CO129-107 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1865 [10-12] — Page 125

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W. T. MERCER.

PROCLAMATION,

By His Excellency WILLIAM THOMAS MERCER, Esquire, Acting Governor and Commander-in- Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.

Whereas by Section thirty nine of Ordinance No. 10 of 1865 being "An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the enactments in Force in this Colony against Offences relating to the Coin" it is enacted as follows:

"This Ordinance, or such Portion or Portions thereof as to the Governor may seem fit, shall "commence and take effect on such Day as shall hereafter be fixed by Proclamation under the Hand of "the Governor; and such Portion or Portions of such Ordinance as shall not be included in such Pro- "clamation shall be brought into operation on a Day to be further fixed by another Proclamation under "the Hand of the Governor."

Now therefore I WILLIAM THOMAS MERCER, Acting Governor of the Colony of Hongkong in pursuance of the said Ordinance and by virtue of the authority thereby in ine vested, do hereby under my hand Proclaim that the whole of the said Ordinance excepting Sections four, five, sixteen, seventeen twenty six, and twenty seven, shall be brought into operation and be in full force and effect on and after the Date hereof.

By His Excellency's Command,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 20th Day of October, 1865.

W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.