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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 2, 1907.
PROCLAMATIONS.
No. 4.
[L.S.]
FREDERICK JOHN DEALTRY LUGARD,
Governor.
By His Excellency Sir FREDERICK JOHN DEALTRY LUGARD, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas by Section 3 of the Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor of Hongkong, by Proclamation, for the purposes of the said Act, among other things, to declare what shall be deemed to be the duration of the
of voyage any Chinese Passenger Ship:
Now, therefore, I, the said Sir FREDERICK JOHN DEALTRY LEGARD, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on me by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that, for the purposes of the said Act, the voyage of any Chinese Passenger Ship from Hongkong or any port of China to the Islands of Banka and Billiton shall be deemed to be a voyage of eleven days' duration and a like voyage to the port of Macassar, in the Island of Celebes, shall be deemed to be a voyage of seventeen days' duration; and that accordingly these voyages shall be deemed to be voyages of "not more than thirty days' duration within the meaning of Section 4 of The Chinese Emigration Ordinance, 1889, of Hong- kong.
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, at Victoria, Hongkong, this 31st day of July, 1907.
By Command,
F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE KING.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
No. 507.-It is hereby notified with reference to Government Notification No. 481 of the 25th July, 1907, that the words "and not plying for hire" should be substituted for the words "and not applying for hire" in the second line of the Proviso to the Regulations for Motor Boats made by the Officer Administering the Government-in-Council on the 25th day of July, 1907.
A. G. M. FLETCHER, Clerk of Councils.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
1st August, 1907.