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Mode of letting Houses, &c., in Markets.
Slaughter Houses to be
of Slaughtering how granted.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH MAY, 1867.
IV. All Houses, Shops, Lan, or other Tenements in Markets shall be let by the Registrar General either by Public Tender or Private Contract for such Rent, Premium, or Consideration and for such Period and upon such Conditions as shall from time to time be fixed by the Registrar General with the approval of the Governor in Council.
V. A sufficient number of fit and proper Slaughter Houses to meet the require- provided, & Privilege ments of the Colony shall be provided by the Government and it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to grant to any Person or Persons the sole Privilege of Slaughter- ing Cattle within the Colony or within any Particular District or Locality therein, for such Rent, Premium, or Consideration and for such Period and upon such Conditions as shall be deemed expedient.
If Lessee, &c., breaks condition of his
holding as to repairs, &c., he may be summoned before Magistrate.
Penalty on Person not complying with Section XV of
VI. In case the Lessee or Tenant of any House, Shop, Lan, or other Tenement under Section IV of this Ordinance or the Grantee of a Privilege to slaughter Cattle under the last preceding Section shall fail to comply with any condition of his holding or Grant as to the Execution of any Repairs or other Works whatever, the Surveyor General may summon such Lessee, Tenant, or Grantee before a Magistrate who may summarily order him to execute such Repairs or other Works within a reasonable time to be specified in such Order and in case he shall not comply with such Order within such time as aforesaid or within such further time as the Court may allow he shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor and liable to a Fine not exceeding One hundred Dollars or to Imprisonment for any Term not exceeding three Months.
VII. Every Person being at the time of the passing of this Ordinance a Lessee or Tenant of any Shop, Lan or Stall who shall not within One Month after the commence- Ordinance 9 of 1858. ment of this Ordinance have complied with the Provisions of Section XV of Ordinance No. 9 of 1858 and every Person hereafter becoming such Lessee or Tenant as aforesaid who shall fail to comply with the said Provisions shall be liable on Summary Conviction to a Fine not exceeding One hundred Dollars and not less than Twenty-five, and upon every such Conviction the Registrar General may summarily cancel and determine the Lease or Tenancy of such Person.
Definition of Expres- sion District of
Victoria in Ordinance No. 9 of 1858.
Ordinance No. 9 of
1858 to be continued
VIII. The Expression "District of Victoria" in Ordinance No. 9 of 1858 shall mean the Nine Districts of the City of Victoria established and defined by Section III of the "Victoria Registration Ordinance 1866" and shall extend to and include such other Localities in the Colony as the Governor in Council may from time to time direct and as shall be signified by Proclamation under the hand of the Governor.
IX. This Ordinance and so much of Ordinance No. 9 of 1858 as is not hereby with this Ordinance. repealed, shall be construed together and for all requisite purposes shall be deemed and
taken as One Ordinance.
When to come into operation.
X. This Ordinance shall commence and take effect on such Day as shall hereafter be fixed by Proclamation under the hand of the Governor.
No. 79.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency Governor SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., has provisionally appointed The Honorable HENRY JOHN BALL to act as Colonial Secretary till further notice, vice The Honorable W. T. MERCER, absent on leave.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th May, 1867.
No. 80.
HENRY JOHN BALL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION, in Hongkong, is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th May, 1867.
HENRY JOHN BALL, Acting Colonial Secretary,
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