ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1881 . 1583
Census.
No. 2 of 1881.
An Ordinance entitled " The Census Ordinance, 1881."
[ 14th March, 1881. ]
HEREAS it is expedient to make provision for taking, from time
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to time, the census of the Colony of Hongkong : Be it enacted
by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council
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thereof, as follows :
1. The Governor in Council may authorize and direct a census to The Governor
may direct
be taken of the inhabitants of the Colony at such times as he thinks fit, census and
appointand
and may, from time to time, appoint and remove such officers as may be remove
officers.
necessary for the purpose .
Notice of the intention to take such census, and of the date of such Proviso.
intended taking, shall be published in the Gazette at least ten days pre
viously.
2. The officers appointed to take the census shall, in accordance Officers to
make neces
with the instructions of the Governor , make such arrangements as may sary arrange
ments.
be necessary for the purpose.
3. Schedules shall be prepared under the direction of the Governor , Schedules to
be prepared .
for the purpose of being filled up by or on behalf of 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, and Regulations.
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 keeper of every school , gaol , prison , hospital , or Inmates of
gaols, hospi
public or charitable institution , and the manager of every dock, factory, tals, &c., how
enumerated.
or place employing over twenty persons, and the 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.
Enumerators
6. All officers appointed under this Ordinance may ask all such
may ask ques
questions as are necessary for obtaining the information required under tions.
this Ordinance.