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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST MARCH, 1860.
Taxation of Costs.
Administration
stables.
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or Tables of Fees, as may seem fit: Provided that every such Table of Fees, and every Addition, Reduction, Alteration, or Amendment to, in, or of the same, shall be published in the Hongkong Government Gazette, and no other Fees than those specified and allowed in such Tables of Fees shall be demanded or taken by such Officers, and Proctors, Solicitors and Attornies.
XLVII. The Bill of any Proctor, Attorney, or Solicitor, for any Fees, Charges or Disbursements in respect of any Business transacted in the said Court in its Probate Jurisdiction whether contentious or otherwise, or any Matters connected therewith, shall, as well between Proctor or Attorney or Solicitor or Client as between Party and Party, be subject to Taxation by the Registrar of the said Court, and the Mode in which any such Bill shall be referred for Taxation, and by whom the Costs of Taxation shall be paid shall be regulated by the Rules and Orders to be made under this Ordinance, and the Certificate of the Registrar of the Amount at which such Bill is taxed shall be subject to Appeal to the Judge of the said Court.
XLVIII. Persons employed in the Police Force of this Colony under the Rank of deceased Police Con- Inspector and dying here whilst so employed shall not be deemed to be within the mean- ing of the foregoing Sections of this Ordinance; but the Superintendent of Police for the Time being is hereby constituted the Official Administrator of their Estates and required to get in and Administer the same with the sanction of the Colonial Secretary, and within One Month after the Decease of any such Person to Certify the same and the Amount in Value of the Estate and Effects of such Persons by Certificate under his Hand to the Registrar of the Supreme Court for Registry in the said Court.
Payment of Money into Treasury.
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XLIX. Where Letters of Administration have been or shall have been granted to the Registrar of the said Court he shall within One Month after receiving any Money belonging to any Estate to the Amount of One Hundred Dollars clear of all just Allow- ances and Deductions for Commission pay the same into the Hands of the Colonial Treasurer for the Time being to the Credit of the said Estate unless the Chief Justice upon a written Statement of Facts shall report it will be more expedient for the said Estate to be otherwise held or disposed of. And such Treasurer shall receive from the Registrar as Administrator as aforesaid all such Sums of Money as he shall Tender to him and shall carry the same to the Credit of such Estates as the said Registrar shall specify giving him at the same time a Receipt for the specific Sums so paid in and when- ever the said Registrar shall have occasion to draw any Sum of Money out of the Hands of such Treasurer he shall apply by Petition to the Chief Justice at Chambers for an Order for the payment thereof stating in such Petition the Purpose for which such Money is required. And such Treasurer shall not pay over any Monies which may have been paid into his Hands as aforesaid without such Order.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The Government Marine Surveyors are informed, that certain rules of Ship-Measurement, issued by the Board of Trade, are deposited at the Harbor Master's Office, where they can be seen on applica-
By Order,
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
tion.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th March, 1860.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to grant Eighteen Months' leave of absence, on Medical Certificate, to N. R. MASSON, Esq., Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court.
F. J. HUFFUM, Esq., Clerk to the Chief Justice, will perform Mr. Masson's duties till further notice. T. TURNER, Esq., will officiate as Clerk of the Court until the return of Mr. Weatherhead, or other arrangement.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th March, 1860.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Colonial Secretary.
During the absence of Don JOZE DE AGUILAR from this Colony, His Excellency The Governor is pleased to recognize Don FRANCISCO A. DA SILVA as Acting Vice-Consul for Spain.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 27th March, 1860.
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
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