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Ordinance No. 10 of 1908. That temple has also been exempted from the operation of the present Ordinance. Another example was that of the Hau Wong Temple near Kowloon City. Ten years control of that temple resulted in a surplus sufficient to justify the use of it in building a new out-patient hospital in Kowloon City in connection with the Chinese Public Dispensary. This use of the surplus was suggested by the representatives of the inhabitants of Kowloon City, and it is no doubt an illustration of the kind of policy which will be followed under the Ordinance. The definition of the term "Chinese temple" naturally gave rise to considerable difficulty. The definition which was ultimately adopted is unusual in that it is based mainly on certain Chinese words which are not defined, e.g., the word “Tsz”, which means a Buddhist Monastery. It is doubtful if these Chinese words could be defined within reasonable limits, but it is not anticipated that any great difficulty will arise in the practical application of the term.
The Carriage of Goods by Sea Ordinance, No. 17, gives effect, as regards outward bills of lading from Hong Kong, to the proposals of the draft Convention on bills of lading agreed to at the meetings of the International Maritime Conference held at Brussels in October, 1922. The Ordinance is practically a copy of the English Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1924.
The United Kingdom Designs (Protection) Ordinance, No. 18, gives to the registered proprietors of designs registered in the United Kingdom under the Patents and Designs Acts 1907 and 1919, the like privileges and rights in Hong Kong as though the certificates of registration in the United Kingdom had been issued with an extension to the Colony.
XIII. Miscellaneous.
EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION.
Two hundred and fifty-seven thousand one hundred and sixty-two (257,162) Emigrants left Hong Kong for various places during the year 1928; of these 125,338 were carried in British ships and 131,824 in Foreign vessels.
One hundred and eighty-seven thousand eight hundred and forty-seven (187,847) returning emigrants were reported to have been brought to Hong Kong from the several places to which they had emigrated either from this Colony or from Coast ports, as against 181,100 in 1927. Of these 103,127 were brought in British vessels and 84,720 in Foreign vessels.