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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
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Legislation:-Public Places Regulation Ord. (No. 2) passed to maintain order, etc., in public buildings, gardens and other places.
1871.
Principal Events.-Monopoly of gaming house licences sold (21/1) for $15,000 p.m.; protests from Colony and agitation in U.K. resulted in abandonment of licensing system (8/12). System of branding and deporting Chinese criminals and flogging them if they returned to Colony abolished (25/5). Agitation against inefficiency of police force. Typhoon of 2/9 damaged houses and shipping. H.K.-Cape St. Jacques-Singapore (Eastern Extension Co.) cable opened for traffic on 9/6.
Trade & Industries.-H.K. Wharf and Godown Co. formed. Exchange at 6 months' sight stood at 4/42 on December 30th.
Public Works.-Public Gardens extended by 8.2 acres between Albany Road and Glenealy Ravine. Whitfield Police Station built at Causeway Bay. Pok Fu Lam Reservoir (66,000,000 galls.) completed for City Waterworks.
Legislation.-Legal Practitioners Ord. (No. 1) dealt with the enrolment, etc., of barristers and attorneys.
1872.
Governor Sir Arthur E. Kennedy, K.C.M.G., C.B., (16.4.1872 to 1.3.1877).
(Mr. J. Gardiner Austin administered from 15.10.1874 to 5.11.1875 and from 11.3.1875 to 2.12.1875).
Principal Events.-Board of Examiners in Chinese for Govt. Officers established. Gardens and Afforestation Dept. placed under representative advisory committee. Provision made for registering all births and deaths. System of branding and deporting Chinese criminals...