THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 1, 1921.
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No. 132. The following Order of His Majesty in Council which appeared in the London Gazette of the 10th December, 1920, is published for general information.
1st April, 1921.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
THE 3RD DAY OF DECEMBER, 1920.
PRESENT,
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS
WHEREAS on the 20th day of January, 1914, an International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, and for purposes incidental thereto, was duly entered into by His Majesty and the other Signatory Powers more especially referred to and set out in the said Convention :
And whereas a Statute 4 and 5 Geo. V, c. 50, intituled “An Act to make such amendments of the law relating to Merchant Shipping as are necessary or expedient to give effect to an International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea" (being the Convention above referred to) was passed on the 10th day of August, 1914, the short title of which is "The Merchant Shipping (Convention) Act, 1914":
And whereas by Section 29, Sub-section 5, of the said Act it was provided as follows:-
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This Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1915: Provided that His Majesty may, by Order in Council, from time to time postpone the coming into operation of this Act for such period, not exceeding on any occasion of postponement one year, as may be specified in the Order"
And whereas by divers Orders in Council the coming into operation of the said Act has been from time to time postponed, and now stands postponed, by virtue of an Order in Council of the 11th day of June, 1920, until the 1st day of January, 1921 :
And whereas His Majesty deems it expedient that the provisions of the said Act should be further postponed:
Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, in pursuance of the powers vested in Him by the above-recited provision, and of all other powers Him thereunto enabling, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that the provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Convention) Act, 1914, shall be postponed from coming into operation until the 1st day of July, 1921.
ALMERIC FITZROY.
TREASURY.
No. 133. It is hereby notified for the information of Owners and Occupiers of tenements that, under the provisions of the Rating Ordinance, 1901, Ordinance No. 6 of 1901, Rates for the Second Quarter of 1921 are payable in advance on or before the 30th April, 1921.
If any person shall fail to pay such Rates on or before the 31st May, 1921, pro- ceedings will be taken in the Supreme Court for their recovery without further notice.
No refund of Rates in respect of vacant tenements will be granted unless such Rates have been paid during and within the month of April, 1921, nor unless application is made for such refund within fifteen days from the expiration of the quarter.
C. McI. MESSER, Treasurer.
1st April, 1921.
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