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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 7, 1916.
Now, therefore, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, and in exercise of His Prerogatives as aforesaid and of all other powers Him thereunto enabling, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that any British ship registered in the United Kingdom may until further order be requisitioned by and on behalf of His Ma- jesty for the carriage of foodstuffs and of any other articles of commerce, and such requisition is to take effect upon Notice of Requisition being served as hereinafter pro- vided on the Owner of any such ship:
And His Majesty is further pleased, by and with the advice aforesaid, to authorize and direct the President of the Board of Trade to give effect to this Order by causing Notice of Requisition to be served on the Owner of any such ship :
And His Majesty is further pleased, by and with the advice aforesaid, to declare that service of Notice of Requisition on an Owner shall be deemed sufficient and effective if served in the case of an individual Owner by being addressed to such individual Owner and left at his last-known place of business or abode, and in the case of joint Owners by being addressed to such joint. Owners and left at the last-known business addresses or places of abode of such joint Owners, and in the case of a Company or Corporation by being addressed to such Company or Corporation and left at the registered or other address of such Company or Corporation, or in. any of the aforesaid cases by being addressed to the Managing Owner, Ship's Husband, or other the person to whom the management of the ship is by law entrusted by or on behalf of the Owners, and left at the registered or other last-known address or place of abode of such Managing Owner, Ship's Husband, or other such person, as the case may be:
And His Majesty is further pleased, by and with the advice aforesaid, to declare that any Notice of Requisition which the President of the Board of Trade may cause to be served hereunder, may be signed by any person or persons from time to time authorized for such purpose either generally or specially by the President of the Board of Trade.
And the President of the Board of Trade is to give instructions and directions accordingly.
ALMERIC FITZROY.
No. 11. The following notification which appeared in the London Gazette of the 29th October, 1915, is publishe | for general information.
FOREIGN OFFICE,
October 27, 1915.
ITALIAN PRIZE COURT.
With reference to the notification which appeared in the London Gazette of June 22 last, His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received from His Majesty's Ambassador at Rome the following translations of Decrees and Regulations which have been issued with regard to the Italian Prize Court.
In this connection reference is also made to the Regulations published in the London Gazette of the 19th inst.*
(1)
Decree of May 30, 1915, No. 807.
(TRANSLATION.)
Thomas, Duke of Genoa, Lieutenant-General of His Majesty Victor Emmanuel
III, &c.
In virtue of the authority delegated to us;
In view of Article 225 of the Code for the Mercantile Marine;
In view of the state of war existing between the Kingdom of Italy and other European Powers, after consultation with the Council of Ministers;
* See page 592 of the Hongkong Government Gazette of the 10th December, 1915.