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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8т¤ SEPTEMBER, 1866.

21. Every Instrument in Writing under seal not otherwise cially charged with Duty under this Schedule,

GENERAL EXEMPTIONS.

} $10.

Any Deed, Instrument or Writing of any kind whatsoever de or

executed by or on behalf of Her Majesty or of any De- tment of Her Majesty's Service, or whereby any Property or erest is transferred to or any Contract of any kind whatsoever nade with Her Majesty or any Person for or on behalf of Her jesty or any such Department as aforesaid.

NOTE. The foregoing exemption does not extend to any Deed, Instrument or Writing, executed by the Registrar of the Supreme Court us Official Administrator or by a Receiver appointed by any Court; neither does it ex- tend to a sale made for the recovery of an arrear of Revenue or Rent or in satisfaction of a Decree or Order of Court, in any of which cases the purchaser shall be required to pay in addition to the purchase money the amount of the requisite Stamp.

When of several Deeds, Instruments or Writings a doubt shall se which is the principal, it shall be lawful for the parties to ermine for themselves which shall be so deemed.

In any case however where there are more Deeds than one, ry other Deed than the principal requires a Stamp of Two Dollars l'every such collateral Deed shall specify by its contents which

er is the principal Deed.

Any Deed, Instrument or Writing required by the foregoing hedule to be Stamped may be written on one or more Stamps if value of the Stamps used amount to the value required by the bodule.

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PROCLAMATION.

S.] RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL.

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

Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right onorable the EARL OF CARNARVON, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have en received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinance, namely:-

No. 4 of 1866, 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 Two hundred and Sixty-five thousand Dollars to defray the charges of the year

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Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinance has been so approved and confirmed, aforesaid.

By His Excellency's Command,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 4th Day of September, 1866.

W. H. RENNIE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The subjoined Proclamation recently issued by Her Majesty's Command in relation to the War Ach has recently broken out between the Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, the King of aly and the Germanic Confederation, is, pursuant to instructions received from the Right Honorable EARL OF CARNARVON, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, published for

feral information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th September, 1866.

W. H. RENNIE, Acting Colonial Secretary.