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280 XIII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That nothing in this Ordinance contained shall be held to annul or interfere with the Registration of Boats as established under Ordinance No. 7 of 1846. JOHN BOWRING. Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 3rd Day of March, 1855. , Clerk of Councils.

JOHN BOWRING.

By His Excellency Sir John Bowring, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.

Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The Queen, conveyed through the Right Honorable Sir George Grey, Bart., G.C.B., Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming Ordinance No. 2 of 1854, entitled Market Ordinance:—

Now, therefore, it is hereby declared that the said Ordinance has been been approved and confirmed as aforesaid.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 3rd day of March, 1855.

Public attention is specially called to the Government Notification of 8th Ultimo, wherein a Sale of Leases of Crown Lands is advertised for the 15th instant. And also to the Government Notification of 2nd Instant, wherein is published a descriptive Statement of the Lots or Parcels of Ground which will be submitted to Public Auction at that Sale.

With reference to the above Notifications it is hereby intimated that owing to the departure of the English Mail on the date fixed, the intended Sale will be held on the 16th, instead of the 15th as before advertised.

All particulars may be learnt by application at the Surveyor General's Office.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong. 6th March, 1855.

It is hereby notified that the Documents necessary to obtain a Certificate of British Registry for a Vessel, or to procure endorsement on change of owner or master, will in future be prepared and furnished at the Colonial Secretary's Office; such preliminary Documents excepted as refer to proofs of Ownership, as Bills of Sale, &c.

The documents requisite for a Colonial Register will be furnished in like manner, and public attention is hereby called to the provisions of Ordinance No. 4 of 1855.

In the case of Vessels requiring an Imperial Register, the Harbour Master's certificate of measureument is neccessary as heretofore, and this Officer is directed to furnish the same at the charge hitherto made, viz: Sixteen Dollars, which sum is to be paid into the Colonial Treasury.

W. T. MERCER Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th March, 1855.

With reference to the provision of "the Passengers' Act 1852" restricting the number of Passengers to which the required space of Twelve feet has been allotted to one for every two Tons of the ship's registered burthen, the Emigration Officer has been instructed to apply to all ships a uniform standard of measurement, namely—that now or hereafter to be employed for ascertaining the capacity of British Vessels.—Ships not registered under the latest Imperial Acts must therefore procure from the Government Surveyor a certificate of their actual capacity before they can be passed by the Emigration Officer.

W. T. MERCER Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th March, 1855,