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XIII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That nothing in this Ordinance con-

Registration of

tained shall be held to annul or interfere with the Registration of Boats as establish- Boats not interfer- ed under Ordinance No. 7 of 1846.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,

this 3rd Day of March, 1855.

L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,

JOHN BOWRING.

ed with.

Clerk of Councils.

JOHN BOWRING.

PROCLAMATION.

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 Plenipoten- tiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.

Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The Queen, conveyed through the Right Honorable Sir George Grey, Bart., G.C.B., Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming Ordinance No. 2 of 1854, entitled Market Ordinance :--

Now, therefore, it is hereby declared that the said Ordinance has been so approved and confirmed as aforesaid.

By His Excellency's Command,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN,

Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 3rd day of March, 1855.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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Public attention is specially called to the Government Notification of 8th Ultimo, wherein a Sale of Leases of Crown Lands is advertised for the 15th instant. And also to the Government Notification of 2nd Instant, wherein is published a descriptive Statement of the Lots or Parcels of Ground which will be submitted to Public Auction at that Sale.

With reference to the above Notifications it is hereby intimated that owing to the departure of the English Mail on the date fixed, the intended Sale will be held on the 16th, instead of the 15th as before advertised.

All particulars may be learnt by application at the Surveyor General's Office.

By Order,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria,

Hongkong, 6th March, 1855.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified that the Documents necessary to obtain a Certificate of British Registry for

a Vessel, or to procure endorsement on change of owner or master, will in future be prepared and

Registry for

furnished at the Colonial Secretary's Office; such preliminary Documents excepted as refer to proofs Urserla

of Ownership, as Bills of Sale, &c.

The documents requisite for a Colonial Register will be furnished in like manner, and public at- tention is hereby called to the provisions of Ordinance No. 4 of 1855.

In the case of Vessels requiring an Imperial Register, the Harbour Master's certificate of mea- surement is necessary as heretofore, and this Officer is directed to furnish the same at the charge hitherto made, viz: Sixteen Dollars, which sum is to be paid into the Colònial Treasury.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria,

Hongkong, 7th March, 1855.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

With reference to the provision of " the Passengers' Act 1852" restricting the number of Passengers to which the required space of Twelve feet has been allotted to one for every two Tons of the ship's registered burthen, the Emigration Officer has been instructed to apply to all ships a uniform standa ril of measurement, namely-that now or hereafter to be employed for ascertaining the capacity of British Vessels. Ships not registered under the latest Imperial Acts must therefore procure from the Gov- einment Surveyor a certificate of their actual capacity before they can be passed by the Emigration Officer.

By Order,

W. T. MERCER,

Catificak Brak

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria,

Hongkong, 9th March, 1855,

Colonial Secretary.