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nding and con-

leration of this

-and ordered

th Instant.

BINSON,

uncil, are again

CASTRO, 18.

at, Governor and nd Vice-Admiral

Pawnbrokers.

1860.] Hongkong, with

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ers.

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wnbroker unless

a of His Excel- vise, as shall be be renewed at the

d License, carry wnbroker, except sions of this Or-

legible English iness, his Name

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TM APRIL, 1860.

Books, &c.

93

VI. He shall, whensoever thereunto required by the Superintendent of Police, or Inspection of Goods, any Inspector of Police, or by any other Member of the Police Force bearing a written Order in that behalf under the Iland of the said Superintendent, produce for the Ins pection of the Party so requiring him all or any Goods pledged or deposited with him, and all Books and Papers relating to the same.

VII. Over and above the principal Monies lent upon any Goods, pawned or pled- Interest on Loans. ged with the Lender, he may demand, receive, and take from the Person applying to redeem the said Goods, before re-delivering the same, Interest for the Month, and every fractional Part of a Month, after such rate as shall have been agreed upon at the time of the making of the said Loan; which said principal Monies and Interest shall be taken in full Satisfaction of all Charges for or incident to the Loan to which the same relate; Provided nevertheless that the first Month's Interest shall be deemed to be due on the first Day of the first Month, and may be deducted from the amount of Loan agreed

upon.

by Pawnbrokers.

VIII. Before any Monies shall be advanced on any such Loan as aforesaid, the Books to be kept Lender thereof shall enter or cause to be entered in a Book to be by him kept for that purpose, and to be called "The General Book," a fair and legible Štatement according to the Form in the Schedule (A) hereunto annexed.

IX. The Lender shall at the Time of making any such Loan' as aforesaid deliver Tickets to be given to the Borrower a Ticket, containing a true and legible Statement according to the by Pawnbroker to the Form in the Schedule (B) hereunto annexed.

Borrower,

on re-delivery of

X. In order to entitle any Person to redeem from the Lender or his Representati- Production of goods ves the Goods pledged the Ticket must be returned to the Lender or his Representati-Tickets. ves by the Person applying to redeem the Goods.

XI. On the tender of any such Ticket as aforesaid, together with the full amount The goods to be then due for Principal and Interest, if made within three Months from the Day of the given up to any Per- son producing the making of the Loan, or within the further term allowed by Section XV, it shall be the Ticket. duty of the Lender or his Representatives to deliver up to the Person tendering the Ticket the Goods described therein.

XII. The Section next preceding shall not extend to Cases where, at or previously Exceptional cases. to such tender, the Lender or his Representatives shall have had from the Borrower, or the Owner of the said Goods Notice not to deliver the same, or shall have had Know- ledge or Notice that the same have been or are suspected to have been, unlawfully ob- tained from or lost by the Owner, nor to Tickets as to which the Borrowers shall have taken such proceedings as are provided by the Section next immediately following: in all which Cases it shall be the duty of the Lenders or their Representatives to withhold such Delivery.

Provision for Cases

Tickets.

XIII. Upon the application of any Person representing himself to be the Borrower or the Owner of the said Goods or Ticket, as the Case may be, and to have lost or been of lost Goods or unlawfully deprived of the same, it shall be the Duty of the Lender, or his Representati- ves, if the Goods be still unredeemed or unsold, forthwith to deliver to such Applicant a Copy of the Entry in the General Book, and the said Applicant shall immediately thereupon proceed to the Court hereinafter mentioned, and obtain an Appointment there for the purpose of verifying by lawful Evidence the Truth of such Representation; And if he shall verify the same to the satisfaction of the Court within Seven Days when next following, and shall obtain a Certificate to that Effect, endorsed upon the said Copy, it shall be the Duty of the Lender or his Representatives, upon the Copy so endorsed being delivered by the said Applicant, to deliver unto him according to the Circumstan- es of the Case, and as the Court shall order, another Ticket or the Goods, either with or without payment of the principal Monies or Interest or both Principal and Interest, as the Court shall direct.

XIV. It shall be the duty of a Stipendiary Magistrate upon lawful Evidence being Search Warrants. given to his Satisfaction, that there are probable Grounds for believing that any Goods have been pawned without the Privity of their Owner, to issue his Warrant for search- ng any Place where the Goods shall appear to him to be; and if any of the Goods shall pon such Search be discovered, it shall be the duty of the Person executing the Warrant take them or cause them to be taken into safe keeping to abide the order of the Court.

XV. Subject to the Provisions herein before contained Goods pawned as aforesaid, Unredeemed Goods hall from and after the Expiration of Three Months, if the same are then still unre porty of the Pawn-

med, become and be the Property of the Lender or his Representatives absolutely broker. Provided nevertheless, that if at the expiration of Three Months the Borrower shall be

to become the Pro-

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