1466 ORDINANCES No. 5 OF 1878 AND No. 1 of 1879.
Revenue. Excise ( Opium.)
Brought forward,... ....$389,758.60
SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS :-
Colonial Treasurer, 1,500.00
Surveyor General, .. 1,800.00
Postmaster General, 20,734.78
Registrar General, ...... 25.00
Judicial, 200.00
Educational , ...……………. 8,060.00
Medical, ..... 19,020.00
Police Magistrates, 390.00
Police, ..... 28,885.00
Gaol, ........... 18,170.00
Fire Brigade , 5,040.00
Charitable Allowances , .... 4,000.00
Transport, .... 4,500.00
Works and Buildings , ....... " 85,750.00
Roads, Streets, and Bridges, 44,720.00
Lighthouses, 3,000.00
Miscellaneous Services, 38,500.00
Military Contribution, 104,348.00
TOTAL,..... $778,401.38
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 4 of 1887. ]
No. 1 of 1879.
Title. An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 2 of 1858 entitled " An Ordi
nance for Licensing and Regulating the Sale of Prepared Opium. "
[ 18th January, 1879. ]
Preamble. THEREAS by Ordinance No. 2 of 1858 it is enacted (amongst other things) that
Ordinance 2 of W the Governor in Council may grant unto any persons for such considerations
1858.
and upon such conditions and for such terms and periods and in such form as from
time to time shall be by the Governor in Council regulated and determined and also
previously notified to the public in the Hongkong Government Gazette the sole
privilege of boiling and preparing opium and of selling and retailing within this
Colony or the waters thereof opium so boiled or prepared :
And whereas it is by the said Ordinance also enacted that the person , if any,
actually holding any such privilege is thereby empowered to grant licences to all
proper persons authorising them to boil and prepare opium and to sell and retail opium
so boiled and prepared :
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