No. 85.-FEBRUARY 14, 1857.] The Hongkong. Government Gazette.
Nf. 26.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
In pursuance of Ordinances No. 2 of 1845, and No. 3 of 1851, it has been determined by His Excellency The Governor, with the Advice of the Executive Council of Hongkong, that a Rate of Ten per Cent be paid for the Year The amount of commencing from the 1st January 1857, on the Valuation of Property liable to Police Assessment. the first Quarter will be payable from that date.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th February, 1857.
No. 27.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
WILLIAM THOMAS BRIDGES, D.C.L., having been appointed by His Excellency The Governor Acting Colonial Secretary of Hongkong, has been this day sworn in as a Provisional Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of the Colony.
The Honourable W. T. BRIDGES, D.C.L., has taken his seat in both Councils accordingly.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting-Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th February, 1857.
HONGKONG.
ANNO VIGESIMO VICTORIE REGINEÆ.
No. 3 of 1857.
By His Excellency 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, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
An Ordinance for extending to this Colony certain Acts of Parliament.
[14th February, 1857.]
Be it enacted and ordained by His Excellency The Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, in manner following, that is to say:—
1. The Enactments of the Imperial Parliament specified in the Schedule hereunto annexed are hereby, Extention of Enact- and from the day of the passing hereof, extended to this Colony and its Dependencies, and to the Supreme ments.
Court of the same; with such Exceptions as are specified in the said Schedule.
II. Rights acquired, Liabilities incurred, and Acts done, at or before the passing of this Ordinance, Rights acquired, &c., shall not be affected by the said Enactments, or any of them.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 14th Day of February, 1857.
L. D'ALMADA e Castro,
Date of Act.
19 & 20 Vict. c. 25.
19 & 20 Vict. c. 64.
19 & 20 Vict. a. 94.
19 & 20 Vict. c. 97.
19 & 20 Vict. c. 113.
19 & 20 Vict. c. 120,
Clerk of Councils.
JOHN BOWRING.
THE SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS ORDINANCE REFERS.
Tille or Subject-matter of Act.
An Act to amend the Law relating to' Drafts on Bankers.
An Act to repeal Certain Statutes which are not in use.
An Act for the uniform Administra- tion of Intestates' Estates.
An Act to amend the Laws of England and Ireland affecting Trade and Com-
merce.
An Act to provide for taking Evi-“ dence in Her Majesty's Dominions in re- lation to Civil and Commercial matters (pending before Foreign Tribunals.
An Act to facilitate Leases and Sales of settled Estates.
*not to be affected.
How much of the Act is extended by this Ordinance.
The whole of the Act.
The whole of the Act.
The whole of the Act (except in so far as it may be deemed to affect the customs or usages of Chinese people, touching the distribution of the personal estate of Chinese persons dying intestate.)
The whole of the Act.
So much of the Act as is not now in force within this Colony and its Depen- [dencies, with the exception of the Proviso contained at the end of Section Six.
The whole of the Act except so much thereof as relates to Copyhold and Customaryhold Estates, and also except Sections Thirty, Thirty-one, Forty-twe Forty-three, Forty-four, Forty-five, and Forty-six.
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