CENSUS . [ 2 of 1881. ) 615
No. 2 OF 1881 .
An Ordinance entitled “ The Census Ordinance, 1881."
[ 14th March , 1881. ]
WHEHEREAS
RfromE timeit istoexpedient to make provision
time, the census of the
for taking,
Colony of
Hongkong :
1. The Governor in Council may authorize and direct a census The Governor
to be taken of the inhabitants of the Colony at snch times as he census
mendimet
thinks fit, and may, from time to time,appoint and remove such appoint and
remove
officers as may be necessary for the purpose. officers.
Notice of the intention to take such census, and of the date Proviso.
of such intended taking, shall be published in the Gazette at
least ten day's previously.
2. The officers appointed to take the census shall, in accord- mak
Officers to
e neces
ance with the instructions of the Governor, make such arrange sary arrange
ments as may be necessary for the purpose . ments .
3. Schedules shall be prepared under the direction of the schedules to
Governor, for the purpose of being filled up by or on behalf of be prepareil.
the several occupiers of every dwelling-house or place of
residence in the Colony, and by or on behalf of the persons on
board every vessel in the waters of the Colony, with such
particulars as to the Governor in Council may seem fit.
4. The Governor in Council may , from time to time, make, Regulations.
and when made, revoke, add to, and alter regulations for carrying
out this ordinance, and all such regulations, revocations,
additions and alterations shall be published in the Gazette, and
shall be posted in such places and in such languages as the
Governor in Council may direct..
5. The master or keeperofevery school,gaol,prison, hospital, Inmatesof
,
or public or charitable institution, and the manager of every tals, &c., how
dock, factory, or place employing over twenty persons, and the enumerated.
proprietor or manager of every hotel, and the master 'or person
in charge of every vessel lying within the waters of this Colony,
shall be the enumerators of the inmates thereof or the persons
residing therein .
6. All officers appointed under this ordinance may ask all Enumerators
such questions as are necessary for obtaining the information may ask
. ques
required under this ordinance.
7. Any person who, without lawful excuse, wilfully refuses Offences.
or neglects to fill up and sign according to the truth of the
case, or to alter or amend in any particular, if required to do so
by the enumerator, any schedule so left at his house or place of
residence ; or to deliver the same to the enumerator or other