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and other purposes, will I trust appear sufficiently plain to Your Lordship:
I have the honor to be,
With the highest respect, )
Your Lordships,
Most Obedient,
Humble Servant.
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HONGKONG,
ANNO OCTAVO
VICTORIÆ REGINÆ,
No. 18 of 1844.
BY His Excellency JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS Esquire, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
An Ordinance to repeal the Ordinance No. 16 of 1844, and to establish a Registry and Census of the Inhabitants of the Island of Hongkong.
WHEREAS, it is expedient and required by Her Majesty's Government, that a Census should from time to time be taken of the population of the Colony of Hongkong, in common with other parts of Her Majesty's Dominions, and whereas to secure tranquillity and good order in the said Colony and its Dependencies, consideration being had of the migratory habit of a portion of the population, and to prevent the resort thereto of abandoned characters and of persons without any ostensible means of subsistence, it is also expedient that a registry be established of persons resident and sojourning therein, and whereas also it is further deemed fitting to repeal the Ordinance No. 16 of the 21st August, 1844, passed for the purpose of such registration,
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for the several purposes aforesaid, that the said Ordinance No. 16 of the year 1844 be hereby repealed and that there be established in some convenient locality in Victoria an office to be entitled “The Census and Registration Office,” and that the duties and business of this office be discharged by a Registrar and such other officers and assistants, and at such salaries as the Governor in Council may be pleased to appoint subject to Her Majesty's pleasure.
2. And be it further enacted and ordained that from and after the 1st day of January next, all male inhabitants of the age of 21 years and upwards, or capable of earning a livelihood, resident in the Colony of Hongkong, with the exception of persons employed in the Civil, Military, or Naval Services of Her Britannic Majesty, or the Honorable East India Company, Members of the Learned Professions, Merchants, Shopkeepers, Householders, and tenants of the Crown paying an annual rent of not less than $250 for houses or lands, or persons possessing a means of livelihood amounting to the annual sum or value of not less than $500 a year, shall be required once in every year to appear personally at the said office or at such branch offices as may be from time to time established by the Governor and Executive Council, to be there registered in manner hereinafter mentioned, unless where it shall appear advisable to the said Registrar-General to dispense with the said personal appearance of any one hereby required to be registered.
3. And be it further enacted and ordained that if upon enquiry it shall appear to the Registrar-General or such other officers so to be appointed as aforesaid that the said applicant is a fit and proper person to be permitted to reside in the said Colony, it shall be lawful for the said Registrar-General or such other officers to be appointed as aforesaid to grant him a Registration Ticket without any fee or charge whatsoever: Provided, also, that if upon enquiry it shall appear to the said Registrar-General or such other officers so to be appointed as aforesaid that the said unregistered person is a vagabond or bad character or without visible means of subsistence, the said Registrar-General or such other officers as aforesaid shall have full power and authority to prohibit him from residing in the said Colony, unless such person shall have been born within the Colony, in which case he, she, or they shall be dealt with according to law provided in such cases.
4. And be it further enacted and ordained that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Registrar-General, for the more effectual discharge of his duty, by and with the direction of the Governor in Council, to divide the said island into districts for the purpose of Registry, and to proceed to register one or more of such districts on such days and at such hours as shall appear fitting for such purpose.
5. And be it further enacted and ordained that the said Registration Ticket shall contain the name of applicant and the number of the Ticket and the date at which it is granted, and such other particulars as to the aforesaid Registrar-General may seem fit, and that in the exercise of such discretion the said Registrar-General shall have regard to the particulars requisite to the formation of the returns of population required from the Colonies of Great Britain by the Home Government; Provided always that as regards persons of Chinese origin or extraction, the name of the applicant shall be in the Chinese character also.
6. And be it further enacted and ordained that the said Registration Ticket shall continue in force for the period of one year from the date thereof, and no longer, and that on the expiration thereof, any person who shall not forthwith apply to be again registered and obtain a fresh Registration Ticket shall be liable to the penalties inflicted by the provisions of this Ordinance on persons residing in the said Colony without being registered.
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C.
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Title.
Preamble.
Registration office to be established.
Ticket to be granted or otherwise.
Registrar by direction of Governor in Council to divide the island into districts, and register one or more at different periods.
Ticket.
Ticket to continue in force for one year.
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and other purposes, will I trust appear sufficiently plain to Your Lordship:
I have the honor to be,
With the highest respect, )
Your Lordships,
Most Obedient,
Humble Servant.
