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-No. 7.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH AUGUST, 1870.
[L.S.] HENRY WASE WHITFEILD.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency HENRY WASE WHITFEILD, Major-General Commanding Her Majesty's Troops in China and Japan, and Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies.
Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honorable Earl Granville, K.G., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinances; namely:-
No. 1 of 1870, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice
of the Legislative Council thereof, for the Preservation of Birds;
No. 2 of 1870, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to enable the Governor to co-operate with the Chinese Authorities for the Suppression of Piracy;
No. 3 of 1870, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for establishing a Chir ese Hospital to be supported by Voluntary Contributions, and for erecting the same into an Eleemosynary Corporation:-
Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed, as aforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE Queen.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 29th Day of July, 1870.
No. 96.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency Major-General WHITFEILD, Commanding Her Majesty's Troops in China and Japan, and Lieutenant-Governor of Hongkong and its Dependencies, has been pleased to appoint the following Gentlemen to be Justices of the Peace for this Colony, and they have taken the Oaths of Office accordingly:-
EDWARD ARTHUR, Esquire.
EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, Esquire.
JAMES BERWICK, Esquire.
SAMUEL JOHN GOWER, Esquire.
WILLIAM MACAULAY, Esquire.
LEWIS HENRY MOORSOM, Esquire.
RICHARD ALFRED O'BRIEN, Esquire, M.D.
THOMAS PYKE, Esquire.
SOLOMON DAVID SASSOON, Esquire.
JAMES MUSCHAMP VICKERS, Esquire.
JAMES WHITTALL, Esquire.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th July, 1870.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
No. 94.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency Major-General WHITFEILD, Commanding Her Majesty's Troops in China and Japan, and Lieutenant-Governor of Hongkong and its Dependencies, has been pleased to recognize Mr. C. EMIL BADE as in temporary charge of the Netherlands Consulate at Hongkong, till further
notice.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th July, 1870.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.