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ORDINANCES Nos. 10 AND 11 OF 1845 . 147


Aliens- Naturalization . Harbour Regulation.


of the same being granted , be registered in the books of the Land Office, as lessee under
the Crown of lands or houses within the Colony of Hongkong yielding a yearly rent of
not less than ten pounds ; or who shall not have been in the public service within the same
Colony for a period of less than two years before. And it is hereby declared , that the
said letters respectively so to be granted shall only be deemed to confer the privileges
of naturalization within the limits of the said Colony and its dependencies , and that
upon the granting of every such letter patent there shall be charged and payable to
the Colonial Secretary a fee of ten dollars, to be applied to the public purposes of the
said Colony. And it is hereby further declared and provided, that the operation of
this Ordinance be suspended until the pleasure of Her Majesty be known with respect
thereto.




[Disallowance Proclaimed, 1st January, 1848. ]




No. 11 of 1845.

An Ordinance for the further Regulation of the Harbour of Hongkong , Title.
and to repeal Ordinance No. 19 of 1844.

[ 6th October, 1845 .

HEREAS by a certain ordinance made and passed on the twenty-sixth day of Preamble.
WH November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty- four,
intituled " An Ordinance for the better Regulation of the Harbour and surrounding
Waters of the Island of Hongkong," it was provided , that it should be lawful for the
Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Executive Council thereof, to publish
and declare laws and rules for the regulation of the said harbour ; And whereas certain
regulations were made thereunder, and duly published in pursuance thereof ; And
whereas it is deemed advisable that such regulations should be the subject- matter of
legislative enactment, and that the aforesaid Ordinance should be repealed : --

1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Ordinance No. 19
of 1844 repealed .
advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that the said Ordinance No. 19 of 1844 shall
be, and the same is hereby repealed .

2. And be it further enacted and ordained , that all masters and others in charge Masters of
merchant vessels
of merchant vessels shall hoist their numbers on entering the port of Victoria, on to hoist their
signals on
demand being made from the Harbour Master's office by the usual signal for that entering the
port of Victoria,
purpose.