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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 10, 1933.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

No. 79.

Hong Kong.

ORDINANCE No. 14 of 1901. (GUNPOWDER AND FIREWORKS).

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the Gunpowder and Fireworks Ordinance, 1901, the Governor in Council rescinds the rule under the heading "Making, etc., of certain fireworks" set forth on page 284 of the Regulations of Hong Kong, 1844-1925, amended as appears in Government Notification No. 187 of 1927, and substitutes the following rule therefor :—

No person shall make, sell, or have in his possession any firework which explodes on impact, or which contains any explosive ingredient or mixture other than black gunpowder, charcoal, sulphur, saltpetre, aluminium and potassium perchlorate, or which has in any single container thereof more than 10 grains of any explosive mixture in which potassium perchlorate is an ingredient.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

8th February, 1933.

D. W. TRATMAN,

Clerk of Councils.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

No. 80.-It is hereby notified for general information that during the absence from the Colony of Mr. GEOFFREY MISKIN, Mr. CEDRIC BLAKER will act as Vice-Consul for Sweden in Hong Kong.

10th February, 1933.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPartment.

No. 81.-It is hereby notified that the Convention between the United Kingdom and Italy regarding Legal Proceedings in Civil and Commercial matters which was signed at London on the 17th of December, 1930, has been extended to this Colony as from the 25th August, 1932.

A copy of the Convention may be seen on application at this Office.

10th February, 1933.

W. T. SOUTHORN,

Colonial Secretary.

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