>
HONGKONG,
ANNO OCTAVO
VICTORIÆ REGINÆ,
No. 18 of 1844.
OY His Excellency JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS Esquire, Governor and Commander
Menipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in Chand with the advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
B' in het of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies Her Majesty
An Ordinance to repeal the Ordinancé No. 16 of 1844, and to establish a Registry and Census of the Inhabitants of the Island of Hongkong.
WHEREAS, it is expedient and required by Her Majesty's Government, that a Census'should from time to time be taken of the population of the Colony of Hongkong, in common with other parts of Her Majesty's Dominions, and whereas to secure tranquillity and good order in the said Colony and its Dependencies, consideration being bad of the migratory habit of a portion of the population, and to prevent the resort thereto of abandoned characters and of persons without any ostensible means of subsistence, it is also expedient that a registry be established of persons resident and sojourning therein, and whereas also it is further deemed fitting to repeal the Ordinance No. 16 of the 21st August,1844, passed for the purpose of such registration,
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong with the advice of the Legistative Council thereof for the several pur- poses aforesaid that the said Ordinance No. 16 of the year 1844 be hereby repealed and that there be established in some convenient locality in Victoria an office to be entitled “The Census and Registration Office," and that the duties and business of this office be discharged by a Registrar and such other officers and assistant, and at such salaries as the Governor in Council may be pleased to appoint subject to Her Majesty's pleasure.
2-And be it further enacted and ordained that from and after the 1st
day of January next, all male inhabitants of the age of 21 years and upwards, or capable of earning a livelihood, resident in the Colony of Hongkong, with the exception of persons employed in the Civil, Military, or Naval Services of Her Britannic Majesty, or the Honorable East India Company, Members of the Learned Professions, Merchants Shopkeepers, Householders, and tenants of the Crown paying an annual rent of not less than $250 for bouses or lands or persons possessing a means of livelihood amounting to the annual sum or value of not less than $500 a year shall be retired once in every year to appear personally at the said office or at such branch offices as may be from time to time established by the Governor and Executive Council, to be there registered in manner hereinafter mentioned unless where it shall appear advisable to the said Registrar-General to dispense with the said personal appearance of any one hereby required to be registered.
3.And be it further enacted and ordained that if upon enquiry it shall appear to the Registrar-General or such other officers so to be appointed as aforesaid that the said applicant is a fit and proper person to be permitted to reside in the said Colony it shall be lawful for the said Registrar General or such other officers to be appointed as aforesaid to grant him a Registration Ticket without any fee or charge whatsoever: Provided, also. that if upon enquiry it shall appear to the said Registrar-General or such other officers so to be appointed as aforesaid that the said unregistered person is a vagabond or bad character or without visible means of subsistence the said Registrar-General or such other officers as aforesaid shall have full power and authority to prohibit him from residing in the said Colony, unless such person shall have been born within the Colony in which case he she or they shall be dealt with according to law provided in such cases.
4. And be it further enacted and ordained that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Registrar-General, for the more effectual discharge of his duty, by and with the direction of the Governor in Council, to divide the said island into districts for the the purpose of Registry and to proceed to register one or more of such districts on such days and at such hours as shall appear fitting for such purpose.
3.---And be it further enacted and ordained that the said Registration Ticket shall contain the name of applicant and the number of the Ticket and the date at which it is granted and such other particulars as to the aforesaid Registrar-General may seem fit, and that in the exercise of such discretion the said Kegistrar-General shall have regard to the particulars requisite to the formation of the returns of population required from the Colonies of Great Britain by the Home Government ; Provided always that as regards persons of Chinese origin or extraction the name of the applicant shall be in the Chinese character also.
6. And be it further enacted and ordained that the said Registration Ticket shall continue in force for the period of one year from the date thereof and no longer and that on the expiration thereof any person who shall not forthwith apply to be again registered and obtain a fresh Registration Ticket shall be liable to the penalties inflicted by the provisions of this Ordinance on persons residing in the said Colony without being registered,
RECEIVED 246
C.
HAR. 7 1845
Tille.
Preamble.
Registration office to be established.
Ticket to be grant
ed or otherwise,
Registrar by diree- tion of Governor in Council to divide the isinnd into disucts, and register one or more at different pe, riods
Ticket.
Ticket to continue
in force for one year,
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