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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH JUNE, 1894.
ings of whatever kind under lease from the Crown, and with the consent of the Governor of any unoccupied lands not under lease from the Crown, that the said Permanent Committee may reasonably require for the purpose author- ised by sections 32 to 37 of The Public Health Ordinance, 1887, or any Bye-laws made or to be made thereunder or for the purposes of this Ordinance. In case possession of unoccupied lands or buildings under lease from the Crown is taken, the said Committee is hereby authorised to pay, during such time as possession is retained, a fair and rea- sonable rent for the same and upon delivering up possession thereof the Permanent Committee shall so far as practicable cause the land to be restored to the condition in which it was when possession was taken and shall cause all build- ings to be thoroughly disinfected, cleansed and lime-washed and delivered up in as good a state of repair as at the date when possession was taken.
(b) In the case of lands of which possession is taken with the consent of the Governor the Permanent Committee shall not pay any rent therefor.
(c) Any lands or buildings as aforesaid already taken possession of by the said Permanent Committee in antici- pation of the powers conferred by this section and before the coming into operation of this Ordinance shall be deemed to have been taken possession of under this Ordinance.
(d) Nothing in this section contained shall be deemed to affect any land or buildings under lease to or in posses- sion of the Military or Naval Authorities.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 11th day of June, 1894.
J. G. T. BUCKLE, Acting Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 13th day of June, 1894.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 238.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint provisionally, and subject to Her Majesty's pleasure, ALEXANDER MACCONACHIE to be an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council during the absence from the Colony of THOMAS HENDERSON Whitehead or until further notice.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th June, 1894.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 239.
It is hereby notified that Her Majesty has not been advised to exercise her power of disallowance with respect to the following Ordinances :--
No. 2 of 1894, entitled-An Ordinance to amend The Supreme Court Summary Jurisdiction
Ordinance, 1873.
No. 3 of 1894, entitled-An Ordinance to amend The Jury Consolidation Ordinance, 1887.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th June, 1894.
J. H. Stewart Lockhart, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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