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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD MARCH, 1888.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 86.

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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. 11 of 1888.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled

The Unclaimed Balances Ordinance, 1888.

Ordinance No. 12 of 1888.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Vagrancy Ordinance, 1888.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd March, 1888.

No. 11 or 1888.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council thereof, entitled The Unclaimed Balances Ordinance, 1888.

LS

G. WILLIAM DES VŒUX.

[27th February, 1888.]

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the

Be

as follows:-

1. On the coming into operation of this Ordinance the Registrar of the Supreme Court shall cause to be posted up in some conspicuous place in the Supreme Court notices in the form set forth in Schedules A., B., and C. to this Ordinance.

Schedules A. and B. shall remain so posted up for the space of six months, and Schedule C. for the space of one year.

2. The said Registrar shall also cause the said notices to be published twice in the Government Gazette and for six consecutive days in at least one newspaper published daily in this Colony.

He shall also cause Schedule C. to be published in four consecutive numbers of the London Gazette and for six consecutive days in the Times newspaper.

He shall also cause a notice in the form set forth in Schedule D. to be published daily for two consecutive weeks in at least one daily newspaper published in this Colony.

3. The sums mentioned in the said Schedules or such of them as shall be unclaimed at the end of the respective periods aforesaid shall be transferred to the General Re- venue of the Colony.

4. The provisions of Sections 6 to 9 inclusive of the Unclaimed Balances Ordinance, 1835, shall apply to the refund of any of the above mentioned sums if claimed at any time after the expiry of the periods mentioned in Section 1.

5. Whenever any sum other than the balance of an Intestate Estate, shall remain five years unclaimed in the Supreme Court, it shall be lawful for the Court on the application of the Registrar, to order that such sum be paid over to the Treasurer for transfer to the General Revenue of the Colony subject to refund as provided in the last section. Before making the said order the said Court may order such notices to be given and to such parties as the said Court shall think fit.

6. This Ordinance and the Unclaimed Balances Ordi- nance No. 7 of 1885 shall be read together as one Ordi-

nance.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 16th day of February, 1888.

ARATHIOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 27th

day of February, 1888.

FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.

FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary,

Registrar to

post up and publish notices.

Sums not claimed to

be paid to General Revenue.

Sections 6 to 9 of Ord. 7 of 1985 to apply.

Sums un- claimed in Registry to be paid over.

ThisOrdinance

Lo be read with No. 7 of 1895,