It seems necessary that a report on the operation of the Ordinance has been a sufficient time in force to enable me to afford a my information on the subject.
I have the honour to be,
Sin
Your Most Obedient Humble Servant,
M.S. Cameron.
No. 9.
Enclosure 2.
C. O. 13146
RECD 4 JUL 87
[L.S.] W. G. CAMERON.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency Major-General WILLIAM GORDON CAMERON, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Officer Administering the Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas by section 24 of Ordinance 22 of 1887, entitled--An Ordinance for the better regulating of the trade in Opium, it is enacted that:-
"This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be proclaimed by the Governor": Now, therefore, I, Major-General WILLIAM GORDON CAMERON, Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, in pursuance of the said section and by virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby under my hand proclaim that the said Ordinance shall come into operation on and after the First day of June, 1887.
By Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 28th day of May, 1887.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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