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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST OCTOBER, 1874.

Securities to be

Colonial Treasury.

XI. If any part of such property consist of shares, stocks, deposited in the or securities, the Official Trustee shall deposit the same in his name in the Colonial Treasury in the matter of the par- ticular trust (describing the same by the names of the parties as accurately as may be for the purpose of distinguishing it), in trust to attend the orders of the Court.

The Colonial Auditor may at any time inspect the books and

XII. The Colonial Auditor may, at any time, inspect and audit the books and vouchers of the Official Trustee, and may require the Official Trustee to afford him any assistance or information that he thinks fit to ask for, and if the Official accounts of the Trustee fails to comply with such requisition, the Colonial Auditor may report the same to the Court, and the Court may make such order in the matter as it thinks just.

Official

Trustee.

"Interpreta-

XIII. Wherever it occurs in this Ordinance, the expression tion of Court." "The Court" shall mean The Supreme Court of Hongkong.

XIV. This Ordinance shall be read as if it were part of Ordinance No. 7 of 1873, and may be cited for all purposes as

The Official Trustee Ordinance, 1874."

This Ordinance

to be read with No. 7 of 1873.

Short title.

Title.

Preamble.

Short Title, Commence- ment.

Interpreta- tion clause.

"Foreign State."

Power to prohibit or permit re- cruiting,

Power to impose con- ditions.

Power to rescind or vary orders.

Offences,

Statement of Objects and Reasons.

This Ordinance is the result of correspondence that has pas- sed between the Secretary of State and His Excellency the Governor upon the subject of obtaining more complete safety for monies and securities transferred to the Official Trustee under the Ordinance No. 7 of 1873.

This object is effected in sections I to VIII, by substituting the Colonial Treasury as the place of deposit for a Bank as directed by the above mentioned Ordinance, and by giving detailed instructions as to the mode of dealing with such pro- perties after they have been received at the Treasury.

Sections IX to XI introduce a new subject, and extend the principle of the Ordinance of 1873 to cases where persons desire to nominate the Official Trustee directly as Trustee of their property.

There is no provision for this at present, and property can. now only come to the Official Trustee from private Trustees, who desire to be relieved of their responsibilities.

Hongkong, October, 1874.

JOHN BRAMSTON, Attorney General.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to control recruiting in the Colony of Hongkong, for the service of Foreign States.

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1874.]

W should exercise full control over recruiting in this

HEREAS it is expedient that the Governor in Council

Colony for the service of Foreign States: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council, as follows:-

I. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as "The Foreign Recruiting Ordinance, 1874": and shall come into force on the passing thereof,

II. In this Ordinance,—

"Foreign State" includes any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of Government in or over any country, colony, province, or people beyond the limits of this Colony.

III. If any person is, within the limits of this Colony, obtaining or attempting to obtain recruits for the service of any Foreign State in any capacity, the Governor in Council may, by order in writing signed by the Colonial Secretary, either prohibit such person from so doing, or permit him to do so subject to any conditions which the Governor in Council thinks fit to impose.

IV. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, by general order notified in the Government Gazette, either pro- hibit recruiting for the service of any Foreign State, or impose upon such recruiting any conditions which he thinks fit.

V. The Governor in Council may rescind or vary any order made under this Ordinance in such manner as he thinks fit.

VI. Whoever, in violation of the prohibition of the Governor in Council, or of any condition subject to which permission to recruit may have been accorded:-