ORDINANCE No. 21 OF 1887 . 2169
Licensing Consolidation.
Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 3 of The Licensing
Consolidation Ordinance, 1887, on the 16th and gazetted 18th May, 1889.
1. Every licence to an undertaker of Chinese funerals shall be issued subject to
the condition that every grave be dug to a depth throughout of not less than six
English feet from the ordinary surface of the ground to the uppermost side of the
corpse or coffin therein deposited .
2. Every such licence shall be in English and Chinese, and shall be in the follow
ing form :
UNDERTAKER'S LICENCE.
REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE,
VICTORIA , HONGKONG , 188
The bearer of
is licensed to undertake and perform burials of Chinese dead in the cemeteries allotted
for that purpose. This licence is issued subject to the condition that every grave be
dug to a depth throughout of not less than six English feet from the ordinary surface
ofthe ground to the uppermost side of the corpse or coffin therein deposited, and will
expire on the day of 188
Fee $ 10.
Received
Entered
Registrar General.
NOTE. To be printed in Chinese as well as in English.
Additional condition to be inserted in Hawkers' Licences made by the Governor in
Council, on the 29th day of May, 1890, in pursuance ofsection 3 of Ordinance
No. 21 of1887, and gazetted 14th June, 1890.
The licensee shall not hawk any wares within the limits from the various markets
prescribed by the street notices.
Additional rules made by the Governor in Council under the provisions
of section 3 of Ordinance No. 21 of 1887, on the 3rd and
gazetted the 10th of January, 1891.
1. Licences for jinrickshas to ply for hire in British Kowloon shall be issued by
the Captain Superintendent of Police, who may, in his discretion, refuse to issue any
licence.