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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

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No. 43.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 26тп OCTOBER, 1867.

No. 10.

PROCLAMATION.

VOL. XIII.

[L.S.] RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL.

By His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Knight, and Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.

Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious, Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through His Grace The Duke of BUCKINGHAM and CHANDOS, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinances; namely:—

No. 3 of 1867, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum not exceeding One hundred and Twenty-five thousand Dollars to defray the charges of the Year 1866;

No. 7 of 1867, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice

of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend the Law of Partnership;

No. 8 of 1867, entitled-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;

No. 9 of 1867, entitled-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:----

Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed, as aforesaid.

By His Excellency's Command,

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 24th Day of October, 1867.

No. 154.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

W. H. ALEXANDER, Esquire, Registrar of the Supreme Court, having reported his return to the Colony, has this day resumed the duties of his Office.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd October, 1867.

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.