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ORDINANCE No. 21 OF 1887.

Licensing Consolidation.

Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 3 of The Licensing Consolidation Ordinance, 1887, on the 16th and gazetted 18th May, 1889.

1. Every licence to an undertaker of Chinese funerals shall be issued subject to the condition that every grave be dug to a depth throughout of not less than six English feet from the ordinary surface of the ground to the uppermost side of the corpse or coffin therein deposited.

2. Every such licence shall be in English and Chinese, and shall be in the follow- ing form:

UNDERTAKER'S LICENCE.

REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE, VICTORIA, HONGKONG,

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of

The bearer

is licensed to undertake and perform burials of Chinese dead in the cemeteries allotted for that purpose. This licence is issued subject to the condition that every grave be dug to a depth throughout of not less than six English feet from the ordinary surface of the ground to the uppermost side of the corpse or coffin therein deposited, and will

188 expire on the Fee $10.

day of

Received

Entered

Registrar General.

NOTE. To be printed in Chinese as well as in English.

Additional condition to be inserted in Hawkers' Licences made by the Governor in Council, on the 29th day of May, 1890, in pursuance of section 3 of Ordinance No. 21 of 1887, and gazetted 14th June, 1890.

The licensee shall not hawk any wares within the limits from the various markets prescribed by the street notices.

Additional rules made by the Governor in Council under the provisions of section 3 of Ordinance No. 21 of 1887, on the 3rd and gazetted the 10th of January, 1891.

1. Licences for jinrickshas to ply for hire in British Kowloon shall be issued by the Captain Superintendent of Police, who may, in his discretion, refuse to issue any licence.

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