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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH MAY, 1889.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 233.

His Excellency the Governor has given his assent. in the name and on behalf of the Queen, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council :-

Ordinance No. 17 of 1889.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to repeal Ordinance No. 6 of 1889, and to amend the Statute Law Preservation Ordinance, 1886.

Ordinance No. 18 of 1889.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to extend the provi sions of the Passengers Act, 1855. and the Passengers Act, Amendment Act, 1863, for taking off passengers at sea and for forwarding to their destination passengers who have been brought to the Colony without their own neglect or default, and for defray- ing the cost thereof to voyages of a shorter distance and duration. than mentioned in the said Acts.

Ordinance No. 19 of 1889.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to repeal the law relating to the compulsory medical examination of Women and to amend and consolidate the law relating to the protection of Women

young Girls and for other purposes.

and

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th May, 1889.

FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.

Repeal No. 6 of 1899.

Amendment

of Ordinance No. 31 of 1886.

No. 17 OF 1889.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council thereof, to repeal Ordinance No. 6 of 1889, and to amend the Statute Law Preservation Ordinance, 1886.

LS

BE

G. WILLIAM DES VOUX.

[14th May, 1889:]

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

1. Ordinance No. 6 of 1889 is hereby repealed as from the 18th January, 1889, the date on which the said Ordi- ̈ nance came into operation and such Ordinance shall not be deemed and taken to have had any force or effect whatever. 2. The following section shall be substituted for section 2 of The Statute Law Preservation Ordinance, 1886:-

"2. Ordinance No. 10 of 1875 is hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not affect the past operation of the said Ordinance."

So much of section 2 of The Statute Lare Preservation Ordinance, 1886 as repealed Ordinance No. 7 of 1864 shall not be deemed or taken to have had any force or effect whatever.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 2nd day of May, 1889.

ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils,

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 14th day of May, 1889.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Colonial Secretary.