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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

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Published by Authority.

VICTORIA. SATURDAY, 20TH JUNE, 1896.

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No. 25.

VOL. XLII.

號五十二第

日十初月五年申丙 日十二月六年六十九百八千一 簿二十四第

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. -No. 226.

The following are published.

By Command,

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th June, 1896.

Colonial Secretary.

COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL, 28th April, 1896.

SIR,-I have the honour to transmit to you herewith, for your information and guidance, reprints of two orders made by Her Majesty in Council namely:

Order of 6th March, 1896, relating to the enrolment of Privy Council practitioners; and Order of 13th June, 1853, relating to the preparation and transmission of Records of Proceedings in Appeals.

The Registrar,.

THE SUPREME COURT,

Hongkong,

ORDERS

I am, SIR,

Your obedient Servant,

THOMAS RALEIGH, Registrar, P. C.

OF

HER MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

ESTABLISHING CERTAIN RULES AND REGULATIONS IN APPEALS.

AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR.

The 6th day of March, 1896,

PRESENT:

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS there was this day read at the Board a Representation from the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in the words following, viz. :-

"The Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council have the honour, with their humble duty to Your Majesty, to represent that it would be advisable that the Rules, established by Your Majesty's Order in Council of the 31st March 1870, should be amended; and their Lordships beg leave to recommend that Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to approve the Rules set forth in the Schedule hereunto annexed, and to declare that the said Rules shall be observed by all Proctors, Solicitors, Attorneys, Agents, or other persons employed in the conduct of Appeals, Petitions, or other matters pending before Her Majesty in Council."