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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
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No. 40.
號十四第
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 28тп AUGUST, 1897.
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VOL. XLII.
日八十二月八年七十九百八千一 薄三十四第
No. 7.
[L.S,]
WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Governor.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished 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 Proclamation dated the 1st May, 1897, 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 Island of Formosa was proclaimed by the Governor in Council to be a place at which an infectious or contagious disease prevails.
And, whereas it is expedient to revoke such Proclamation in respect of the said Island of Formosa.
Now, therefore, I, Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, do, hereby, with the advice of the Executive Council, revoke the said Pro- clamation in respect of the Island of Formosa with effect from this date.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
J. G. T. BUCKLE,
Clerk of Councils.
Given at Government House, Victoria, Hongkong, this 26th day of August, 1897.