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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette
EXTRAORDINARY.
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Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, MONDAY, 25т APRIL, 1898.
No. 20.
VOL. XLIV.
號十二第
日五初月三閏年戌戊 日五十二月四年八十九百八千
簿四十四第
No. 3.
PROCLAMATION.
[L.S.]
WILSONE BLACK,
Major-General,
Officer Administering the Government.
By His Excellency Major-General WILSONE BLACK, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Officer Administering the Government, and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong- kong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas, by a Proclamation dated the 23rd April, 1898, I gave notice that Her Majesty had been pleased to direct that, during the continuance of the present state of War between the Kingdom of Spain and the United States of America, certain Rules should be put in force in this Colony six days after the date of the said Proclamation, and should be obeyed by all persons; and whereas, I have been subsequently instructed by the Right Honourable JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, that such Rules shall be put in force in this Colony forthwith, I, hereby, give notice that Her Majesty has been pleased to direct that, during the continuance of the present state of War between the Kingdom of Spain and the United States of America, the Rules contained in my Proclamation dated 23rd April, 1898, are hereby put in force in this Colony forth- with, and are to be obeyed by all persons.
By His Excellency's Command,
GoD SAVE THE QUEEN.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH.
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Given at Government House. Victoria, Hongkong, this 25th day of April, 1898.
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