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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 7, 1921.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
No. 406.
Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 17 of the Piracy Preven- tion Ordinance, 1914, Ordinance No. 23 of 1914, this 29th day of September, 1921.
The Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 17 of the Piracy Prevention Ordinance, 1914, on the 17th day of September, 1914, and published on pages 455 to 465 of the Regulations of Hongkong, 1914, are hereby amended as follows:--
1. By deleting on page 456 of the said regulations the regulation 3 (b) and sub-
stituting therefor the following:-
3 (6) Watchmen, not exceeding four in number at the discretion of the Captain Superintendent of Police, shall be provided. Two of such watchmen shall keep watch under arms during the whole period of the voyage at the gratings on the bridge, the remaining watchmen shall keep watch under arms and be posted as directed by the Captain Superintendent of Police.
2. By deleting on page 456 of the said regulations the regulation 4 (b) and sub-
stituting therefor the following:--
4 (6) Watchmen, not exceeding four in number at the discretion of the Captain Superintendent of Police, shall be provided. Two of such watchmen shall keep watch under arms during the whole period of the voyage forward of the grating, one on each side of the wheel, the remaining watchmen shall keep watch under arms and be posted as directed by the Captain Superintendent of Police.
29th September, 1921.
No. 407.
Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 3 of the Vehicles and Traffic Regulation Ordinance, 1912, Ordinance No. 40 of 1912, as amended by the Vehicles and Traffic Regulation Ordinance, 1921, Ordinance No. 4 of 1921, this 6th day of October, 1921.
The Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 3 of the Vehicles and Traffic Regulation Ordinance, 1912, on the 29th April, 1920, and published in the Gazette of the 30th April, 1920, as Notification No. 231, are hereby amended as follows:-
1. Regulation 30 is amended by the insertion of the words "and shall, as soon as he reasonably can, make a report at the nearest police station of any injury to any person or animal, caused by such collision" immediately after the word "necessary fourth line thereof.
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2. Regulation 50 is amended by the insertion of the words "and shall sound his horn" immediately after the word "advisable" in the third line thereof.
3. Regulation 56 is amended by the insertion of the words and marks "(between Connaught Road and Des Voeux Road Central)" immediately after the words "Ice House Street" in the nineteenth line thereof.
4. Regulation 62 is amended by the deletion of the words "Arsenal Street" in the sixth line thereof.
5. Regulation 81 is amended by the deletion of the table of fares in paragraph 1 of the Heading "Jinrikishas", and by the substitution therefor of the following table :—
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 7, 1921.
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Every subsequent hour
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6. The following regulation is inserted immediately after Regulation 101 :-
‘101 a.—A motor bicycle to which a side-car is attached shall between sunset and sunrise carry, in addition to the light required by Regulation 101, a light properly trimmed and lighted, and affixed to that side of the side car which is furthest away from the motor bicycle.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
6th October, 1921.
S. B. B. McELDERRY,
Clerk of Councils.
APPOINTMENTS, &c.
No. 408.-Ilis Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, provisionally and subject to the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. PERCY JOHN TAYLOR to be Third Assistant Government Marine Surveyor, with effect from the 1st October, 1921.
6th October, 1921.
No. 409.--Ilis Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognise, provi- sionally and pending instructions from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. FRANCIS O. SEIDLE as a Vice-Consul of the United States of America in Hongkong.
7th October, 1921.
No. 410.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. BADEN EDWIN GEORGE SPINKS to be a Forest Officer for the control and superintendence of the forests of the Colony, with effect from the 1st October, 1921.
7th October, 1921.
No. 411.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint CHAN PUI () to be a Forest Officer for the control and superintendence of the forests of the Colony, in succession to LAM KWUN YAU () resigned, with effect from the 1st October, 1921.
7th October, 1921.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 412.-With reference to Government Notifications Nos. 346 and 356, pub- lished in the Gazettes of the 12th and 19th August, 1921, respectively, the following Order of His Majesty in Council is published for general information.
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AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, THE 10TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1921.
PRESENT,
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
HEREAS by the Termination of the Present War (Definition) Act, 1918, it is provided that His Majesty in Council may declare what date is to be treated as the date of the termination of the present War, and that the date so declared shall be as nearly as may be the date of the exchange or deposit of ratifications of the treaty or treaties of peace:
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