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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 2, 1915.

No. 294. His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council :--

Ordinance No. 17 of 1915.-An Ordinance to amend the Post Office Ordinance,

1900.

Ordinance No. 18 of 1915.—An Ordinance to amend the Certificates of Origin

Ordinance, 1915,

HONGKONG.

No. 17 or 1913.

An Ordinance to amend the Post Office Ordi-

nance, 1900.

I assent to this Ordinance.

LS

F. H. MAY,

Governor.

[2nd July, 1915.]

Short title and con- struction.

Definitions.

No letters

to be sent out of the Colony except through

the post.

No letters

to be con- veyed out of the Colony except under the authority

of the

Postmaster General.

Consignees' letters excepted.

Nothing in this section to abridge

any excln-

sive privilege

of the Post-

master General.

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as Follows :-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Post Office Amendment Ordinance, 1915, and shall be read and construed as one with the Post Office Ordinance, 1900, hereinafter called the Principal Ordinance.

2. In this Ordinance :-

"Letter" means every postal article other than a news- paper or parcel.

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Postal article" means every article or thing which is capable of being transmitted by post.

3.-(1.) No person shall send any letter out of the Colony except through the post.

(2.) No person shall convey any letter out of the Colony except under the authority of the Postmaster General.

(3.) This section shall not apply to any bonâ fide con- signees' letter which relates solely to goods or merchandise on board the vessel by which such consignees' letter is forwarded: Provided that, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of section 7 of the Principal Ördinance, it shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to order that this section shall apply to such letters and thereupon it shall so apply accordingly.

(4.) Nothing in this section shall be construed as abridg- ing in any way any exclusive privilege of the Postmaster General as established by law immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance.