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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 8, 1918.
No. 5.
PROCLAMATIONS.
[L.S.]
FRANCIS HENRY MAY,
Governor.
By His Excellency Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY Knight Commander of the Most Dis- tinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same :
Whereas by sub-clause 10 of Clause III of the Order of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria in Council made on the 26th day of October 1896 which was proclaimed in this Colony on the 5th day of August 1914 it is enacted that the Governor may by proclamation prescribe the maximum price for which any article of food may be sold by retail and that any person who after such proclamation and until it shall have been revoked shall sell any article of food at a higher price than the prices so prescribed shall be deemed. guilty of an offence against the said Order and shall on conviction thereof be liable to a fine not exceeding 50 dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months:
Now therefore I Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY Knight Commander of the Most Distin- guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same do hereby prescribe that the respective maximum prices for which the following articles of food may be sold by retail shall be as follows:-
Schedule of Maximum Retail Prices.
5. Market Produce:-
Butcher Meat.
肉食
Cts.
Ib.
Mutton Chop,-Yeung Pei Kwat
""
Leg,-Yeung Pei...
Shoulder,-Yeung Shau
•
"
Saddle, Yeung On Yuk
99
"
Sheep's Head and Feet,-Yeung Tau Keuk set
28 羊排骨每磅 二毫八仙
28 羊每磅 二毫八仙
26 羊手每磅 二毫六仙
29 羊鞍肉每磅 二毫九仙
65 羊頭脚每副 六毫半
""
Heart, Yeung Sam
""
Kidneys,-Yeung Yiu ...
Liver,--Yeung Kon
each
09 羊心每個 九仙
13 羊腰每個一毫三仙
lb.
...
28 羊肝每磅 二毫八仙
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria Hongkong this Sth day of March 1918.
By Command,
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
NOTE. The complete Schedule of Maximum Retail Prices for which articles of food may be sold is contained in Proclamation No. 6 of 1917 published in the Gazette of the 25th May, 1917.
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