THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH NOVEMBER, 1871.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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The following Bill, which was read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, is published for general information.
By Command,
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 1st November, 1871.
J. M. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, for the Clerk of Councils.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to further amend the Summary Jurisdiction Ordinance, No. 6 of 1862.
BE
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, 1871.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, by and with the
Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:---
cumstances not to be
No Person shall maintain any Action for or recover any Debt Debts con- in the Court of Summary Jurisdiction, where such Debt shall have tracted under been contracted after the coming into Operation of this Ordinance certain cir- and under any of the Circumstances following, that is to say :---
(1.) Where the Defendant is apparently under the Age of recovered in
Twenty-one Years and the Debt has not been con- Summary tracted for necessaries.
(2.) Where the Plaintiff is the holder of a License under Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, and the Debt has been con- tracted for Liquor for the Sale of which a License is required by such Ordinance, and where the Liquor bond fide delivered at one Time shall not have amounted to Five Dollars.
(3) Where the Plaintiff is the Holder of a License under Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, and the Debt has been con- tracted for the Use or Hire of a Public Billiard Table, Skittle Ground, Ninepins or Bowling Alley. (4.) Where the Plaintiff is the Holder of a License under Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, and the Debt has been con- tracted for Refreshments supplied to any Person whilst playing at Billiards, Skittles, Ninepins, Bowls or other Game of a like description.
(5.) Where the Debt shall be contracted for Money lent by one Person belonging to the Police Force to another Person belonging to the Police Force, if such Money shall have been lent during the Time when both Parties were Members of such Force.
Jurisdiction Court.
No. 149.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice, received from the Government of India, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st November, 1871.
NOTICE.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Inasmuch as the Harbour of Port Canning, at the mouth of the river Mutlah in Bengal, has not attracted trade and has not answered the purpose for which the harbour was established, notice is hereby given to all merchants, shipowners, and shipmasters trading to Bergal that--
From the 15th October 1871, or from such day after that date as may be convenient, all harbour establishments will, under the order of His Excellency the Viceroy of India in Council, be withdrawn from Port Canning; the moorings and buoys in the river Mutlah will be taken up, and Port Canning will no longer be maintained as a British Indian Port.
The outer light vessel and the buoy at the entrance to the river Mutlah will, until further notice, be maintained for the convenience of ships and vessels trading in the Bay of Bengal.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
C. BERNARD,
Ofg. Secretary to the Govt. of Bengal.
FORT WILLIAM: REVENUE DEPT.,
Revenue, the 30th September 1871.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
No. 151.
The following Return of Police Cases, from 1st January, to 30th September, 1871, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th November, 1871,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary,
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