2074 ORDINANCES No. 31 OF 1886 AND No. 1 OF 1887.
Statute Law Preservation. Post Office.
nals thereof and may be proved in any Court or judicial proceedings by
the production of an examined copy thereof or of a copy certified under
the hand of the said Registrar.
Registrar to 5. The said Registrar shall carefully preserve the said collection
preserve
them. and shall file all such Ordinances, proclamations , rules, regulations and
orders as may hereafter be transmitted to him.
Gazette and 6. Any such Ordinances, proclamations , rules, regulations or orders
Government
printers published in the Gazette and also any copies thereof purporting to be
copies to be
primâ facie printed by the Government printers, by authority, shall be deemed and
evidence.
accepted as primâ facie evidence of the contents thereof.
Inspection 7. Any person shall be entitled to inspect the said Ordinances within
and copies.
the office hours of the Supreme Court on payment of 25 cents for each
inspection not exceeding three hours and to take copies or extracts
therefrom on payment of 25 cents per folio of 72 words for each copy or
extract.
No. 1 of 1887 .
Title. An Ordinance entitled The Post Office Ordinance, 1887.
[ 15th February , 1887. ]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong , with the advice of the
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Legislative Council thereof, as follows :
Interpreta 1. In this Ordinance, and in any Order in Council or regulation
tion.
made thereunder, unless the context indicates the contrary, the following
expressions shall have the meanings set against them respectively, that
is to say :
Consignees' Letters . - Any letters forwarded by any vessel on the
same voyage as and relating to goods or merchandise on board of such
vessel .
Contract Packet. - Any vessel for the conveyance of letter bags and
correspondence under contract.