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THE HONGKong government GAZETTE, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1867.

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I. A Sum not exceeding Eight hundred and Ninety-five thousand Dollars shall Estimates, 1868. be, and the same is hereby charged upon the Revenue of this Colony for the Service of the Year 1868, and the said Sum so charged shall be expended as hereinafter specified;

that is to say:

CIVIL ESTABLISHMENTS :-

The Governor,

Colonial Secretary, Colonial Treasurer, Auditor General, Clerk of Councils, Surveyor General,

Master of the Mint,

Postmaster General,.

Registrar General,

Harbor Master and Emigration Officer, Collector of Stamp Revenue,

JUDICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS,

REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES,

ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENT,

EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT,

MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT,

POLICE MAGISTRATES,.

POLICE,

GAOLS,

CHARITABLE ALLOWANCES,

TRANSPORT,

WORKS AND BUILDINGS,

MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES,

ROADS, STREETS AND BRIDGES,

LAND AND HOUSES PURCHASED,

MILITARY CONTRIBUTION,

TOTAL,...

$

C.

240.00 13,212.00

6,852.00

9,527.00

100.00

18,849.60

63,288.00

.139,388.00

7,980.00

26,944.60

5,000.00

6,570.00

288.00

942.00

10,608.00

19,910.00

5,964.00 163,468.40 33,821.00 640.00 3,500.00

.161,400.00

44,500.00

24,500.00

32,500.00

94,200.00

.$894,192.60

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 10th Day of September, 1867.

No. 137.

L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,

Clerk of Councils.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Rules and Regulations, made by the Governor in Council, in pursuance of Section XVIII of Ordinance No. 9 of 1867, are published for general information.

By Command,

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th September, 1867.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

Made by the Governor in Council, this 15th Day of August, 1867, in pursuance of Section XVIII of Ordinance No. 9 of 1867.

1. No Person shall keep any House, Room, Boat, or Vessel, or any place on Land or Water for Public Playing or Gambling, or shall permit any Person to Play within such House, Room, Boat, or Vessel, or any place on Land or Water, except in such places as are Licensed by the Governor in Council, and every such License so granted shall be revocable at the will and pleasure of the Officer administering the Government.

2. In the City of Victoria there shall not be more than Twelve of such Houses Licensed for Public Gambling, and not more than One such House in Aberdeen, Stanley, and Show-kee-wan respectively.

3. Each House before being Licensed must be approved as suitable by the Surveyor General, or the Assistant Surveyor General, and each House shall not have more than One means of ingress and egress, and there shall be no means of escape by the roof.

4. Each Licensed House shall have One Registered Proprietor, who shall be responsible for the proper conduct of the establishment under his charge, and such Registered Proprietor shall not on any account sublet or himself pay any sum to any other party on account of the profits receivable from such Licensed House.