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No. 53.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MARCH, 1876.
Courts may sit in private.
No proceedings
to be taken except with sanction of Attorney General or Registrar General.
Sections II to
IV incorpo- rated with No.
10 of 1867.
III. Upon the hearing by a Magistrate of any matter arising under this Ordinance, or "The Contagious Diseases Ordinance, 1867," or upon the hearing of an appeal from the determination of the Magistrate in any such matter, the Magistrate or the Court (as the case may be) may hear the matter in private, unless the person accused or affected desire publicity, and, in addition to all other powers, may order that all persons not directly interested in the matter be kept excluded from the place of hearing.
IV. No proceedings under this Ordinance, or under "The Con- tagious Diseases Ordinance, 1867," shall be commenced before a Magistrate, except at the instance, or with the sanction, of the Attorney General or of the Registrar General.
V. The three preceding sections of this Ordinance shall be read with "The Contagious Diseases Ordinance, 1867,” and shall be taken to be incorporated therewith; and upon the issue of any new edition of the Ordinances, the provisions of the said three sections may be inserted in the said Ordinance; sections III and IV hereof may be printed next after the section now numbered LXXI of the said Ordinance, and the other sections thereof may be re-numbered.
Statement of Objects and Reasons.
This Ordinance, which follows similar legislation in the Straits Settlements, has been introduced at the suggestion of the Secre- tary of State.
Its object, as will be readily seen from its pro- visions, is to vest in the Police Magistrates only, certain powers of fine and imprisonment which are now exercised by the Regis trar General under Ordinance No. 8 of 1858, and under “ The Contagious Diseases Ordinance, 1867."
It is not intended to reflect in any way upon the manner in which the Registrar General has exercised these judicial func- tions, or to suggest that they have been otherwise than most satisfactorily discharged; simply, it is considered better that all matters involving penal consequences should be disposed of by the ordinary tribunals of the Colony.
Hongkong, 25th February, 1876.
JOHN BRAMSTON, Attorney General.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given that Messrs. BASS & Co., of Kings Road, St. Pancras, London, have complied with the requirements of Ordinance No. 16 of 1873, for the registration in this Colony of their Trade Mark as applied to Pale Ale, Burton Ale, and Extra Stout, and that the same has been duly registered.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th March, 1876.
No. 54.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 29th February, 1876, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th March, 1876.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Oriental Bank Corporation,
377,845
200,000
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,
731,080
250,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, .....
610,390
225,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
1,484,892
700,000
TOTAL,......
3,204,207
1,375,000
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