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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TM MARCH, 1885.
Interest. (ON 6 of 1854, B. J.
Petition to Supreme Court, (lbid, s. 3).
Moral claims. (Ord. 7 of 1569, B. I).
Refund on a inoral claim a bar pro tanto to subsequent elaius.
(bid, s. 2),
Refunds made
out of Revenue (See 1 of 1857,
8.1).
Repeals.
5. Any unclaimed Balance paid into the Treasury under the provisions of this Ordinance at any time previous to the expiration of live years as aforesaid, shall be lodged in a chartered or incorporated Bank within this Colony, at such rate of interest as may be procurable, and the amount of such interest shall be added to, and considered pórtion of such unclaimed Balance.
Refunds.
6. It shall be lawful for any Claimant to any money paid into the Treasury under this Ordinance, to present his summary Petition in that behalf to the Supreme Court against the Queen's Attorney General as Respondent thereto; and if he shall verify his said Claim by Evidence to the satisfaction of the said Supreme Court, it shall be the duty of the said Court to make an Order declaring him entitled thereto and the Treasurer on receipt of such order shall pay the sum mentioned thercin to the said claimant.
7. The Governor in Council may entertain any moral claim (as distinguished from any legal or equitable claim) which may be submitted to him by petition in writing by any person, praying for payment of any sum of money which may have been transferred to the Colonial Revenue under the provisions of this Ordinance, and upon such petition it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, if he shall think fit, to order that such sum or any portion thereof be paid by the Colonial Treasurer to such petitioner.
8. Any order made by the Governor in Council under the foregoing Section for the payment of the whole or of a portion of any sum of money which may have been trans- ferred to the Colonial Revenue under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be a bar to the extent of any payment made under such order to any subsequent claim against the Crown, to the same sum.
9. The general Revenue of the Colony-shall be applicable to any payment ordered to be made under the provisions of this Ordinance.
Repeals.
10. The following Ordinances are hereby repealed.
No. 6 of 1854.
No. 1 of 1857.
No. 7 of 1869.
But this repeal shall not revive any enactment repealed by any of the said Ordinances, and shall not affect anything duly done or commenced to be done before the passing of this Ordinance.
ARATHOON SETHI, Clerk of Councils.
Standard
weights and mensarea to be deposited in the Treasury, copies and models of which to be deposited with the Magla- trates.
[L.S.]
G. F. BoWEN.
No. 8 of 1885.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Weights and Measures Ordinance, 1885.
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[2nd March, 1885.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the
advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. The Governor shall cause to be deposited and safely kept in the Colonial Treasury such weights and measures of the standards in use in the United Kingdom and of such Chinese weights and measures as are specified in the Sche- dule to this Ordinance, and the weights and measures so deposited shall be the Standard weights and measures of this Colony.
The Governor shall cause to be made copies and models of the several weights and measures so deposited, and such copies and models shall be submitted to the Colonial Trea- surer, who shall cause the same to be verified, and, if approved, stamped or marked in such inanner as the Colonial Treasurer may from time to time determine to shew that the same have been verified and approved.
Copies and models after being so verified and approved shall be deposited with the Police Magistrates, who shall keep the same for the purposes of reference as hereinafter directed.
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