7-GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.
Government House.
Government House was maintained in repair, and the Sanitary arrangements were satisfactory.
8.-PUBLIC WORKS.
Several Public Works were completed during the year, among which may be mentioned:-
(a.) Sanitary Works costing over $93,000.
(b.) New Market at Hunghom.
(c.) Extension of Light-keepers Quarters on Green Island.
(d.) Defensive Works, above referred to, to the extent of $258,444.48.
9. LEGISLATION.
The following Ordinances were passed during the year:-
No. 1 of 1887.-An' Ordinance entitled The Post Office Ordinance, 1887.
-An Ordinance to amend the Promissory Oaths Ordinance, 1869.
-An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.
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-An Ordinance for promoting the Revision of the Statute Law by repealing certain enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become
unnecessary.
-An Ordinance to amend the Law respecting Defamatory Words and Libel.
-An Ordinance to regulate the carrying and possession of arms.
-An Ordinance to remove doubts as to the application of Ordinance No. 2
of 1875.
-An Ordinance for the Suppression of the Triad and other unlawful Societies
and for the Punishment of the Members thereof.
-An Ordinance for the better protection of young Girls.
-An Ordinance to abolish Transportation and Penal Servitude and to
substitute other Punishment in lieu thereof.
--Au Ordinance for the more effectual Prevention of Crime.
-An Ordinance entitled The French Mail Steamers Ordinance continuation
Ordinance, 1887.
-An Ordinance entitled The German Mail Steamers Ordinance continuation
Ordinance, 1887.
-An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Law for the Establishment
and Regulation of the Police Force of the Colony.
-An Ordinance authorising the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corpora- tion to continue incorporated for the further term of Twenty-one years. -An Ordinance empowering the Courts to award Whipping as a further
punishment for certain Crimes.
-An Ordinance entitled The Cattle Diseases, Slaughter-Houses, and Markets
Ordinance, 1887.
-An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the Law relating to Jurors.
-An Ordinance to enable the Trustees of The Rhenish Missionary Society to sell and dispose of certain Leasehold property within the Colony of Hongkong.
-An Ordinance for the naturalisation of Ch'an Kwok Ying. -An Ordinance to consolidate the Law relating to various Licences. -An Ordinance for the better regulating of the trade in Opium.
-An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 16 of 1887.
-An Ordinance for amending the Laws relating to Public Health in the
Colony of Hongkong.
-An Ordinance to authorise the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum of
Three hundred and Ninety-two thousand Four hundred and Sixty-two Dollars and Thirty Cents to defray the Charges of the Year 1886. —An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding One million One hundred and Seventy-six thousand Four hundred and Forty-nine Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1888.
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