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906

Commencement

of Ordinance,

ORDINANCES Nos. 6 AND 7 OF 1866.

Harbor and Coasts.

Victoria Registration.

32. This Ordinance shall commence and take effect on such day as shall hereafter be fixed by proclamation under the hand of the Governor.

[In force from the 1st January, 1867, under proclamation of the 15th December, 1866. Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.]

NOTE.-For Government Notifications, Notices, Orders in Council, &c., under this Ordinance see:---

Notice as to stations and anchorages for unlicensed junks, &c., of the 19th December, 1866. See Gazette of the 22nd of the same month.

Government Notification as to fees for anchorage passes, &c., of the 21st December, 1866. See Gazette of the 22nd of the same month.

Order of the Governor in Council as to fees for sea-going licences of the 14th March, 1868. See Gazette of the 21st of the same month.

Further Order of Governor in Council of the 14th October, 1868, as to fees for sea-going licences. See Gazette of the 17th of the same month.

Order of the Governor in Council as to painting number of licence on fishing junks of the 1st July, 1876. See Gazette of the 8th of the same month.

Title.

Preamble.

Short title.

Interpretation clause.

The Governor."

Householder."

No. 7 of 1866.

An Ordinance dividing the City of Victoria into Districts, and for the better Registration of Householders and Chinese Servants in the Colony of Hongkong.

[16th August, 1866.]

WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the registration of householders in Victoria, and also of Chinese servants in the regular employ of persons other than Chinese residing therein: Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Victoria Registration Ordinance 1866.”

2. In the construction of this Ordinance the term "The Governor" shall include the Officer for the time being Administering the Government of the Colony.

The term "Householder" shall mean the actual tenant or occupant of the whole of any building or tenement in a district of Victoria, or in cases where there shall be no such persons, then the immediate landlord of the whole of such building or tenement, but shall not include or extend to any person, other than a Chinese, unless a portion of his house be rented by any Chinese, and in cases of companies and corporations, the secretary or manager thereof shall be deemed the householder, and shall be liable to all the provisions of this Ordinance accordingly.