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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH FEBRUARY, 1888.

3. The duty on a Deed of Assignment where no money consideration or a merely nominal money consideration passes shall be Ten Dollars in cases where such Deed of Assignment is merely confirmatory of an Assignment on which the full conveyance duty has been paid.

The Collector of Stamp Revenue shall, unless the two deeds referred to in the foregoing paragraph are comprised in one and the same document, denote by an entry under his hand made upon the Deed stamped with the Ten Dollars duty, that the full conveyance duty (if more than Ten Dollars) has been paid upon the other.

4. Documents relating to rights or property ont of the Colony, which are merely sent here for signature, and are not intended to be acted upon or brought into force within the Colony, shall be exempt from Stamp Duty.

5. When any spoiled stamp is delivered to the Collector under Section 12 of Ordinance No. 16 of 1886, he may, in cases where he shall think it desirable to do so, allow the owner of such spoiled stamp to retain possession of it, first imprinting the word Cancelled upon such stamp, to which the Collector shall add his signature and the date of cancel- lation. And any stamp so cancelled shall be held to be of no force, virtue, or effect.

6. This Ordinance shall not come into force until Her Majesty's confirmation thereof shall have been proclaimed in the Colony by the Governor.

Confirmatory assignments.

Documents merely sent

for signature.

Suspending clause.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 64.

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. 2 of 1888.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Defences Sketching Prevention Ordinance, 1888.

Ordinance No. 3 of 1888.—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend The Crown Remedies Ordinance, 1875.

Ordinance No. 4 of 1888.---An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, for prohi- biting the Enclosure of Verandahs erected over Crown Lands.

Ordinance No. 5 of 1888.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Oficial Signatures Fees Ordinance, 1888.

Ordinance No. 6 of 1888.—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, for the naturalization of FRITZ ADOLPH FRICCIUS GROBIEN.

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Ordinance No. 7 of 1888.—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the adries and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, for the naturalization of HILLUNE LOO NGAWK, otherwise Loo KIU FUNG. Ordinance No. 8 of 1888.-An Orainance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, for the naturalization of LAI SHANG, otherwise LAI CHEK KÜN.

Ordinance No. 9 of 1888.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, for the naturalization of LAI KIT, otherwise LAI CHEUK.

Ordinance No. 10 of 1988.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to provide for the preservation of copies of Books printed in Hongkong, and for the registration of such Books.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th February, 1888.

FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.