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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 6TH JULY, 1895.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 290.
The following Order of Her Majesty's in Council is published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWARt Lockhart,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd July, 1895.
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AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR,
The 11th day of May, 1895.
PRESENT,
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
LORD PRESIDENT
LORD CHAMBERLAIN
LORD KENSINGTON
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS MR. ARNOLD MORLEY.
HEREAS by the Twentieth Section of "The Finance Act, 1894," it is enacted that Her Majesty the Queen may, by Order in Council, apply that section to any British possession, where Her Majesty is satisfied that, by the law of such possession, no duty is leviable in respect of property situate in the United Kingdom when passing on death.
And whereas Her Majesty is satisfied that by the respective laws of Ceylon, Hongkong, the Straits Settlements, and the Bahama Islands, no duty is leviable in respect of property situate in the United Kingdom when passing on death.
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NOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the power by the aforesaid Act in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the Twentieth Section of "The Finance Act, 1894," shall apply to Ceylon, Hongkong, the Straits Settlements, and the Bahama Islands.
C. L. PEEL.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 291.
It is hereby notified that Her Majesty has not been advised to exercise her power of disallowance with respect to the following Ordinances :-
No. 2 of 1895, entitled-An Ordinance to regulate the issue of Bank Notes.
No. 7 of 1895, entitled-An Ordinance to further amend "The Building Ordinance, 1889."
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd July, 1895.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary,