637783-1897-Order-as-to-exemption-of-certain-Instruments-from-Stamp-Duties — Page 1

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH DECEMBER, 1897.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 529.

The following Order, made by His Excellency the Governor in Council, is published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st December, 1897.

ORDER

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

(As to Exemption from Stamp Duties.)

Made by the Governor in Council, this 29th day of November, 1897,

Whereas, by section 5 of Ordinance No, 16 of 1886, the Governor in Council is authorized to exempt from duty any of the documents mentioned in the Schedule to the Stamp Ordinance, and whereas it is desirable that the instruments hereinafter mentioned should be exempted from stamp duty;

Now, therefore, the Governor in Council hereby exempts from stamp duty the following instru- ments, that is to say :-

Instruments for the sale, transfer, or other disposition either absolutely or by way of mort- gage, or otherwise, of any ship or vessel, or any part, interest, share, or property of or in any ship or vessel.

COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 530.

The following revised Scale of Fees required to be paid by patients at the Government Civil Hospital, the Hospital Hulk Hygeia, and the Kennedy Town Hospital, on and after the 1st of January, 1898, is published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th November, 1897.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

SCALE OF FEES.

CIVIL OFFICERS.

Salaries under $40 per month,...

$40 to $60 per month,

"

from

+1

"

$60 to $ 80

>"

""

over

"1

"

$ 80 to $100

};

$100, as Second Class Patient,

$100, as First Class Patient,

less than $20 per month,

Wives of Civil Officers will be charged on the same scale..

0.15 cents per diem. 0.20

"

وو

0.50

""

0.75

99

"

$2.00

""

$3.00

11

Free.

POLICE.

Inspector,

70 cents per diem.

European Constable,

21 ""

""

Indian Constable,

17 ""

""

Chinese Constable,

13 19

OTHER PATIENTS.

Private Patient, 1st Class,

..$6.00

per

diem.

2nd

$4.00

>>

19

3rd

}"

3rd

""

;)

(European), . (Asiatic),

$2.00

""

0 50 cents

""

3rd

""

"

"

( ), at the Hygeia and

Kennedy Town Hospital,.

$2.00

"7

"Board of Trade" Seamen,..

Children,

$1.50

.Free.