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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
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Published by Authority.
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No. 31.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 10TH JULY, 1886
日九月六年戌丙 日十初月七年六十八百八千一
VOL. XXXII.
簿二十三第
No. 9.
PROCLAMATION.
[L.S.] W. H. MARSH.
By His Excellency WILLIAM HENRY MARSH, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint chael and Saint George, Officer Administering the Government and Commander-in-Chief of the lony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas by section 26 of Ordinance 6 of 1886, entitled-The Printers and Publishers Ordinance, 1886, it is enacted that this Ordinance shall commence and come into operation on a day to be pro- claimed by the Governor :
And whereas by section 2 of Ordinance 12 of 1886, entitled The Bills of Sale Ordinance, 1886, it is enacted, among other things, that this Ordinance shall commence and come into operation on a day to be named by the Governor :
And whereas by section 2 of Ordinance 13 of 1886, entitled The Sale of Land by Auction Ordi- sance, 1886, it is enacted that this Ordinance shall commence and take effect on a day to be proclaimed by the Governor :
Now, therefore, I, WILLIAM HENRY MARSII, Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, in pursuance of the said sections and by virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby under my hand proclaim that the said several Ordinances shall commence and take effect on and after the Twelfth day of July, 1886.
By Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Government House; Hongkong, this 10th day of July, 1886.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.