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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD SEPTEMBER, 1898.

Short title.

Fee for naturaliza- tion.

Fees hitherto paid legal-

ized.

A BILL

ENTITLED)

An Ordinance authorizing the imposition of fees for the Naturalization of aliens naturalized as British Subjects within the limits of Hong- kong.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows

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1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as the Naturalization Fees Ordinance, 1898.

2. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to fix and declare the fees which shall be paid for the naturaliza- tion as a British Subject within the limits of this Colony of an alien applying to be so naturalized. The Order in Council fixing such fecs shall be published in the Gazette and the scale of fees may be varied from time to time by Order of the Governor in Council published as aforesaid.

Unless and until some other fee is fixed and declared by Order in Council, the fee of $250 at present charged shall continue to be the fee payable.

3. All fees hitherto charged and paid into the Treasury in respect of Ordinances of Naturalization before the com- mencement of this Ordinance shall be deemed to have been legally charged and received.

Objects and Reasons.

For several years past in accordance with the decision of the Governor in Council, it has been the practice to charge a fee of $250 for each. Ordinance of Naturalization passed at the request of an alien desiring naturalization. Doubts having arisen as to propriety of making such a charge without direct legislative sanction, this Ordinance is designed to confer the necessary legal power upon the Governor in Conneil to fix and declare the fees to be paid for naturalization and also to remove any doubts as to the legality of the fees already received.

W. MEIGH Goodman, Attorney General.

Short title and con- struction.

Amendment of sect. 7 of Ord. 10 of 1899.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to further amend The Magistrates Ordinance, 1890.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hougkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Conneil thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Magistrates Ordinance, 1898, and shall be road and con- strued as one with The Magistrates Ordinance, 1890, (as amended by Ordinance No. 12 of 1895) hereinafter referred to as the principal Ordinance.

2. Section 7 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended by striking out the words "as heretofore two Magistrates" and substituting, in lieu thereof, the words "either one or two Magistrates.”

Objects and Reasons.

The Magistrates Ordinance, 1890, required that there should be two Magistrates "as heretofore." For some time past only one Magistrate has been appointed. The object of this Ordinance is to enable the Governor to allow the work of the Magistracy to be done either by one or by two Magistrates as experience may prove to be most expedient.

W. MEIGH GOODMAN,

Attorney General,