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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH MARCH, 1888.

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. holdera.

(7 of 66, 6 & 7.)

Change of tenants.

(7 of 66, 7 & 8)

Certificate

from Registrar

General.

(7 of 66, 9.)

Householder not resident in

Colony to

enter into

bond and appoint an Agent.

(7 of 66, 10,)

Registrar General may summon householder or tenants. (7 of 66, 11.)

Fines to be recoverable from house- holder in

certain cases. (7 of 66, 17&18.)

5. 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.

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

(1) Kennedytown,

(2) Shek-tong Tsui, (3) Sai Ying-pun, (4) Tai-ping Shàn,

(5) Sheung Wàn,

(6) Chung Wan,

(7) Ha Wan, (8) Wàn-tsai,

(9) Bowrington, (10) So-kon Pò;

and the boundaries of the said 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.

7. 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 And any register book kept under any Ordinance hereby repealed shall form part of the register to be kept under this Ordinance.

8. Every person who shall become a householder 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.

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

10. 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.

11. Every householder who shall not have his per- manent place of residence in the Colony shall enter into a bond with two sureties to be approved of by the Registrar General, conditioned in the sum of five hundred dollars, for the observance of the provisions of this Ordinance, and shall appoint for every house in respect of which he shall be a householder an agent in the Colony, who shall sign a form to be supplied by the Registrar General containing his name and address, and thereupon every such agent shall become liable to all the provisions of this Ordinance as if he were the householder of such house, and until the provisions of this section shall have been complied with, and in case any such agent shall die or cease to reside in the Colony, then until another agent shall be appointed in his place, the rents and profits of such house shall be seized and be dealt with in such manner as to the Governor in Council shall seem fit.

12. The Registrar General may summon in writing before him any householder or any tenant of a portion of any house, and such householder or tenant shall appear before the Registrar General at the time and place specified in such summons, and furnish all particulars respecting himself which are required by this Ordinance to be recorded by the Registrar General.

13. Whenever a fine shall be imposed upon any person resident in any house, and not being the householder within the meaning of this Ordinance, for any violation of the provisions of any Ordinance for the time being in force within the Colony as to gambling or the sale of intoxi- cating liquors, every stich fine or any part thereof, in case

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