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ORDINANCES Nos. 4 AND 5 OF 1869.

Promissory Oaths.

Distressed British Seamen.

appointed substituting the words "solemnly sincerely and truly declare and affirm" for the word "swear" and omitting the words "So help. me God. "

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SCHEDULE.

First Part.

* The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Officer The oaths to be tendered by the

Administering the Government,

The Colonial Secretary,

hief Justice.

[* Repeated by Ordinance No. 2 or 1887.1

The Attorney General,

The Colonial Treasurer, The Auditor General,

Second part.

The Chief Justice,

The oaths to be tendered by the

Governor.

The oaths to be tendered by the

Governor.

The Puisne Judges,

The Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdic-

tion,

The Registrar General,

The Magistrates of Police,

The Justices of Peace,

The oaths to be tendered by the

Clerk of the Councils in the presence of the Governor.

The Marine Magistrate,

The Coroner,

* The Sheriff,

[*" Registrar of the Supreme Court and the Deputy Registrars" as amended by No. 2 of 1887.)

No. 5 of 1869.

An Ordinance to provide for the Payment out of the Revenue of the Colony of Expenses incurred in the Relief of Distressed British Seamen belonging to Ships registered in this Colony.

WHE

[24th September, 1869.]

HEREAS the expenses incurred in the relief of distressed British seamen belonging to ships registered in this Colony are now borne by the imperial revenue under the provisions of the "Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," and it is expedient to provide that the same should be borne in future by the revenue of this Colony Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legisla tive Council thereof, as follows

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Preamble,