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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH MAY, 1889.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council thereof, to amend Ordinance 17 of 1887.

B

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

1. Section 1 of Ordinance No. 17 of 1887 entitled The Cattle Diseases, Slaughter-Houses and Markets Ordi- nance, 1887 is hereby amended by substituting for the definition of animal

The definition following

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"Animal except where otherwise expressed, means cattle, sheep, and goats, and all other ruminating animals, and swine."

Section 2 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended by substituting for the words

Cattle, sheep, and swine

said section the word "animals.”

wheresoever found in the

Section 8 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended by substituting for the word "cattle" the word animals."

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Amending Ordinance No. 17 of 1887.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend The Post Office Ordinance, 1887.

BE it of the Legislative Commo

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, by and

thereof, as follows:----

1. The words "not being a postage stamp issued under this Ordinance," in The Post Office Ordinance, 1887 Sec- tion 28 paragraph 3 are hereby repealed.

Title.

Amendment.

DRAFT BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to enable the Governor to resume Crown Lands under lease and to give com-

pensation therefor and for other

cognate purposes.

́HEREAS the dwelling houses on certain portions of

Wand ander lease from the Crown especially in the

City of Victoria are of insanitary construction as regards conditions of air and light and it is expedient that the Governor should be empowered to acquire or resume such lands and buildings compulsorily with a view to the erection of improved houses or dwellings thereon and doubts have arisen whether the resumption of such lands for the purposes aforesaid and for other purposes beneficial to the public of the Colony is within the meaning and intent of the powers of resumption for a public purpose contained in the Crown leases of such lands and it is expedient to remove such doubts and whereas it is expedient that the duty of determining the value of lands rosumed for a public purpose and of fixing the com- pensation to be awarded in respect thereof under Crown leases should be transferred from the Surveyor General to a Board of Arbitrators to be approved for the purpose: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance, 1889.

2. In this Ordinance unless inconsistant with or repug- uant to the context.

The word Board shall mean any Board of Arbitrators appointed from time to time under this Ordinance.

The word Land shall mean any Crown land under lease from the Crown or any part or section thereof.

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Preamble.

Short title.

Interpreta- tion.

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