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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH MARCH, 1875.
With the view of collecting at the Registrar General's Office, the evidence of marriages already celebrated, all existing registers or certified copies are to be delivered to the Registrar General; and for future marriages the certificate of celebration is to be made in duplicate, one copy to be delivered to the parties, and the other sent to the Registrar General.
In order to obtain due publicity of intended marriage, notice is to be given to the Registrar General, and by him publicly exposed: and after three weeks and within three months, he may, if no valid objection is made, issue a certificate authorizing the celebration of the marriage. Power is, however, reserved to the Governor to grant licences dispensing with the length of notice, or even in special cases with all notice.
The Governor is authorized to license places of worship and marriages are only to be celebrated on production of a certifi- cate from the Registrar General, or a licence from the Governor. In framing the Ordinance, regard has been had to similar laws in Ceylon and in the Australian Colonies, and this Ordinance is assimilated in its general principles to those laws, as far as the different circumstances of this Colony would permit.
Hongkong, 11th March, 1875.
JOHN BRAMSTON,
Attorney General,
No. 39.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that M. A. COLLAÇO, First Clerk in the Police Department, has been dis- missed the Government service for fraud and embezzlement.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th March, 1875.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
No. 40.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
With reference to the above, it is hereby notified that a Warrant has been issued for the arrest of the said M. A. COLLAÇO on a charge of Felony: and, he having absconded, the above reward will be paid to any person who shall give information which may lead to his arrest and conviction.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th March, 1875.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
No. 41.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The date for receiving Tenders for making up the Police Summer Uniforms, &c., will be extended to Wednesday, the 17th instant, at noon, instead of as notified in Notification No. 31 of 27th February.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th March, 1875.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 42.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to appoint FRANCISCO XAVIER DAS CHAGAS, Esq., to be Acting First Clerk in the Surveyor General's Depart- ment provisionally and until further notice.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th March, 1875.
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