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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19тH FEBRUARY, 1887.

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1. Eastern District of the City of Victoria.

2. Western District of the City of Victoria.

3. Central District of the City of Victoria. 4. Yaumáti.

All parts of the Colony together with the waters thereof not included in the above Districts shall form and be designated "District No. 5."

This District shall for the purposes of Section 11 of this Ordinance be deemed to be a portion of the Central District.

The Eastern District is that part of the City of Victoria which is bounded as follows:-

On the West by a line drawn South from the Government Wharf to the Taitam Conduit.

On the South by the Taitam Conduit.

On the East by a line from Black Rock by Whitfield Station to the West end of Taitam Tunnel.

On the North by the Harbour.

The Western District comprises that part of the City of Victoria which is bounded as follows :—

On the East by a line drawn South through Wo Fung Street until it reaches the Pokfulam Reservoir Conduit,

On the South by the Conduit and a line prolonged to Sandy Bay. On the North and West by the waters of the Colony.

The Central District is composed of that portion of the City of Victoria situate between the said Eastern and Western Districts.

Yaumáti shall include the whole of British Kowloon Peninsula.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 65.

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His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of the Queen, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council :-

Ordinance No. 1 of 1887.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Post Office Ordinance, 1887.

Ordinance No. 2 of 1887.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled An Ordinance to amend the Promissory Oaths Ordinance, 1869.

Ordinance No. 3 of 1887.--An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.

Ordinance No. 4 of 1887.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the *advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled An Ordinance for promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become unnecessary.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1887.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

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W. H. MARSH.

No. 1 OF 1887.

Title.

Interpreta- tion.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Post Office Ordinance, 1887.

[15th February, 1887.]

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as fol-

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lows:-

1. In this Ordinance, and in any Order in Council or regulation made thereunder, unless the context indicates the contrary, the following expressions shall have the mean- ings set against them respectively, that is to say:

Consignees' Letters. Any letters forwarded by any vessel on the same voyage as and relating to goods or merchandise on board of such vessel.

Contract Packet.-Any vessel for the conveyance of letter bags and correspondence under contract.