DROIT
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 12TH MAY, 1866.
VOL. XII.
No. 20.
No. 5.
PROCLAMATION,
[LS.] 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 The Right Honorable EDWARD CARDWELL, M.P., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinances, namely
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No. 3 of 1865, entitled---“ An Ordinance to consolidate the Laws relating to Criminal Procedure;” No. 4 of 1865, entitled-“An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Enactments in Force in
this Colony relating to Offences against the Person;"
No. 5 of 1865, entitled-"An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Enactments in Force in
this Colony relating to Accessories to, and Abettors of, Indictable Offences;"
No. 6 of 1865, entitled-"An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Enactments in Force in
this Colony relating to indictable Offences by Forgery;"
No. 7 of 1865, entitled- “An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Enactments in Force in
this Colony relating to Larceny and other similar Offences;"
No. 8 of 1865, entitled- -“An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Enactments in Force in
this Colony relating to malicious Injuries to Property;"
No. 10 of 1865, entitled—“An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Enactments in Force in
this Colony against Offences relating to the Coin;"
No. 11 of 1865, entitled-"An Ordinance to repeal certain Enactments which have been consoli
dated in several Ordinances relating to Criminal Offences ;”
No. 1 of 1866, entitled-"An Ordinance to amend certain Enactments relating to Criminal Law:"
Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed, saforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 9th Day of May, 1866.
No. 68.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency Governor SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., has been pleased to direct the publication of the following Circular Despatch from the Right Honorable the Principal SECRETARY
STATE for the Colonies, for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th May, 1866.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
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