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MON

ROIT.

THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette

No. 58.

報

EXTRAORDINARY.

特門 轅 港 香

Published by Suthority.

VICTORIA, WEDNESDAY, 18TH NOVEMBER, 1885.

VOL. XXXI.

號八十五第 日二十月十年乙 日八十月一十年五十八百八千一 簿一十三第 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 444.

His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of the Queen, to the

following Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council :—

Ordinance No. 19 of 1885.—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Cattle Disease Ordinance, 1885.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th November, 1885.

LS

G. F. BoWEN.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 19 of 1885.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Cattle Disease Ordinance, 1885.

[18th November, 1885.]

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

BE

1. Whenever it is made to appear to the Governor in Council that cattle disease prevails in this Colony, or that there is immediate danger of cattle disease being introduced into the Colony, the Governor in Council may declare by Proclamation to be published in the Gazette that the Colony shall be subject to the following provisions of this Ordi- nance, and every such Proclamation shall remain in force until cancelled by a further order of the Governor in Council published in the Gazette.

2. At any time and from time to time while a Proclama- tion made under Section 1 of this Ordinance is in force the Governor in Council may make and when made, alter, add to, or revoke orders in respcet of the following matters :--- (1.) Prohibiting the importation or landing of cattle, otherwise than at such times and places, and sub- jeet to such conditions regarding inspectiou, isola- tion and subsequent disposal as may be prescribed by such orders.

(2.) Prohibiting the keeping or having or moving about or selling or slaughtering of any cattle, or the sale of milk or meat or animal refuse of any kind otherwise than subject to such conditious as may be prescribed by such orders,

Proclamatior

of Ordinance.

Order by Governor ir. Council.