THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 1, 1911. 381
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 259. It is hereby notified for general information and in pursuance of the Resolution made by Legislative Council on the 31st day of August, 1911, that the importa- tion of any kind of raw Indian Opium except Opium covered by Export Permits from the Government of India to the effect that it has been declared for shipment to or consumption in China, is illegal :
Provided always that any bona fide shipments of uncertificated Indian Opium which have been made from Calcutta or Bombay by a vessel sailing prior to 21st August, 1911, and which have not been landed at any port after such shipment, shall not be illegal.
No. 260.-It is hereby notified that information has been received from H. B. M. Minister at Peking to the effect that import of Indian Opium into the Provinces of Fengtien, Kirin, Heilungchiang, Shausi and Szechuan will be prohibited from the 11th instant.
No. 261.-The following translation from the Boletim Official de Macau is published for general information.
1st September, 1911.
WARREN BARNES,
Colonial Secretary.
(Translation.)
For the information and guidance of those concerned, and in virtue of the provisions of the Regulation of the 20th December, 1910, and of the Order of the 7th of last March, the following notice is published: --
The importation of Morphine, Cocaine and Compounds of Opium into Macao is prohibited--
(a.) unless they are intended for medicinal purposes in which case import- ation can only be made in virtue of a licence issued by the Superin- tendent of Opium in Macao, specifying the quantity and declaring that such articles are intended for medicinal purposes:
(b.) unless they are intended for re-exportation in which case importation can only be made in virtue of a licence issued by the Superintendent of Opium in Macao, specifying the quantity to be imported and declaring that such articles will upon their arrival here be deposited in the Government Store.
L. LEITÃO XAVIER, Superintendent.
Office of the Superintendent of Opium in Macao,
10th August, 1911.
SUPREME COURT.
No. 262.-It is hereby notified that His Honour Sir FRANCIS TAYLOR PIGGOTT, Knight, Chief Justice, has by Commissions signed by him, and dated the 15th day of August, 1911, appointed HUGH ADAIR NISBET, Registrar of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, to be a Commissioner to administer oaths and take declarations, affirmations, and attestations of honour in the Court, and a Commissioner for taking acknowledgments by married women of deeds to be executed by them, so long as he shall hold the said office of Registrar as aforesaid.
HUGH A. NISBET,
Registrar.
1st September, 1911.
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