THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 3, 1939.
No. 1023.
1177
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS DEPARTMENT.
It is hereby notified that all corporations, companies, firms and individuals who carry stocks of coal and/or oil fuel for bunkering purposes are required to register, without fee, their names with the Controller of Trade at the Imports and Exports Department, Fire Brigade Building, within seven days of date of this notice. Should a scheme at any time be introduced whereby licensing of bunkers is enforced, only those corporations, companies, firms and individuals whose names are registered with the Controller of Trade will be allowed to supply ships with bunker coal or fuel oil under permit.
Furthermore, corporations, companies, firms and in- dividuals so registered will be required to submit a weekly statement, in duplicate, shewing particulars of stocks on hand, receipts and deliveries, specimen official forms for which will be available on application at the Imports and Exports Office.
3rd November, 1939.
E. W. HAMILTON,
Controller of Trade.
SUPREME COURT.
No. 1024.--It is hereby notified for general information that, pursuant to section 5 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance, 1899, His Honour the Chief Justice has ordered that the next Criminal Sessions for the despatch of the business of the Court shall be held on Friday, the 17th day of November, 1939, at 9.30 o'clock in the forenoon.
3rd November, 1939.
Light Dues.
E. P. H. LANG,
Registrar.
TREASURY.
No. 1025.—I hereby give notice that the figure representing the average opening selling rate for the month of October, 1939, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking. Corporation for demand drafts on London is settled at 14.84.
31st October, 1939.
A. J. C. TAYLOR,
Accountant-General.