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548 THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 31, 1926.
No. 717.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. DAVID DAVIES as Secretary to the Sanitary Board and Mr. JOHN WATSON as Assistant Secretary to the Sanitary Board, with effect from the 1st January, 1927.
30th December, 1926.
No. 718.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. MICHAEL JAMES BREEN to be a Director of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions, vice Mr. ARTHU- GEORGE MURCHISON FLETCHER, C.M.G., C.B.E.
30th December, 1926.
No. 719.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant Commander JOSEPH BERNARD NEWILL, D.S.O., R.N., to be Deputy Harbour Master, with effect from 27th December, 1926.
30th December, 1926.
No. 720. With reference to Government Notification No. 563, published in the Gazette of the 15th October, 1926, His Excellency the Governor has received information from the Secretary of State for the Colonies that Mr. KENNETH C. KRENTZ has been appointed a Vice-Consul for the United States of America in Hong Kong.
30th December, 1926.
No. 721.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. EDWARD LEWIS AGASSIZ to be Registrar of Trade Marks and Letters Patent in addition to kis other duties, with effect from 1st January, 1927.
31st December, 1926.
No. 722.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the Land Officer to be Registrar of Marriages and the Assistant Land Officer to be a Deputy Registrar of Marriages, with effect, in each case, from and including the 1st January,
1927.
31st December, 1926.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 723.-It is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to exclude the Police Magistrates' Department from the operation of the Holidays Ordi- nance, 1912, Ordinance No. 5 of 1912, on Monday, the 3rd January, 1927.