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Preamble.
THE FRIEND OF CHINA AND HONGKONG GAZETTE.
HONGKONG,
ANNNO OCTAVO VICTORÆ REGINÆ,
No. 22 of 184.
BY DY His Excellency JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS Esquire, Governor and Commander
in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies Her Majesty's Picni- potentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China with the advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
- AN OKDINANCE for Establishing Standard Weights and Measures and for prevent- ing the use of such as are false and deficient.
(30th day of December, 1944).
WHEREAS it is necessary to provide against the use of fraudulent weights. and measures in Hongkong and its dependencies and for that purpose to establish certain standards by which all other weights and measures may be regulated and to prohibit the use of any other weights and measures than such as shall agree with such standards: And whereas certain weights and measures of the standard now in force and in use in China and in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (schedules whereof marked with the letters A. and B. are herenuto annexed) have been deposited in the Colonial Treasury in the Town of Victoria.
Certain weiglits and 1. Be it therefore enacted His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong with the maures in the Colo. advice of the Legislative Council theroof that the said several weights and measures nin Treasury Vic toria declared to be deposited in the Colonial Treasury in Victoria as aforesaid shall be there safely kept standards.
and shall be and they are hereby declared to be the standard weights and measures of Hongkong.
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been verified & mark-
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Topies of such 2. And be it further cnacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor of the said. standards to be made Colony to cause copies and models of the several weights and measures so deposited by order of the Go-in the Colonial Treasury in Victoria as aforesaid to be carefully made and upon every vernor and having such weight or measure being verified before such Governor and approved of by him ed to be deposited with to cause a mark or stamp to be legibly impressed or engraven thereon, to shew that the Magistrates of the same hath been so verified and approved: and such mark or stamp shall consist Police and others, of such letters and figures as are commonly used to signify Her Majesty's name.or mark together with S. W. or S. M signifying standard weight or standard measure us the case may be and the number of pounds or other denomination of such weight or measure and such copies or models after being so verified approved and marked shall be deposited with all Magistrates of Police and such other proper persous as may be appointed and shall be by them respectively safely and securely kept for the Penalty if Magis. purpose of reference as hereinafter directed and if any such person shall falsify or trate or other person otherwise wilfully injure such copies or models so deposited with him as aforesaid he shall falsify or wilful shall on conviction thereof in a summary manner forfeit and pay for every ly injure such copies, offence the sum of 100 Dollars.
In case of standards.
such
3. And be it further enacted that in case any of the said standard weights or or copies being lost measures or the copies or medels thereof shall be lost destroyed defaced or otherwise others to be supplied, injured another weight or measure shall be provided with the approbation of the Gu- vernor for the tire being of the same size and weight or measure as the weight or mensure so los destroyed defaced or otherwise injured and the same shall thereupon be deemed to be a true and genuine weight or measure to all such and the like intents and purposes as the weight or measure which shall have been lost destroyed defaced or injured,
Persons to have 4. And be it further enacted that all persons who may be desirous of comparing access to such copies and adjusting any weights and measures, shall have access to all such copies and at all reasonable times models of the standards so deposited as aforesaid at all reasonable times and it shall
Magistrates and others to compare and be the duty of the respective Magistrates of Police and such other persons as afore- stamp Buch weights said to compare every such weight and measure us shall be brought before them pod measures as shall respectively with such copies or models as aforesaid and to stamp them accordingly
brought before with such marks as are herein aforesaid without taking any for or reward therein, them for that purpose..
Penalty if they 5. And if any such Magistrate or other person shall fail neglect or refuse to com- should neglect or ro paro or stamp any such weights and measures at all such reasonable times as he or they shall be thereunto required he shall on conviction forfeit and pay the suro of 50) Dollars to be recovered in a summary manner in manner aforesaid.
be
fuse.
measures,
Persons to be ap 6. And be it further enacted that as soon as conveniently may be after the taking pointed to examing effect of this Ordinance the Chief Magistrate of Police in Hongkong shall and he is balances weight and hereby directed to appoint one or more person or persons who shall have power to examine the balances weights and measures in Hongkong and shall be duly sworn well and fidfully to execute the office, in him or them reposed by virtue of such aj pointment and of this Ordinance which Oath the said Chief Magistrate of Police is hereby directed and empowered to administer.
