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Surveyor General to amend Register.

Burial not to take place after Commen- cement of Ordinance.

The Mussulman

Community to have

Monuments and

Gravestones.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND JUNE, 1867.

II. The Surveyor General shall amend the Register in the presence and under the direction of the Colonial Secretary by cancelling therein all 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 to bury the Dead in any part of the Old Cemetery, and Person who shall after

every 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,

IV. The Mussulman Community of Hongkong shall continue to have free access free access to the Old to the Old Cemetery and to the Monuments and Gravestones therein which (except Cemetery and to the under the Provision in that behalf hereinafter contained) shall not be disturbed or removed; Provided nevertheless that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from 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.

Remains of any Body buried in the Old Cemetery may be

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

Cemetery.

Commencement of Ordinance.

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

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

L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,

Clerk of Councils.

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.

Title.

Preamble.

Ordinance No. 8 of 1666 repealed.

HONGKONG.

ANNO TRICESIMO

VICTORIA REGINE.

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

No. 9 of 1867.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to make further Provision for the Maintenance of Order and Cleanliness within the Colony of Hongkong.

[17th June, 1867.]

Whereas it is expedient to make further Provision for the Maintenance of Order and Cleanliness in the Colony of Hongkong: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

I. Ordinance No. 8 of 1866 is hereby repealed.