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be embodied in a special Ordinance " for promoting the General Revision of the Law", to be submitted to the Legislative Council, in which the reason for each such repeal shall be succinctly stated in a special preamble,

(5.) The Editor shall be at liberty to recast the marginal notes of the sections of all Ordinances included in the New Revised Edition where in his opinion it is necessary for greater clearness; and he shall introduce into the margin such references to the "Law Revision", the "Law Amendment" and the "General Revision" Ordinances above referred to as he may consider advisable.

7.—(1.) The New Revised Edition shall be comprised in two Volumes, and shall include all the Ordinances in force down to the end of the year 1911, together with all the Ordinances passed in the year 1911 as, having regard to the exigencies of printing, cau conveniently be included. All the Ordinances of the year 1911, which cannot be so conveniently included shall be collected and printed with the necessary references, as an Appendix, to be included in the third Volume hereafter referred to, which however shall for all purposes be considered to form part of the New Revised Edition.

(2.) The Editor shall prepare and issue as part of his undertaking:

(4.) a chronological table of all the Ordinances of the Colony, including those which have been repealed, or which were not included in the Revised Edition; provided that he may for such purpose adopt the Chronological Table prepared for the Revised Edition by Sir John Carrington;

(6.) a full and complete index to the subject matter of all Ordinances contained in the New Revised Edition;

(e.) a collection of Orders issued by the Sovereign in His Privy Council relating to or affecting the Colony, in so far as it may be practicable; (d) such Tables of references to the aforesaid or other matters as he may consider necessary for perfecting the New Revised Edition of the Laws of Hongkong ;

all which things, together with the Appendix of the Or- dinances passed in 1911 above referred to, shall be included in a third Volume, and the three Volumes to- gether shall form one series entitled "The Laws of Hongkong".

8-(1.) Each Volume of the series before it is issued shall, by general order of the Governor in that behalf, be impressed on the title page thereof with the seal of the Colony.

(2.) On some convenient day after the issue and pub- lication of the Second Voluune, and after the passing of the Ordinances referred to in section 6 (4), the New Revised Edition shall be laid before the Legislative Coun- cil for approval, and such approval, if given, shall be notified, by proclamation of the Governor,

9.-(1.) Ordinance No. 16 of 1886 (the Statute Law Revision Ordinance 1887) is repealed.

(2.) A copy of all Ordinances passed after the coming into force of this Ordinance, certified under the hand of the Governor and the seal of the Colony shall, as soon as conveniently may be after they have been passed by the Legislative Council, be transmitted by the Clerk of the Councils to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, for re- cord; and such copies shall be deemed to be the originals thereof, and may be proved in any Court or judicial ceeding by certified copies thereof, or, by order of a Judge, pro- by the production thereof by the Registrar. Subject only to the foregoing provision any Ordinance passed after the the commencement of this Ordinance shall be sufficiently proved by the production of a copy of the Gazette con- taining the print of such Ordinance as passed by the Legislative Council, or a copy thereof purporting to be printed by the Goverumeut Printer at or about the time of the passing thereof.