and perhaps of

the Mahomedans

als

many graves which have to mark to indicate their position & from which the remains have

hit been removed.

This ordinance which has been passed by the Council but yet appealed to upheld the 4 rulei

the

"

find that in no case will it be given to them for a mosque -

thy with within

Arrections tits cuma

в

and frays an

The feely

aske. Nothing shiny gard

agree.

Her to wedle will an

cemekis. Even im

A.

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