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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETT 18TH DECEMBER, 1897.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. —No. 558.

His Excellency the Governer has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of the QUEEN, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council:

Ordinance No. 26 of 1897.-An Ordinance to further amend The Widows' and Orphans'

Pensions Ordinance, 1890.

Ordinance No. 27 of 1897.-An Ordinance to facilitate the Recovery of Possession of Tene-

ments and Premises of Sinall Value.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th December, 1897.

.:

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary,

No. 26 OF 1897.

An Ordinance to further amend The Widows' and

Orphans' Pensions Ordinance, 1890.

LS

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

[14th December, 1897.]

Construction.

Revival of

part of sect. 4 of Ord. No.

18 of 1891,

Repeal of sect. 18 of Ord. No.

30 of 1890.

Substituted section.

Repeal of sect. 19 of Ord. No. 30 of 1890.

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

1. This Ordinance shall be read and construed as one together with The Widows and Orphans' Pensions Ordi- nance, 1890, No. 30 of 1890, and the Ordinances heretofore amending the same.

2. The words forming part of section 4 of Ordinance No. 18 of 1891, which were struck out by section 6 of Ordinance No. 28 of 1895, which was repealed by Ordi- nance No. 12 of 1896, are hereby restored, and declared to form part of such first mentioned section.

3. Section 18 of Ordinance No. 30 of 1890 is hereby repealed, and, in lieu thereof, the words following shall be substituted:

the

Any contributor, other than a bachelor, who has been transferred prior to the passing of this Ordinance, or who may be hereafter transferred, from the service of the Government of this Colony, to any other office under the Crown, may continue to contribute to th fund from the date of his ceasing to hold office in the service of the Government of this Colony,

on the salary which he was receiving at the date of such transfer, at the same rate and subject to the same terms as if he had continued in the service of the Government of this Colony and continued to receive the salary which he was receiving at the date of such transfer. In the event of his ceasing to contribute, or in the event of any contribution due from him not having been paid for six months, his widow or his widow and orphans, as the case may be, shall be entitled, after the death of such contributor, only to a pension computed on the basis of the interest acquired by such contributor, in the fund, at the date of his being transferred or of his ceasing to contribute, in accordance with the tables hereinafter referred to.

4. Section 19 of Ordinance No. 30 of 1890 is hereby repealed.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 8th day of December, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE, Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 14th day of December, 1897.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.