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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 2, 1910.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
No. 335.-His Majesty the King has not been advised to exercise his power of dis- allowance with respect to the following Ordinances :—
Ordinance No. 21 of 1910, entitled-An Ordinance to provide for the narrowing, stopping up, diversion, turning or altera- tion in levels of Highways.
Ordinance No. 22 of 1910, entitled-An Ordinance to secure the better training of Midwives and to regulate their practice.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
30th November, 1910.
C. CLEMENTI,
Clerk of Councils.
APPOINTMENTS, &c.
No. 366.-The King's Exequatur empowering Mr. ENRIQUE L. HURTADO to act as Consul General for the Republic of Panama in Hongkong has received His Majesty's signature.
29th November, 1910.
No. 367-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint PHILIP PEVERIL JOHN WODEHOUSE to act as Deputy Superintendent of Police and of Fire Brigade, during the absence on leave of FREDERICK WILLIAM Lrons, with effect from this date.
1st December, 1910.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Department.
No. 368.-It is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, under the provisions of Section 8 of the Public Holidays Ordinance, 1875, (Ordinance No. 2 of 1875), Tuesday, the 27th December, 1910, to be observed as a bank holiday.
No. 369. The following Finding of the Marine Court of Enquiry into the circum- stances attending the collision between the British Steamships Kwong Tung and Hoi Ming, is published.
2nd December, 1910.
F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary.
FINDING.
We find that the British Steamship Kwong Tung Official No. 116,032, of Hongkong, of which HENRY WALTER WALKER, Certificate No. 1238 of Hongkong was master, left o Canton at 5.3 p.m. on 8th November, 1910, on a voyage to Hongkong. That she was closely followed by the British Steamship Hoi Ming Official No. 123,099 of Hongkong, of which TOM AUSTIN, Certificate No. 08,032 Plymouth was master, bound on a similar voy- age. That two other steamers sailed at approximately the same hour, and that they all followed each other closely down the river against a flood tide.