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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH JUNE, 1860.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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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 Room, Victoria, Hongkong, 30th June, 1860.

HONGKONG.

L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,

Clerk of Councils.

ANNO VICESIMO QUARTO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.

No. 12 of 1860.

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, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.

An Ordinance to procure and regulate a Supply of Water for the City of Victoria, and also to appropriate a Sum not exceeding Thirty Thousand Pounds for such purpose.

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Whereas it is desirable that suitable Works should be erected and completed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a constant Supply of Pure Water to the City of Victoria, and it is necessary that Funds should be provided for the carrying out of uch Works: Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hong- kong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:—

Preamble.

A Sum Dot exceed- ing £30,000 to

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lonial Revenue, in ad-

I. A Sum not exceeding Thirty thousand Pounds shall be charged upon the Re- venue of this Colony for the Purpose of erecting and completing suitable Works for charged on the Co- supplying the City of Victoria with Water, in addition to such Sums as are now or may dition to the General hereafter be charged upon the said Revenue on account of the Expenditure incurred or Expenditure. to be incurred in and about the General Public Service of the said Colony. And His Excellency the Governor is hereby empowered to draw on the Colonial Treasury for such Sum or Sums not exceeding the aforesaid Amount as he shall from Time to Time think fit.

Power to borrow in case the Revenue be

II. In case the said Revenue shall not be sufficient to afford such Sum aforesaid in addition to the Expenditure required for the General Public Service of the said Colony, deficient. it shall be lawful for His Excellency the Governor in the Executive Council to raise such Portion as may be deficient in consequence of the Insufficiency of the Colonial Revenue in such Manner and upon such Security as is hereinafter mentioned and provid- ed in that behalf.

certain of the

III. Upon the Completion of the said Water Works there shall be levied Quarterly Water Rate to he on all the Subdistricts comprised within the District of Victoria, except Wong-nei-choong mpdistricts and Soo-koan-poo, a Rate to be called a "Water Rate" estimated at Two per Cent on City of Victoria. the gross Amount of the Property included in the Police Rate Assessment for the current Year, and all the Provisions of the Ordinances No. 2 of 1845 and No. 3 of 1851 touching Valuation Assessment Levy and Appeal shall extend and apply to the said Water Rate.

Rate.

IV. The said Rate shall be applied in Manner following; that is to say: in the first Application of sucl Place in maintaining the said Water Works and in defraying all other Expenses connect- ed therewith; in the second place in securing and repaying any Monies which may have been borrowed for the Purposes aforesaid under the Authority of this Ordinance and the Interest accruing thereon, and lastly towards reimbursing the Colony the Amount ex- pended out of the Colonial Revenue upon the Construction of the said Works.

Power to Gover- nor to mortgage such

V. His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council may borrow such Sum or Sums of Money as may be required as aforesaid by Mortgage of the said Water Rate, Rate. and for that purpose the Clauses of the "Commissioners Clauses Act 1847," with respect to the Mortgages to be executed by the Commissioners, shall (so far as the same are appli- cable to the different circunstances of the Colony) be incorporated with this Ordinance.

deemable when the

VI. Every Mortgage which shall be effected under or by the foregoing Provisions Mortgages to be re- of this Ordinance shall be redeemable whenever His Excellency the Governor in Exe-Governor shall think cutive Council shall think fit. Provided always, that

Months' Notice offit.

such Intention to redeem shall be given to the Mortgage, and the Governor is hereby authorised and empowered to appropriate out of the Colonial Revenue such Sum or Sums of Money as may be required to carry out such Redemption.

VII. In the Construction of this Ordinance "The Governor" shall be taken to in- Meaning of the clude the Officer for the Time being administering the Government of the Colony.

term "Governor."