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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 47.

No. 8.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 16TH NOVEMBER, 1872.

[L.S.] A. E. KENNEDY.

PROCLAMATION.

VOL. XVIII.

By His Excellency SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.

Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honourable The Earl of KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinances; namely

No. 7 of 1872, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for registering Births and Deaths in Hongkong;

No. 8 of 1872, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to further amend the Law relating to Criminal Procedure: Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed, as aforesaid.

By His Excellency's Command,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 15th Day of November, 1872.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

The following Notice from the Emigration Officer is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th November, 1872.

NOTICE.

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

HARBOR DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, November 11th, 1872.

EMIGRATION.

The following information is supplied to Masters of vessels about to carry Chinese Passengers under the Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855, and Local Ordinances:-

Imperial Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855,-Declares that any vessel clearing with more than twenty (20) Asiatic Passengers on any voyage of more than seven (7) days' duration is a Chinese Passenger Ship.