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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 18, 1914.6-
PROCLAMATIONS.
SUNDAY, 2 AUGUST, 1914.
By The King.
A PROCLAMATION
FOR POSTPONING THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN BILLS OF EXCHANGE.
GEORGE R.I.
WHEREAS in view of the critical situation in Europe and the financial difficulties
caused thereby it is expedient, that the payment of certain bills of exchange should be postponed as appears in this Proclamation:
Now, THEREFORE, WE have thought fit, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, to issue this Our Royal Proclamation, and We do hereby proclaim, direct, and ordain as follows:
If on the presentation for payment of a bill of exchange, other than a cheque or bill on demand, which has been accepted before the beginning of the fourth day of August, nineteen hundred and fourteen, the acceptor re-accepts the bill by a declaration on the face of the bill in the form set out hereunder, that bill shall, for all purposes, including the liability of any drawer or indorser or any other party thereto, be deemed to be due and be payable on a date one calendar month after the date of its original maturity instead of on the date of its original maturity, and to be a bill for the original amount thereof increased by the amount of interest thereon calculated from the date of re-acceptance to the new date of payment at the Bank of England rate current on the date of the re-acceptance of
the Bill.
Form of Re-acceptance.
Re-accepted under Proclamation for £
(insert increased sum).
Signature
Date
Given at Ourourt at Buckingham Palace, this second day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and in the Fifth year of Our Keign.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
No. 360. It is hereby notified that the following society has been exempted by the Governor-in-Council from registration under the Societies Ordinance, 1911, (Ordinance No. 47 of 1911), and its name is hereby added to the List of Exempted Societies, published in Government Notification No. 159 of 1914, under the following heading :-
Social Clubs (Chinese).
Wang Yik ( 6 ).
10th September, 1914.