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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH AUGUST, 1882.

Brought forward,

$445,829

SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS.

Colonial Secretary,

540

Colonial Treasurer,

1,500

Surveyor General,

2,160

Postmaster General,

57,000

Registrar General,

25

Judicial,

500

Ecclesiastical,

500

Educational,

13,817

Medical,

14,856

Police Magistrates,

390

Police,

37,574

Gaol,

21,320

Fire Brigade,

5,800

Charitable Allowances,

4,000

Transport,

4,500

Works and Buildings,

113,250

Roads, Streets, and Bridges,

53,000

Lighthouses,

1,000

Government Gardens and Plantations, 15,500

Miscellaneous Services,

Military Contribution,

Total,

35,800

109.067

$492,099

$937,928

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 24th day of August, 1882.

ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.

699

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 338.

The following Bill, which was read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council, on the 24th instant, is published for general information.

By Command,

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 26th August, 1882.

ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.

BE

A BILL

ENTITLED

SUPREME COURT (VACATION) ORDINANCE, (1882).

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

1. Sections 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30, of Ordinance 12 of 1873, are hereby repealed, and Section 24 of the same Ordi- nance is hereby amended by striking out the words "and the periods of the vacation thereof."

2. The Chief Justice may, from time to time, make and when made revoke, add to, or alter, orders, regulating the vacations to be observed in the Supreme Court and in the offices thereof. Such orders, revocations, alterations and additions shall be subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, and when approved, shall be published in the Gazette, and shall operate from the date specified therein.

3. The amount of vacations in each year shall not ex- ceed a total of two months.

4. During vacation the Supreme Court and its offices shall be open for the purposes of holding Ordinary Criminal Sessions, or any Special Criminal Sessions, or for hearing and determining any applications, or other business in re- lation to any criminal proceedings, and for the purpose of issuing writs and filing petitions and answers, and hearing summonses in relation thereto, and of completing by special leave of the Court any civil business actually commenced before the first day of the vacation.

Rapeai.

Chief Justice

to make orders regulating vacation, subject to spproval of Governor in Council.

Vacation.

Supreme Court offices open during vacation.