675325-1883-Proclamation-2-Ordinance-1-of-1883- — Page 1

DIE

MON

OROIT.

THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette

報門 轅 港 香

Published by Authority.

No. 11.

號一十第

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 3RD MARCH, 1883.

日四十二月正年未癸 日三初月三年三十八百八千一

VOL. XXIX.

簿九十二第

No. 2.

PROCLAMATION.

[L.S.] W. H. MARSH,

The Officer Administering the Government.

By His Excellency WILLIAM HENRY MARSH, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies.

Whereas by section 45 of Ordinance 1 of 1883 entitled, An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Ilongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to consolidate and amend the law relating to Distraints for Rent,-it is enacted that:—

"This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be hereafter proclaimed by the Governor":

Now, therefore, I, WILLIAM HENRY MARSH, the Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, in pursuance of the said section and by virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby under my hand proclaim that the said Ordinance shall commence and take effect on and after Thursday, the 1st day of March, 1883.

By Command,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 27th Day of February, 1883.