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Examiners when 7. And be it further cumcted that it shall and may be lawfulto and for the person directed to visit shops or persons so to be appointed examiners as aforesaid and they are hereby required as det endenes often as may be necessary in the day time to enter into the shop house will store outhouse deficient balances weights and meatures and other places near to such shop mill store or house and into the stall or standing
place of any person or persons who shall sell by weight or measure any wares provi sions goods or merchandize or any liquid or dry goods or other articles whatsoever and then and there to search for view and examine all balances and all weights and measures of length and capacity therein and to seize any false or unequal balance or balances and any weight or weights measure or measures being fraudulently stamped or not being according to the standards or the copies or models thereof as hereinbefore is mentioned which shall upon such search be found therein and to detain the same to be produced before any Justice of the Peace for the district or place within which any such balance weight or measure shall have been seized as aforesaid. And such Justice of the Peace is hereby authorized and required to inquire into hear and de- termine in a summary way all informations matters and things touching such seizures and the person or persons in whose shop house mill store-house outhouse pre Upon conviction false mises stall or standing place any such false deficient or fraudulently stamped balance weights and measures or balances weight or weights measure or measures shall be found shall upon con,
to be destroyed.
viction thereof forfeit all such false deficient or fraudulently stampeil balances weights. and measures which balances weights and measures so forfeited shall be broken or And offender to otherwise disposed of as such Justice before whom such conviction shall have taken forfeit a sum hot ex- ceeding 100 Dollars, place shall order and direct and shall also forfeit and pay for every such false deficient or fraudulently stamped balance weight or measure such sum of money not exceeding the sum of 100 Dollars as the said Justice before whom any such person or per. sons shall be convicted shall in his discretion order and adjudge.
Penalty on persons 8. And be it further enacted that if any person shall wilfully obstruct binder resist obstructing examiners or in any wise oppose any of the persons hereby authorized and empowered to view or refusing to produce and examine such balances weights and measures in the execution of his office or if balances, weights or measures for examina, any person selling by weight or measure shall refuse to produce his balances weights or measures in order to be viewed or examined he shall for every such offence fui- feit and pay any sum not exceeding 200 dollars nor less than 50 dollars.
tion.
No person to sell by 9. And be it further enacted that from and after the first day of February "any other than the one thousand eight hundred and forty five it shall not be lawful for any person to Standard weights and bargain sell deliver in payment barter or exchange any goods wares merchandizer) or other thing by any other neights or mudures then by such as shall agree with the said standard weights and measures or the copies or models thereof as aforesaid (except as hereinafter excepted) upon pain of forfeiting for each and every such of- fence the sum of 100 dollars to be recovered in a summary way,
treasurS,
sure.
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SCHEDULE A. REFERRED TO
MEASURES.
CHINESE WEIGHTS AND
Measures
Mace or Tsin
Candarin or Fan
Weight
錢分厘毫絲忽而斤】
Cash or
Lec
Ho
Syes
Wat
Tael
Catty
Picul
担
Measures of Length
Fan
at Tchoon Chik
Yan EL
Pai-tsin-chik
Chau-tuney-chik
Measures of Capacity,
llop
by Tailors and Carpenters by Masons
Shi shalf sling 44 Shi whoh sling 4x
Shi Tans
SAPL
Chong whole shing£
Shsong tim
SCHEDULE D. REFERRED TO
List of Standard. Weights and Measures deposite in the Colonial Treasury Hongkong,
Standard Weights · English,
Avoid upon Troy
Fifty six pounds,
Twenty eight pounds, Fourteun. pounils,
Sevon pounds, Four pounds, Two pounds, One pound, One half pound. One quarter pound,
Two ounces, One buncey
Eight drams,
Four drams,
Two drains, One drain.
