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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND JUNE, 1867.

-consideration of sale

IV. No Person receiving by way of annuity or otherwise a portion of the profits Receipt of profits in of any business, in consideration of the sale by him of the goodwill of such business, of goodwill not to shall, by reason only of such receipt, be deemed to be a Partner of or be subject to the make the Seller a liabilities of the Person carrying on such business.

Partner.

rank with other

V. In the event of any such Trader as aforesaid being adjudged a Bankrupt, or In case of Bankruptcy, entering into an arrangement to pay his Creditors less than the full amount of their &c., Lender not to respective claims or dying in insolvent circumstances, the Lender of any such Loan as Creditors. aforesaid shall not be entitled to recover any portion of his principal or of the profits or interest payable in respect of such Loan, nor shall any such Vendor of a goodwill as aforesaid be entitled to recover any such profits as aforesaid until the claims of the other Creditors of the said Trader for valuable consideration in money or money's worth have been satisfied.

VI. In the construction of this Ordinance the word "Person" shall include a Interpretation of Partnership Firm, a Joint Stock Company, and a Corporation.

"Person."

VII. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's confirmation Suspending Clause, thereof shall have been proclaimed in the Colony by the Governor.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 17th Day of June, 1867.

L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,

Clerk of Councils.

HONGKONG.

ANNO TRICESIMO

VICTORIA REGINE.

SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Knight, C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 8 of 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.

[17th June, 1867.]

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 Jumina, 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 atoresaid: Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

Title.

Preamble.

cease after Commen-

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 Cemetery 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 inade.