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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 4, 1915.
APPOINTMENTS, &c.
No. 249. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. H. R. B. HANCOCK to be Supernumerary Second Lieutenant in the Hongkong Volunteer Reserve, with effect from the 22nd May, 1915.
2nd June, 1915.
No. 250.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Captain G. K. HALL BRUTTON, Hongkong Volunteer Reserve, to act as Honorary Adjutant, during the absence on leave of Captain W. L. CARTER, with effect from the 8th June, 1915.
4th June, 1915.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 251. It is hereby notified that by a Proclamation dated the 27th May, 1915, His Majesty the King has been pleased to make the following additions to, and altera- tions in, the lists of articles which will be treated as absolute and conditional contraband respectively :--
(1.) The following articles are added to the list of absolute contraband :
Toluol and mixtures of toluol whether derived from coal tar petroleum or
any other source;
Lathes and other machines or machine tools capable of being employed in
the manufacture of munitions of war;
Maps and plans of any place within the territory of any belligerent or within the area of military operations on a scale of four miles to one inch or on any larger scale and reproductions on any scale by photo- graphy or otherwise of such maps or plans.
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(2.) The Proclamation of the 23rd December, 1914, is amended by the omission of the words "and all other metallic acetates after the words calcium acetate".
(3.) The Proclamation of the 11th March, 1915, is amended by the omission of the words "other than linseed oil" after the words "animal and vegetable oils and fats", and linseed oil is to be treated as conditional contraband.
4th June, 1915.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
TREASURY.
No. 252. Owners of property are reminded that Crown Rent for the First Half- year of 1915 is payable at the Treasury on or before the 24th instant.
1st June, 1915.
A. M. THOMSON, Treasurer.
SUPREME Court.
No. 253.---It is hereby notified that the names of the following companies have been struck off the Register :-
THE CHINA COMMERCIAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Limited. THE GENERAL DUTCH CHINESE Trading Company, LIMITED. THE YUE TONG COTTON MILL COMPANY, LIMITED. THE CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY COMPANY, LIMITED.
HUGH A. NISBET,
Registrar of Companies.
4th June, 1915.