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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND MARCH, 1867.

MEMORANDUM.

POLICE, LIGHTING AND WATER RATES.

1866.

1ST JANUARY TO 25TH AUGUST.

Rates paid by Europeans, Parsees, Armenians and Jews,

Rates paid by Chinese,

63

$110,002.48 $94,393.52

Excess paid by Europeans, Parsees, Armenians and Jews over Chinese,

$ 15,608.96

Tenements occupied by Chinese,

4,177

Do.

do. by Europeans, Parsees, Armenians and Jews,

929.

Excess of Chinese over European, Parsec, Armenian and Jewish Occupancies,....

3,248

TREASURY, HONGKONG, 25th August, 1866.

(Signed,)

FRED. FORTII.

The Council then goes into Committee upon the Stamp Bill, and the provisions thereof being discussed Clause by Clause,--the Bill is amended and passed, bearing the Title of "An Ordinance enacted "by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for imposing and "regulating Stamp Duties in the Colony,"-being “No. 12 of 1866."

His Excellency adjourns the Council at a quarter past six o'clock.

RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL,

Read and confirmed, this 25th Day of February, 1867. L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,

Clerk of Councils.

Governor.

'No. 1.

PROCLAMATION.

[L.S.] RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL.

By His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Knight, and Companion of the Most Honorable 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 Honorable The EARL OF CARNARVON, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirining the following Ordinances, namely:-

No. 10 of 1866, entitled-" An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a Sum not exceeding Eight hundred and Twenty- nine thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1867;

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No. 11 of 1866, entitled-" An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for altering the Time of the Vacation of the Supreme Court, and to provide for the granting of Interim Injunctions in case of the Absence or Illness of the Chief Justice;

No. 12 of 1866, entitled-" An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice

of the Legislative Council thereof, for imposing and regulating Stamp Duties in the Colony:' 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 27th Day of February, 1867.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

The following List of Jurors for the Year commencing on the 1st March, 1867, as revised and amended by His Excellency The GOVERNOR and the Legislative Council, is published for general information.

By Order,

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 25th February, 1867.

L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,

Clerk of Councils.