THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH MAY, 1899.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 278.
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His Excellency the Governor, with the consent of His Excellency the General Officer Command- ing, has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Hongkong Volunteer Corps with effect from the 1st May, 1899:—
Mr. OWEN ORDISH, Hongkong Volunteers, to be Captain in "B" Machine Gun Company. Mr. GEORGE JOHN BUDDS SAYER, Hongkong Volunteers, to be Lieutenant in "B" Machine
Gun Company.
Mr. JAMES HERBERT AITKEN, Hongkong Volunteers, to be Lieutenant in "B" Machine
Gun Company.
Mr. JOSEPH HARRY UDERWOOD, Hongkong Volunteers, to be Lieutenant in "C" Machine
Gun Company.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th May, 1899.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 279.
The following Regulation is published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th May, 1899.
REGULATION
Made on the 13th May, 1899, by the Governor-in-Council under Section 1 of The Trees Preservation Ordinance, No. 14 of 1888.
It is hereby ordered that an additional rate of two per cent. per annum, to take effect from July 1st, 1899, be levied on the villagers of Hunghom, Mongkok, Chai-wan, Wongueichung, Pokfulam, North Point and Tai Hao, in consequence of the destruction of trees in those places and their neigh- bourhood.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG.
J. G. T. BUCKLE,
Clerk of Councils.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 280.
The following Returns of Deaths are published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th May, 1899.