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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 21, 1917.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
No. 552. It is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor in Council has, under Section 7 of the Holidays Ordinance, 1912, Ordinance No. 5 of 1912, appointed Monday, the 31st day of December, 1917, to be observed as a General Holiday.
A. G. M. FLETCHER,
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
20th December, 1917.
Clerk of Councils.
APPOINTMENTS, &c.
No. 553.--His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. WILLIAM OSBORNE LAMBERT to act as Second Assistant Government Marine Surveyor until further notice, vice Mr. ROBERT HALL. resigned, with effect from the 1st of November, 1917.
21st December, 1917.
No. 554.---His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. EDWARD VICTOR DAVID PARR to be a Member of the Recreation Grounds Committee, as representa- tive of the Royal Hongkong Golf Club, vice Mr. R. O. HUTCHISON.
21st December, 1917.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 555.-It is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to exclude the Police Magistrates' Department from the operation of the Holidays Ordi- nance, 1912, Ordinance No. 5 of 1912, on Monday, the 31st December, 1917.
No. 556. The following notification, which appeared in the London Gazette of the 21st September, 1917, is published for general information.
TRADING WITH THE ENEMY AMENDMENT ACT, 1916.
An Order has been made by the Board of Trade requiring the undermentioned. business to be wound up :---
489. The Chicago Raw Hide Company Limited, Hythe Road, Willesden, Lon- don, N.W., Machine Belting Manufacturers. Controller: A. Pelham Ford, 4B, Frederick's Place, Old Jewry, London, E.C. 17 September, 1917.
NOTE--Notifications of orders under the above Act have been published in the Hongkong Gazette on the following dates :-
1916.
20th April.
5th May.
19th May.
26th May.
9th June.
23rd June.
30th June. 7th July.
1916.
25th August.
1917. 12th January.
15th September.
19th January.
1917. 6th July.
13th July.
22nd September.
26th January.
20th July.
29th September.
16th February.
3rd August.
17th August.
6th October. 20th October. 27th October. 17th November. 15th December.
23rd February.
2nd March. 30th March. 27th April. 4th May.
28th July.
4th August. 11th August.
29th December.
11th May.
8th June. 29th June.
7th September.
21st September. 28th September. 12th October. 14th December. 21st December.