THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH JANUARY, 1888.
30. The Governor in Council may from time to time make rules consistent with this Ordinance for the guidance of officers in matters connected with it. All such rules shall be published in the Government Gazette, and shall thereupon have the force of law.
Governor in Council may make rules.
SCHEDULE.
(See Section 17.)
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT made this
day of
between the Colonial Secretary of Hongkong of the one part and A.B. of, &c. (the vagrant) of the other part: Each of the parties hereto (so far as relates to the acts on his own part to be performed) hereby agrees with the other of them as follows:-
1. The said A.B. shall embark on board such ship, and at such time as an Officer appointed in this behalf by the Govern- ment of Hongkong shall direct.
2. The said A.B. shall remain on board such ship until she shall
havo arrived at her port of destination.
3. The said A.B. shall not return to Hongkong until five years shall have elapsed from the date of such embarkation unless specially permitted to return by the Governor of Hongkong. 4. The said Colonial Secretary of Hongkong shall contract with the owner of the said ship or his agent for the passage of the said A.B. on board the said ship, and for his subsistence during the voyage for which he shall embark as aforesaid. 5. In witness whereof the said Colonial Secretary of Hongkong and the said A.B. have hereunto set their hands the day and year first above written.
A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance to provide for the preservation of copies of Books printed in Hongkong, and for the registration of such
Books.
it is expedient to provide preser
vation of three copies of every book printed or lithographed in Hongkong, and for the registration of such books: Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:---
1. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise re- quires, the term "book" includes every volume, part or division of a volume and pamphlet in any language, and every sheet of music, map, chart or plan separately printed or lithographed, but shall not include any publication which consist merely of a price list, sale catalogue, annual report, trade circular or trade advertisement.
2. Three printed or lithographed copies of the whole of every book which shall be printed or lithographed in this Colony after this Ordinance shall come into force, together with all maps, prints or other engravings belonging thereto, finished and coloured in the same manner as the best copies of the same shall be produced, and also of any second or subsequent edition which shall be so produced, with any additions or alterations whether the same shall be in letter- press or in the maps, prints or other engravings belonging thereto and whether the first edition of such book shall have been produced before or after this Ordinance shall come into force, shall, within one calendar month after the day in which any such books shall first be delivered out of the press, and notwithstanding any agreement (if the book be published) between the printer and the publisher thereof, be delivered free of any charge, claim or demand whatsoever by the printer, bound, sewed, or stitched together, and upon the best paper on which the same shall be printed or litho- graphed, at such place and to such Officer as the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, shall, by notifica- tion in the Government Gazette, from time to time direct the publisher or other person employing the printer shall, at a reasonable time before the expiration of the said month, supply him with all maps, prints and engravings, finished and coloured as aforesaid, which may be necessary to enable him to comply with the requirements aforesaid.
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