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No. 3.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONG KONG : [A.D. 1888.

ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1888.

A.D. 1888. AN ORDINANCE to make provision for the Regulation of Chinese,

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Ordinance

No. 13 of 1888,

with Ordi- nances No. 3 of 1892, No. 6 of 1897, and No. 12 of 1900 in- corporated, Short title.

Interpreta-

tion of terms.

[7th May, 1888.]

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and con-

sent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Regulation of Chinese Ordi- nance, 1888.

2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires,-

"The City of Victoria" means the districts specified in section 7, subject to any alteration thereof by the Governor-in-Council under this Ordinance:

"House" means any dwelling, shop, outhouse, shed, or roof:

Householder" means the actual tenant or occupant of the whole of any building or tenement in a district of Victoria or, in any case where there is no such person, then the immediate landlord of the whole of such building or tenement, but does not include or extend to any person other than a Chinese, unless a portion of his house is rented by any Chinese, and, in the case of any company or corpora- tion, or if the company or corporation is the immediate landlord, the secretary or manager thereof shall be deemed the householder, and shall be liable to all the provisions of this Ordinance accordingly:

Occupier" means any person acting as master of or in charge of a house, or the occupant of the ground floor at a rent, or, if no such person can be found, the owner of the house or his agent : "Vessel" means any ship, junk, or boat of any kind whatever, whether propelled by steam, sails, or oars, or merely kept afloat as a residence or otherwise.

Continuance

of census and registration office.

Appointment and salaries of officers.

PART I.

CENSUS AND REGISTRATION OFFICE.

3. The census and registration office at present existing shall, for the purpose of this Ordinance, be continued, together with the Registrar General and other the officers and assistants by whom the duties and business thereof have been hitherto performed.

4. The several persons now being the Registrar General and officers and assistants of the said office shall discharge the duties and business thereof in future at their present salaries during the Governor's pleasure; and, on any vacancy, the Governor may from time to time nominate and appoint such person or persons to be such Registrar General, officers,