Standard Meusures of Length
One vard, One foot,"
One inch,
Standard Measures of Capacity. One Bushel,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint. Samuel Fearon, Esq, Registrar General and Collector of the Land Tax and of Crown Rents from the Chinese in habitants of Hongkong, pending Her Majesty's pleasure.
By order, FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE.
Colonial Secretary,
Victoria Hongkong, 28th December, 1841.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
One half bushet, One pcck, One gallon, One balf gallon,
One quart,
One pint.
One half pint, One gill
One half gill,
ing men, and take sich other measures in the matter as he may think necessary." I have &c.
(Signed) J. W. FARREN.
His Excellency,
J. F. DAVIS, Sze
&c. &c.
By order,
FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE,
Colonial Secretary.
BUILDINGS REQUIRED
FOR
MILITARY PURPOSES,
THE Respective Officers of the Ordnance Department, are still open to receive TENDERS from Merchants or others, for the hire of Buildings för Military purposes, both as His Excellency the Governor &c. is pleased regards QUARTERs for Officers and Storage from Her Majesty's Consul at Manila be puings which are tow to let, or which may be. to direct that the annexed Letter, just received For Punte Srongs; and comprising Uhild- blished for general information.
come available for occupation within a short period.
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Office of Ordnancé 23rd October, 1911.
NOTICE. New advertisemeats, will be wreived, until 4 O'Clock on the Frenings' "prations la publi- cation, viz: Tuesdays int Prilags.
LATEST, "DATES.
Provided however that nothing herein before contained shall apply to contracts Not to apply to con- tracts made previously or hargains for the sale exchange or delivery of any goods wares merchandize or to commisndemont of other thing bona fide made and entered into before the said first day of February, Ordunce.
One thousand eight hundred and forty five but that all goods wares merchan- dize and other thing so contracted and bargained for as last aforesaid shall and may
Manila, 3rd December, 1841. be sold and delivered according to the ratio and proportion which the weights or measures in use in the Colony at the time such contracts or bargains shall have been
Sir, I have the honor to inform your Ex- made shall bear to the standard meight and measures extablished by this Ordintuce, cellency that I have received intelligence of the For striken mea. 10. And be it further enacted that in every sale barter and exchange of any goods wreck of the Premier" bound from Hong. or things which are not commonly or which shall not be contracted or agreed to be kong to Balli, with Specie for the purchase of delivered by heaped measure, the measure shall not be heaped bat shall be stricken Rice. She struck on a rock at midnight on the with a round stick or roiler straight and of the same diameter from end to end.
27th of July near the eastern Coast of Borneo, 11. And be it enacted that all fines and penalties provided by this Ordinance shall, and was abandoned the Ellowing day by her (except when it is otherwise specially provided) be recovered levied and distributed crew, who were subsequently made prisoners EsazANE, ed by Ordinance No. on the offender being convieted in a summary way before any Magistrate of Police on an Island to which they went 16 of the Urso STATES
or before any two Justices of the Peace in the manner provided by Ordinance No. 10 Lascars were taken away by a Chief called Nor to apply to the 12. And be it further enacted that nothing in this Ordinance contained shall be Sultan Gooning and have not since been heard 3rok sale of medicines or deaned or taken to extend or apply to the sale of medicines or precious metals or of, 6 Englishmen and a Manila man escaped Mas Bazaria previous morala
from another Chief who had retained them, and of precious stones nor to the weight or measures bonâ side used for the sale thereof. STODES,
the account received froin them states that they i 13. And be it further enacted that this Ordinance shall cominence and taken effect were attempting to make their way to Cui, i from and after the first day of February. One thousand right hundred and forty five. The remaining 6 Lascars were soil to a trader Ordinance.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
who brought them to Solo, where they were this 30th day of December, 1544,
ransemed, and sent here to me.
Fines &c. to be levied and distributed
in the manner provid
10 of 1844.
Commencement of
of 1844.
A. E. SHELLEY,
Clerk of Councils.
JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS,
Governor,
Sir Edward Belcher, of Her Majesty's Slip "Samarang," with whom I have communicated on this event has determined to leave Manila
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VICTORIA, WEDNESUAT, JANUARY, 10/1e45.
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