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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
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No. 31.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 2ND JULY, 1898.
VOL. XLIV.
號一十三第 日四十月五年戌戊
日二初月七年八十九百八千 - 簿四十四 第
No. 6.
[L.S.] WILSONE BLACK,
Major-General,
PROCLAMATION.
Officer Administering the Government.
By His Excellency Major-General WILSONE BLACK, Companion of the Most Hon ourable 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 Proclamation dated the 9th April. 1898, under Regulation No. 1 of the Quarantine Regulations made by the Governor in Council on the 18th day of March, 1897, under section 25 of Ordinance No. 26 of 1891, the ports of Canton, Whampoa, and Macao were proclaimed by the Governor in Council to be ports or places at which an infectious or contagious disease prevails.
And, whereas it is expedient to revoke such Proclamation in respect of the said ports of Canton, Whampoa, and Macao.
Now, therefore, I, 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 Hongkong and its Dependencies, do, hereby, with the advice of the Executive Council, revoke the said Proclama- tion in respect of the ports of Canton, Whampoa, and Macao with effect from this date.
By His Excellency's Command,
J. G. T. BUCKLE, Clerk of Councils.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Government House, Victoria, Hongkong, this 2nd day of July, 1898.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 289.
With reference to Government Notification No. 497 of the 20th November, 1897, it is hereby notified for public information that THOMAS SKINNER having returned to the Colony has been re-appointed by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, under Section 2 (d) of Ordinance 9 of 1892, to be a Surveyor of boilers of unlicensed steam-ships under 60 tons burden.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th June, 1898.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.