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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH NOVEMBER, 1889.

No. 29 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 Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Ordinance.

LS

G. WILLIAM DES VOUX.

[27th November, 1889.]

HEREAS it is expedient to amend The Hongkong

WHERE Shanghai Bank Ordinance: Be it enacted by

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

1. In the interpretation of this Ordinance the expression Principal Ordinance shall mean The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Ordinance (No. 5 of 1866).

2. The Proviso contained in Section 4. of the Principal Ordinance is hereby repealed, and the said Section shall be read as if the proviso next hereinafter contained had been inserted therein in lieu of the proviso hereby repealed, that is to say: "Provided always that nothing herein contained "shall be deemed to restrict the said Company with the "consent of the Commissioners for the time being for "executing the Office of Lord High Treasurer (such "consent being signified in writing under the hands of the "said Commissioners or any two of them) from establishing any Branch Banks or any Agencies for Exchange, Deposit "and Remittance at any place out of the Colony in con-

formity with the law of such place.”

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3. This Ordinance shall not take effect unless and until it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Governor that the Court of Directors of the said Company has been duly authorized, under the provisions of Article 96 of the deed of Settlement of the Company, to accept the same; such satisfaction to be evidenced by a Notification or Proclama- tion under the hand of the Governor, to be published in the Hongkong Government Gazette.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 20th day of November, 1889.

Preamble.

Interpreta- tion clause.

Froviso of Section IV. repealed and new proviso substituted.

New proviso.

Time of coming into operation.

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ARATHOON SETH,

Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 27th day of November, 1889.

A. LISTER,

Acting Colonial Secretary,

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 489.

It is hereby notified that the annual examination open to all natural-born British subjects, for appointments in the India Forest Department will take place at Cooper's Hill, England, in June next; and that a copy of the Prospectus of the Forest Branch of the Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper's Hill, may be seen on application at this Office.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th November, 1889.

A. LISTER, Acting Colonial Secretary.