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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

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No. 26.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 8TH JUNE, 1889.

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VOL. XXXV.

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簿五十三第

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 261.

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: 20 of 1889.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, by and with the

advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, for the natu- ralization of LI MAN HI otherwise POKSHAN.

Ordinance No. 21 of 1889.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend Ordinance 17 of 1887.

Ordinance No. 22 of 1889.—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend The Post Office Ordinance, 1887.

By Command,

FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th June, 1889.

No. 20 OF 1889.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, for the naturalization of LI MAN HI (X) otherwise POKSHAN (山璞)

LS G. WILLIAM DES VIEUX.

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[6th June, 1889.] HEREAS LI MAN HI otherwise POKSHAN, a native of the Chinghoi District in the Chiu-Chan Pre- fecture of Kwong Tung Province in the Empire of China, now carrying on business as a Merchant at No. 64, Bonham Strand in this Colony in the Kwong Ü Wo, Nam Pak Hong, has petitioned to be naturalized as a British subject within the limits of this Colony, and whereas it is expe- dient that he should be so naturalized: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

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LI MAN HI otherwise POKSHAN shall be, and he is hereby naturalized a British subject within this Colony, and shall enjoy therein but not elsewhere all the rights, advantages, and privileges of a British subject, on his taking the oath of allegiance under the provisions of the Pro- missory Oaths Ordinance, 1869.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 27th day of May, 1889.

ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 6th

day of June, 1889.

FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.

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Preamble.

Naturalization of LI MAN HI otherwise POKSHAN.