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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH JANUARY, 1888.

Appointments of officers. (8 of 58, 3.)

Powers and duties of the

Registrar General (8 of 58, 4.)

Governor in

• Council may make

liegulations.

Existing Regulations continued.

Division of the City of

Victoria Into

districts.

(7 of 66, 3.)

District Registers (7 of 66, 5.)

Particulars to

be furnished

by house- holders.

(7 of 66, 6 & 7.)

Change of tenants,

(7 of 66, 7 & 8.)

Certificate

from Registrar General

(7 of 66, 9.)

3. The several persons now being the Registrar General, officers and assistauts of the said office, shall discharge the duties and business thereof in future at their present salaries during the Governor's pleasure; and upon any vacancy, the Governor may from time to time nominate and appoint such person or persons to such Registrar General, officers, and assistants respectively, and at such salary and salaries as to him shall seem meet, and also remove him or them at discretion from time to time, and nominate and appoint another or others in his or their room; yet so as that Her Majesty's pleasure shall be taken as to every nomination, appointment, and removal of a Registrar General, and as to every new limitation of salary under the provisions of this Section.

4. The Registrar General is, by virtue of his office, and for the execution of this Ordinance, and not otherwise, the protector of Chinese inhabitants within this Colony, and as such is bounden to use his best endeavours to prevent the commission of crime, and, if committed, to discover and apprehend the parties guilty thereof, and generally to watch over and protect the said Chinese inhabitants; and, for the purposes aforesaid only, he is empowered to enter at any reasonable time or times, as he shall find meet, any building soever within this Colony, or vessel or boat soever within the waters of the same or adjacent thereto, if such building, vessel or boat shall then have any Chinaman within or on board of the same.

CHAPTER II. Regulations.

5. The Governor in Council may from time to time make, and when made may alter, add to, repeal, or revive any regulations necessary for the better carrying out of this Ordinance or any forms thereunder and such regulations and forms shall, when published in the Gazette, have the force of law.

6. All Regulations published under any Ordinance re- pealed by this Ordinance are hereby continued in force until the same shall be revoked.

CHAPTER III.

Registration of Householders.

7. The City of Victoria shall, for the purposes of registration, be divided into the following ten districts:-

(1) Kennedy Town,

(2) Shek-tong Tsui,

(3) Sai Ying-pun,

(4) Tai-ping Shan,

(5) Sheung Wàn,

and the boundaries of the said

(6) Chung Wan,

(7) Ha Wàn, (8) Wàn-tsai,

(9) Bowrington, (10) So-kon Pò;

districts shall be those set

out in a map which shall be kept in the office of the Registrar General, and a duplicate of the same in the office of the Surveyor General: Provided always that such districts or their boundaries may be altered from time to time by the Governor in Council.

8. Separate Register Books in respect of each of the said districts shall be kept in the Registrar General's office And any register book kept under any Ordinance hereby repealed shall form part of the register to be kept under this Ordinance.

9. Every person who shall become a houscholder after the coming into force of this Ordinance shall, within fifteen days next thereafter, furnish to the Registrar General the following particulars, to be kept in the register of the proper district :-

(1.) The name of the street in which his house is situate, and the street number of such house; (2.) His name and address, and profession or trade; (3.) The name, and condition or occupation of any person renting any portion of the said house for any period not less than one month;

and such other particulars as may from time to time be required of him by the Registrar General, who when necessary shall supply blank forms for such purposes.

10. Every householder shall within one week report to the Registrar General any change in the tenancy of any portion of his house.

11. Every registered householder shall receive a certi- ficate of registration in English and Chinese, signed by the Registrar General, which said certificate shall be produced by him when required by the Registrar General or any Magistrate, or any Officer of Police.

[NOTE--The Com- missioners suggest the repeal of this section.]