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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette
EXTRAORDINARY.
Published by Authority.
No. 28.
No. 67.
VICTORIA, MONDAY, 7TH JULY, 1862.
VOL. VIII.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The Honorable WILLIAM THOMAS MERCER, Esquire, Colonial Secretary, has this day reported his return to the Colony.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th July, 1862.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
No. 68.
PROCLAMATION.
HERCULES G. R. ROBINSON.
By His Excellency SIR HERCULES GEORGE ROBERT ROBINSON, Knight, Governor and Commander- in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas the following Ordinances,
No. 5 of 1862, entitled "An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 13 of 1860 by abolishing the Salaries of the Chief Magistrate and Assistant Magistrate, and to make provision for the Salaries of the Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction and of two Police Magistrates;" No. 6 of 1862, entitled “An Ordinance to abolish the Offices of Chief Magistrate and Assistant
Magistrate, and to appoint and define the duties of two Police Magistrates;" and
No. 7 of 1862, entitled "An Ordinance to establish a Court of Summary Jurisdiction, and
to authorize the appointment of a Judge thereof;"
were passed by the Legislative Council of this Colony with Clauses by which their operation was sus- pended until Proclamation should be made by Ilis Excellency the Governor-
Now, therefore, I, the said SIR IIERCULES GEORGE ROBERT ROBINSON, Knight, do hereby declare, that the said Ordinances 5, 6, and 7 of 1862, shall come into and be in operation from this date.
By His Excellency's Command,
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 7th Day of July, 1862.
No. 69.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
HENRY JOHN BALL, Esquire, having reported his arrival in the Colony, is appointed Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction of Hongkong, under instructions from His Grace the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th July, 1862.
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
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