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1434 ORDINANCES Nos . 9 AND 10 OF 1876 .


Public Gambling. Post Office.


but such repeal shall not affect anything duly done before the passing of
this Ordinance .

Penalties to 10. All penalties herein mentioned shall be recovered , and levied ,
be recovered
according to on conviction of the offender, before any Magistrate of Police , or any two
the provisions
of Ord. No. 10 Justices of the Peace, in the manner provided by Ordinances No. 10 of
of 1844, and
No. 7 of 1866. 1844 , and No. 7 of 1866 .




No. 10 of 1876 .

Title. An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to the Postal Matters of the
Colony.
[ 11th December, 1876. ]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative
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BR Council thereof, as follows :

Short title. 1. This Ordinance may be cited as " The Post Office Ordinance, 1876. "

Interpretation. 2. In this Ordinance, and in any Order in Council or regulation made thereunder,
unless the context indicates the contrary, the following expressions shall have the
meanings set against them respectively, that is to say :
"Postmaster General " shall mean the Postmaster General of the Colony.
Ser Ord. 8 of "Correspondence " shall mean any letter, newspaper, book, pamphlet , document ,
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parcel , or package , or other article whatsoever transmitted by post, whether in a closed
mail or having been placed loose on board any contract packet or vessel for trans
mission ; and a letter or other article shall be deemed to be correspondence from the
time of its arrival within the limits of the Colony, if brought to the Colony by post, or
from the time of its delivery to the Post Office if not so brought, and in either case
shall continue to be deemed correspondence to the time of its delivery from the Post
Office ; and delivery to or by any person authorised to receive or deliver letter bags or
correspondence on behalf of the Postmaster General shall be a delivery to or from the
Post Office.
"Postage Stamp" shall mean any label or stamp for denoting any rate of postage.
"Letter Bag" shall mean any bag, or box, or packet, or parcel, or other envelope
or covering in which correspondence is conveyed, whether it does or does not contain
correspondence.
"Post Office " shall mean any house, building, room, or place where correspondence
is received or delivered , or in which it is sorted, made up, or despatched .
"Officer of the Post Office " shall mean the Postmaster General, and every Post
master, Assistant Postmaster, agent, officer, clerk, letter carrier, or any other person
employed in any business of the Post Office, whether employed by the Postmaster
General, or by any person under him , or on behalf of the Post Office.