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VICTORIA HARBOUR REGULATIONS.
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not being paid within twenty-one days after the same shall have become due and payable, it shall be lawful for the Governor to direct the said gunpowder to be sold in order to defray the expense of storage, and the proceeds thereof after deducting all government charges, and the expenses of sale shall be paid to the party who shall prove himself entitled thereto to the satisfaction of the Governor.
XVIII.-Every offence against the provisions of this Ordinance shall be tried in a summary way before a Magistrate or before the Marine Magistrate, and every person who shall violate or refuse or fail to comply with the provisions of this Ordinance shall incur a penalty or fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, and not less than fifty dollars, or imprisonment for any period not exceeding six months, and not less than one month.
XIX.-Nothing in this Ordinance contained shall apply to Her Majesty's ships of war or to the ships of war of any foreign nation, or to hired armed vessels in Her Majesty's service or in the service of any foreign nation or to Government Naval or Military stores.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 22nd day of May, 1867.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
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