THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4ru DECEMBER, 1886. 113:
Master of a Vessel shall mean any person in charge of a vessel, whether commander, nate, or other person.
Officer of the Post Office shall mean the Postmaster Gomoral, and overy Postmaster, Assistant Postmaster, Agent, Officer, Clerk, Letter Carrier, or any other person employed in any business of the Post Office, whether em- ployed by the Posimmaster General, or by any person under him, or on behalf of the Post Office.
Persons employed by or under the Post Office shall menn every person employed in any business of the Post Offico according to the interpretation given to Officer of the Post Office.
Postage Stamp shall mean any label or stamp for denot- ing any rate of postage, or any envelope, wrappor, card, form, or paper, words, letters, or marks, purporting to authorise the transmission by post of any correspondeuce, whether such postage stamp shall be issued under this Ordinance or by the Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, or by the Government of any Colony or foreign country.
Postmaster General shall mean the Postmaster General of the Colony,
Post Office shall mean any house, building, room, or place where correspondence is received or delivered, or in which it is sorted, made up, or despatched.
Vessel shall mean any ship or other vessel not being a contract packet.
2. There shall be one General Post Office of the Colony where correspondence may be received from all places, and whence correspondence may be despatched to all places, and the Post Office at the time of the passing of this Ordi- nance shall be such General Post Office until the site thereof is changed by the Governor.
The Governor may establish such District Post Offices in the Colony as he thinks fit.
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3. The Postmaster General, and all other officers of the Post Office at the time of the passing of this Ordinanco shall be contiuned in their offices, and shall have all the powers and privileges hereby conferred upon the holders of their respective offices.
4. The Governor may from time to time appoint a Post- master General of the Colony, and all necessary Assistant Postmasters General, Postinasters, agents, clerks, or ser- vants for conducting the business of the Post Office, and may remove any offleors so appointed.
6. The Postmaster General shall, by himself or his de- puties, have the entire charge of the General Post Office and of all postal matters within the Colony, with sole power, within the Colony, of receiving from all persons anthorised to deliver the same all letter bags and corres- pondence arriving in the Colony; and with sole power, within the Colony, of collecting, receiving, and delivering to all persons authorised to receive the same all correspond- ence for inuenission by or through the General Post Office to places out of the Colony.
The said Postinuster General shall also have the exclusivo privilege, within the Colony, of performing all the incidental services of receiving, colloeting, despatching and delivering all correspondence arriving from, or transmitted to any place out of the Colony; and to letters, unless exempt by Inw, shall in delivered in, or tranunitted from the Colony otherwise than by or through the General Post Oflice.
8. All correspondemen which, by any Act of the Imperial Parliament, is excepted from the exclusive privilege of the Emporial Post Office, dall within this Colony be excepted from the exelusiva privilege of the Postmaster General of The Calony. Consignem' Letters shall be excepted from the exclusis a privilege of the Portmaster General, but, if Pulow to the Peak Offer, witch Consignees' Leiter shall be subjet in the nut. Rabu of Postage and general regulations no apply to other porre gondeuet...
General Fort Office.
Tratmaster General and oficars continued in their oflees,
Appointment of officers is future.
Postmaster General solely authorised to resolve and Boliver all cor- rexpondence.
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