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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND OCTOBER, 1869.
Persons offend- ing may be required to tell their Names and Abodes.
Burden of Proof.
Power to the Governor in Council to
III. Where any Person shall be found offending against this Ordinance it shall be lawful for any Person to require the Person so offending to give his Name, Surname and Place of Abode; and in Case the Person offending shall, after being so required, refuse to give his real Name and Place of Abode, he shall be liable on being convicted thereof before a Magistrate, to a Fine not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars in addition to any Punishment which may be inflicted under Section II.
IV. In all Proceedings before a Magistrate for an Offence under this Ordinance, the Burden of Proof as to any Bird being within the Exception contained in Section I, shall lie upon the Person accused.
V. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from Time to Time by Proclamation in the Gazette to exempt any Part or Parts of the Colony specified in such Proclamation from the Operation exempt Parts of the Colony of this Ordinance, and from Time to Time to revoke such from the Ope- Exemption.
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*Ordinance.
No. 115.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Regulations for Street-Chairs and Chair-Coolies are published for general in- formation.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Ilongkong, 2nd October, 1869.
No Street Chairs may ply for hire after midnight; they may, however, carry their fares as long as required.
Each Chair is secured for a sum of $50. Should articles of a higher value than this be lost in any Chair, there will be very little hope of their recovery through the Security.
When loss of property in any Street Chair is suspected, its number should be forwarded to the Registrar General at once without any loss of time.
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When ground of complaint arises against any Street Chair-Coolie, the Person aggrieved may either hand the offender over to the Police, or send a Memorandum of the complaint and the Chair's Number to the Registrar General. It must however be remembered, that the Registrar General can inflict only a reprimand, but neither fine nor imprisonment without the testimony of an eye witness on oath. This however may be supplied by any Chinese who witnessed the Offence, if accredited by a confirmatory note from his employer.
Persons who are inconvenienced by the congregating of Chairs near their premises should notify the Registrar General, who will, if practicable, establish a "Chair Staud" in the nearest .convenient place, and as far as possible enforce the Ordinance in regard to it.
An attempt will be made to enforce the ordinary "Rule of the Road," along Queen's Road, more especially in the evening. It is requested that all Persons riding in Chairs or driving Vehicles will co-operate with the Police by observing the Rule of keeping the left side.
Each Street Chair carries on the back of its Number Board, a Tariff of Fares, condensed from the following:-
LEGALISED TARIFF OF FARES FOR CHAIRS, CHAIR BEARERS, AND BOATS, IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG.
CHAIRS, OR ORDINARY PULLAWAY BOATS.
Half hour, Three hours,
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12 cents. .50 cents.
Hour, Six hours,
.20 cents.
75 cents.
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Day (from 6 to 6),
Night Fares (after 8 p.m.),
.One Dollar.
10 cents extra.
CHAIR HIRE TO OUT DISTRICTS.*
Beyond Victoria and back,
To Stanley and back,
..50 cents per
Man. .60 cents per Man.
Victoria lies below the level of Robinson Road, and includes all the town between the Mint and the Western Slaughter House, with the Race-course.
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Hour,.
.8 cents.
LICENSED BEARERS (EACH.) Half day,
.20 cents.
Day,.
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.36 cents.
Persons who make short excursions out of the town should understand that they are quite at liberty to pay by the hour if they prefer to do so. Copies of the above Tariff, in English and Chinese, or of these Regulations, can be obtained on application at the Registrar General's Office.
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