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The Hongkong Government Gazette.

[MAY 22, 1858.

It was unanimously resolved that the various additions set forth in the above Estimate bo sanctioned ;--such

additions to commenco from the 1st January 1858.

A disene hea took place on the subject of charges made against the Registrar General, but no motion passed the

Concil.

The Cortal then resolved itself into a Committee of the whole, for the consideration of the Draft Market Ordinance,

tly re-committed.

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Section was adopted.

Sections 11 and 111. struck out.

Sections IV. and V. were amended, renumbered, and made Sections II. and III:

Seeti Vi. struck out.

Sections VII. to XVIII. inclusive, were renumbered, amended, and ordered to stand as Sections IV. to XV. Section XIX. renumbered, and made Section XVI.

On the motion of the Attorney General, a new Section was inserted, and ordered to stand as Section XVII. Section XX. was renumbered, made Section XVIII., and amended.

The Attorney General moved that the words "Superintendent of Police" be substituted for the words "Registrar

General" in the said Section.

Debate ensued.

The Governor put the question,-That the words "Registrar General” be retained. Council divided,-

Question carried.

Ayes (5.)

MR DENT.

MR LYALL.

SURVEYOR GENERAL.

ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

Section XXI. struck out.

A new Section was introduced and ordered to stand as Section XIX.

Section XXII. amended, and made Section XX.

Noes (3.)

CHIEF MAGISTRATE. COLONIAL TREASURER. ATTORNEY GENERAL.

No.

Paragraphs 1 to 5 inclusive under this Section were amended and agreed to.

On the motion of the Attorney General, seconded by the Acting Colonial Secretary, and unanimously agreed to, a

new Paragraph was inserted against breach of Section XVIII., and ordered to stand as Paragraph 6. Section XXIII. struck out and substituted by a new Section, which was ordered to stand as Section XXI. Sections XXIV, and XXV. struck out.

Section XXVI. was renumbered, made Section XXII., and amended.

Section XXVII. struck out, the Provisions thereof having been embodied in Section XIX. Title amended.

It was ordered that the said Ordinance, as amended, be published in the Government Gazette. The Council adjourned till Tuesday, the 25th May, at 12 o'clock.

By Order of His Excellency The Governor,

J. M. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, for the Clerk of Councils.

By His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Executive Council thereof :—

FORM OF GRANT OF OPIUM PRIVILEGE,

As regulated and determined in pursuance of Ordinance No. 2 of 1858, Section II.

"To all to whom these Presents shall come, I, SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, in Executive Council assembled, send « Greeting:"

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"WHEREAS [here insert Recitals according to the Facts of each Case.}"

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«KNOW YE THEREFORE that, in consideration of the Premises, and in pursuance of the said Ordinance and Conditions, "I, the said Governor, by and with the Advice of the said Executive Council, Have given and granted, and by these "Presents under the Seal of the said Colony for myself and my Successors in the Government of the same, Do give and "grant, unto the said A.B., his Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, the sole and special Privilege of boiling and pre- "paring Opium, and of selling and retailing within the said Colony and the Waters thereof, Opium so boiled or prepared, "for and during the Term hereinafter expressed, in conformity with and subject to the said Ordinance in that behalf "provided, and to the said Conditions so notified as aforesaid, in pursuance of the same and to these Presents; and so as "that he, the said A.B., his Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, shall and lawfully may have and enjoy the whole profit, benefit, commodity, and advantage, from Time to Time during the said Term, coming, growing, accruing, and arising. by reason of the said Privilege, To Have, Hold, Use, Exercise and Enjoy, the Premises hereby granted, with the Power to grant Licenses, and all other Powers incident to the said Privilege; and all benefit and advantage of the said "Ordinance and Conditions, or any of them, unto the said A.B., for and during and unto the full end and Term of One

Day of

and ending with the Day of "whole Year, commencing with the

: Provided always, and these Presents are upon "which will be in the Year of Our Lord "this express Condhion, that if, at any time during the said Term hereby granted, the said A.B., his Executors, Adminis "trators, or Assigns, shall not upon his or their part or behalf pay the said Monthly Instalments, or any of them, or "observe, perform, and keep, any of the Provisions of these Presents, or of the said Ordinance, or the said Conditions or any of them, or shall of his or their own proper authority add to or alter the said Provisions and Conditions respectively, or of the same respectively, or attempt to make any such Addition or Alteration in that behalf; or, if the Presents "are now, or at any Time during the said Term shall become, or be, contrary to Law, then, and in any or either of the "said cases, these Presents shall forthwith cease, determine, and be utterly void, anything hereinbefore contained to "the contrary thereof, in any wise notwithstanding:

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"In Witness whereof, I, the said Governor, have set my Hand and the Seal of the said Colony to these Presents, on

Day of

A.D. 1858, and in the Twenty-first Year of the Queen.”

(Signed,)

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Council Room, Victoria, Hongkong, this 21st Day of May, A.D. 1858.

L. D'ALMADAa e Castro,

Clerk of Councils.