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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 27, 1941.
No. 778.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. ALEXANDER CHARLES MEREDITH, M.C., to act as Controller of Food, with effect from 28th June, 1941, during the absence from the Colony of Mr. DAVID LOCKE NEWBIGGING, M.C., J.P.
27th June, 1941.
No. 779.-His Excellency the Governor has approved the relinquishment of the appointment of Major CHARLES MANNERS MANNERS, O.B.E., as Chief Air Raid Warden for Kowloon, New Kowloon and the New Territories, with effect from 23rd June, 1941.
23rd June 1941.
No. 780.- His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. BENJAMIN DAVIES EVANS, F.R.A.S., to act as Director, Royal Observatory, with effect from 22nd June, 1941.
25th June, 1941.
No. 781. It is hereby notified that during the absence on leave of Mr. DICK FREDRICK ATTREE WAKEFORD WESMAN, Consul for Norway in Hong Kong, Mr. BIRGER NAESS will be in charge of the Norwegian Consulate.
25th June, 1941.
No. 782.-The King's Exequatur empowering Mr. SEIKI YANO to act as Consul- General of Japan at Hong Kong has received His Majesty's signature.
26th June, 1941.
No. 783.-It is hereby notified that during the absence on leave of Mr. KARSTEN LARSSEN, Consul for Denmark in Ilong Kong, Mr. K. NECKELMANN will be in charge of the Danish Consulate.
25th June, 1941.
No 784.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
With reference to Government Notification No. 436 of the 19th April, 1940, it is hereby notified for general information that the operation of the provisional Commercial Agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Egyptian Government, instituting most- favoured-nation treatment reciprocally between Egypt and Hong Kong, has been prolonged, by a further exchange of notes, until the 16th February, 1942.
N. L. SMITH,
27th June, 1941.
Colonial Secretary.