DIEU DROIT
HONGKONG ,
ANNO DECIMO
VICTORIÆ REGINE .
No. 7 of 1846.
Y His Excellency Sir JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS, Baronet, Governor
BY and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipo-
tentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects
in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
An Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 18 of 1844, and to Title.
establish a more effectual Registry of the Chinese Inhabitants, and a
Census ofthe Population ofthe Island of Hongkong.
[ 31st December, 1846. ]
WHEREAS the Islands, Ports, Harbours, Coasts, and Places Preamble.
near and adjacent to the Island of Hongkong and its Dependencies
are infested by Pirates and Robbers ; and whereas it is necessary
for the Protection of the Lives and Property of the Inhabitants of
this Colony, and in order the more effectually to prevent Crime,
that such Pirates and Robbers, and other Persons of notoriously bad
Character, should not be permitted to resort to or reside in the said
Colony, and it is deemed expedient to repeal Ordinance No. 18 of
13th November 1844, entitled, An Ordinance to repeal Ordinance
No. 16 of 1844, and to establish a Registry and Census of the In-
habitants of the Island of Hongkong, and to substitute other Rules
and Regulations in lieu thereof :
I. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the No.Repeal
18 of of Ordinance
1844.
Governor of Hongkong, by and with the Advice of the Legislative
Council of the said Colony, that the said Ordinance No. 18 of the
Year 1844 be, and the same is hereby repealed, save and except that
the Office thereby established, and therein called " The Census and
Registration Office," shall continue for the Purposes hereinafter
mentioned, and the Duties and Business thereof shall be discharged
and performed by a Registrar-General and other Officers and As-
sistants to be nominated by His Excellency the Governor, and which
said