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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST OCTOBER, 1863.

Brought forward,

$

51,550

6,310

Judicial Establishment,.

702

Ecclesiastical Establishment,

9,334

Educational Establishment,

13,792

Medical Establishment,

4,282

Police Magistrates, Police,

Gaols,......

Charitable Allowances,.

Transport,

Works and Buildings,

Roads, Streets and Bridges,

126,879

39,698

480

Miscellaneous Services,

Land and Houses purchased,

Special Expenses, &c.,

TOTAL,...........

1,500

107,140

102,950

250

10,000

1,500

$ 476,367

The Appropriation Bill being amended and reported to be in accordance with the foregoing Votes, the ACTING GOVERNOR put the Question, That this Bill as amended do pass, and that the Title be —“An Ordinance to apply a Sum not exceeding Four hundred and Seventy-seven thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1864.”

Question put and carried, the Ordinance being numbered "No. 7 of 1863."

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The Council adjourned sine die.

Read and approved, this 28th Day of October, 1863.

L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,

Clerk of Councils.

W. T. MERCER, Acting Governor.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Bill, read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day, is published for general information.

By Order,

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 28th October, 1863.

L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils.

Title.

Preamble.

When to commence

HONGKONG.

ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO VICTORIÆ REGINE.

No. of 1863.

By His Excellency WILLIAM THOMAS MERCER, Esquire, Acting Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice- Admiral of the same, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.

An Ordinance to amend the Law of Debtor and Creditor in the Colony of Hongkong.

[

1863.]

Whereas it is expedient to amend the Laws relating to Persons who are unable to meet their engagements: Be it therefore enacted and ordained by the Governor of Hongkong with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof in manner following:

I. This Ordinance unless where otherwise specially provided shall commence and

day of

next and may be cited as "The

and how to be cited. take effect from the

Bankruptcy Ordinance 186 ."

Ordinance No. 3, 1846, repealed.

Proviso.

II. The Ordinance No. 3 of 1846 for the relief of Insolvent Debtors within the Colony of Hongkong is hereby repealed: Provided that every Petition or Proceeding which shall have been presented or commenced under the said Ordinance, before the passing of this Ordinance, shall be carried on and concluded in the same manner as if this Ordinance had not been passed: and that every Offence which shall have been wholly or partly committed before the commencement of this Ordinance, shall be dealt

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