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PENSIONS ORDINANCE.
lawful for His Excellency the Governor to make such Order as shall be necessary for such purpose, and such Order shall be published in the Hongkong Government Gazette.
XXV. Wherever the Word Correspondence occurs in this Ordin- | Interpretation Clause. ance it shall mean and include Letters, Newspapers, Books, Pamphlets and other Parcels and Papers and Documents being in or passing through the Post Office of this Colony.
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SCHEDULE A.
do solemnly and sincerely declare that I will not wittingly or willingly open or delay or cause or suffer to be opened or delayed contrary to my Duty any Letter or any Thing sent by the Post, which shall come into my Hands or Custody by reason of my Employment relating to the Post Office, except by the Consent of the Person or Persons to whom the same shall be directed or by an express Warrant in writing under the Hand of the Governor for that Purpose, or excepting such Cases where the Party or Parties to whom such Letter or any Thing sent by the Post shall be directed, and who is or are chargeable with the Payment of the Postage thereof shall refuse or neglect to pay the same, and except such Letters or any Thing sent by the Post as shall be returned to the Post Office of this Colony for Want of true Directions or when the Party or Parties to whom the same shall be directed, cannot be found, and that I will not in any way embezzle any such Letter or any Thing sent by the Post as aforsaid or any Money which shall come to my Hands by virtue of my said Employment as or for Postage or otherwise and I make this solemn Declaration by virtue of the Provisions of act made and passed in the 5th and 6th year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the 4th intituled “An Act to repeal an Act of the present Session of Parliament intituled, an Act for the more effectual abolition of Oaths and affirmations taken and made in various Departments of the State to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof and for the more entire suppression of voluntary and extra Judicial Oaths and Affidavits and to make other Provisions for the abolition of unnecessary Oaths."
Declared before me this
day of
SCHEDULE B.
I
arrived from
Commander of the
do, as required by Law, solemnly declare, that I have, to the best of my knowledge and belief, delivered or caused to be delivered, at the Post Office at
every Letter, Bag, Package, or Parcel of Letters that were on board the said except such Letters as are exempted by law.
Signed by
Dated the
Witness
Commander.
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Postmaster General of
AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF PENSIONS TO THE CIVIL SERVANTS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HONGKONG.
No. 10 of 1862.
[8rd May, 1862.]
Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
Provision for payment
I. There shall be payable in every Year to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, out of the General Revenue of the Colony of of Pensions. Hongkong, all such sums as may become due in respect of any Pensions, Retired Allowances