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THE HONGKONG government GAZETTE, 16TH DECEMBER,■* 876.

seize imple- ments of gam- ing, money, &c., which shall be

forfeited.

shall have reasonable grounds of his own knowledge to suspect and believe that publie gaming or playing is or Iras been com- monly carried on, and to arrest all persons within such house, room, or place as aforesaid, and to seize all tables, dice, or other implements of gambling, or which shall be used as such, and also [ Ibid, sec. 4.] all monies or securities for money which shall be in actual use for the purpose of gambling, and which said implements of gam- bling, and money, or securities for money, on conviction of the offender, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be forfeited to` Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs and Success

Provisions of

VIII. The provisions of sections XVII, Xand XIX of secs. 17, 18, & Ordinance No. 7 of 1866 shall apply to this Ordmance, and for 19 of Ord. 7 of the words "No. 14 of 1844" in section XVII of the said Ordinance 1866 to apply. hereinafter repealed, shall be substituted the number of this Ordi

Repeal.

Penalties to be recovered according to the provisions of Ord. No. 10

of 1844, &

No. 7 of 1866.

nance.

IX. The following Ordinance and portions of Ordinances are hereby repealed :-

No. 14 of 1844,

No. 7 of 1866,.

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No. 9 of 1867,..

but such repeal shall not affect passing of this Ordinance.

..the whole

.section XVII, the words "No.

14 of 1844."

sections XVIII, XIX, XX, and

XXI.

anything duly done before the

X. All penalties herein mentioned shall be recovered, and levied, on conviction of the offender, before any Magistrate of Police, or any two Justices of the Peace, in the manner provided by Ordinances No. 10 of 1844, and No. 7 of 1866.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 11th day of December, 1876.

H. E. WODEHOUSE, Clerk of Councils.

Title.

Short title.

HONGKONG.

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO VICTORIA REGINE.

SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, K.C.M.G., C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 10 or 1876.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend the Law relating to the Postal Matters of the Colony.

BE

[11th December, 1876.]

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of

the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

I. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Post Office Ordinance, 1876."

Interpretation. II. In this Ordinance, and in any Order in Council or re- gulation made thereunder, unless the context indicates the contrary, the following expressions shall have the meanings set against them respectively, that is to say :---

Postmaster General" shall mean the Postmaster General of the Colony.

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[See Ord. 8 of "Correspondence' shall mean any letter, newspaper, book, 1862, sec. 25.] pamphlet, document, parcel, or package, or other article whatsoever transmitted by post, whether in a closed mail or having been placed loose on board any Contract Packet or vessel for transmission; and a letter or other article shall be deemed to be correspondence from the time of its arrival within the limits of the Colony, if brought to the Colony by post, or from the time of its delivery to the Post Office if not so brought, and in either case shall con- tinue to be deemed correspondence to the time of its delivery from the Post Office; and delivery to or by any person authorised to receive or deliver letter bags or correspondence on behalf of the Postmaster General shall be a delivery to or from the Post Office.

Postage Stamp" shall mean any label or stamp for denoting any rate of postage.

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"Letter Bag" shall mean any bag, or box, or packet, or parcel, or other envelope or covering in which correspondence is conveyed, whether it does or does not contain correspondence.

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