711479-1867-GOVERNMENT-NOTIFICATION — Page 2

•

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25тH MAY, 1867.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for enabling Her Majesty to resume Possession of the Mahomedan Cemetery.

Whereas by an Indenture dated the 10th Day of October, 1858, and made between Her Majesty the QUEEN of the one part, and Sheik Mosdeen, Mahomed Arab, and Seik Jumma, of the other part, All that Piece or Parcel of Ground described in the Schedule hereto was granted by Her said Majesty unto the said Sheik Mosdeen, Mahomed Arab, and Seik Jumma, to Hold the same for all the Estate and Interest by the said Indenture granted upon Trust as a Burial Ground for the Mussulman Community in Hongkong; And Whereas the said premises have been used as a Burial Ground in accordance with the Trust aforesaid but it has become expedient that no further Burials should take place therein; And Whereas Her said Majesty has been pleased to grant another Piece or Parcel of Ground hereinafter called the New Cemetery for the purpose of being used as a Burial Ground for the Mussulman Community in Hongkong in lieu of the Piece or Parcel of Ground firstly hereinbefore mentioned, And also a Sum of Two thousand Dollars to be laid out thereon in necessary works for rendering the same suitable for the purposes aforesaid: Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

Title.

Preamble.

181

cease after Comme:-

I. From and after the Commencement of this Ordinance all the Estate and Interest Estate and Interest in of the said Sheik Mosdeen, Mahomed Arab, and Seik Jumma and the Mussulman the Old Cemete y to Community in Hongkong in the said Piece or Parcel of Ground granted by the said cement of Ordinance. Indenture of the Tenth Day of October, 1858, and described in the Schedule hereto, and hereinafter called the "Old Cemetery," shall absolutely cease and determine and the said Indenture shall become null and void as if the same had never been made.

II. The Land Officer shall amend the Register in the presence and under the Land Officer to amend direction of the Colonial Secretary by expunging from and out of the said Register all Register. Matter in any way concerning or relating to the said Premises comprised in the said Indenture.

III. From and after the Commencement of this Ordinance it shall not be lawful Burial not to take to bury the Dead in any part of the Old Cemetery, and every Person who shall after place after Commen-

such time as aforesaid bury any Body or in anywise act or assist in the Burial of any Body contrary to this Enactment shall be Guilty of a Misdemeanor and shall be liable to a Fine not exceeding $100 or to be Imprisoned for any Term not exceeding Three Months,

cement of Ordinance.

to have

Monuments and

IV. The Mussulman Community of Hongkong shall continue to have free access The Mussulman to the Old Cemetery and to the Monuments and Gravestones therein which (except Communist the Old under the Provision in that behalf hereinafter contained) shall not be disturbed or Cemetery and to the removed, provided nevertheless that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from Gravestones. time to time to make alter and revoke any By-Laws or Rules and Regulations which may be deemed expedient for the preservation and security of the said Cemetery and for permitting or restricting access thereto and also for the punishment of Persons violating such By-Laws, Rules and Regulations.

V. The Remains of any Body buried in the Old Cemetery and any Monument or Remains of auy Body Gravestone therein may upon application to and by leave of the Governor in Council buried in the Old be removed to the New Cemetery.

Cemetery may be removed to the New Cemetery.

VI. This Ordinance shall come into force on such Day as shall hereafter be fixed Commencement of by Proclamation under the Hand of the Governor.

Ordinance.

SCHEDULE.

All that Piece or Parcel of Ground situate lying and being in the Sub-District of Victoria called Sei- Ying-Poon in this Colony abutting on the North side thereof on Bonham Road and measuring thereon Three Hundred Feet; on the South side thereof on Ground now in the Possession of Government and measuring thereon Three Hundred and Fifty Feet, on the East side thereof on Ground now in the Possession of Government and measuring thereon Four Hundred and Sixty Five Feet and on the West side thereof on Ground now in the Possession of Government and measuring thereon Four Hundred and Sixty Seven and a Half Feet which said Piece or Parcel of Ground contains in the whole Three Acres Two Roods Thirty One Perches and Twenty Five Square Yards and is Registered in the Land Office as Inland Lot Number 582 in the names of Sheik Mosdeen, Mahomed Arab, and Seik Jumma.