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Gazette the appointment of the Harbour Master to be Chief Examining Officer of shipping, and at the same time a notification drawn up by the Harbour Master of the position of the examination lines, and of the rules appertaining thereto.
11. The Colonial Secretary will obtain the Governor's signature to a financial Minute for 50,000 dollars on account of war expenditure, and bring it before the Finance Committee and Legislative Council at an early opportunity.
(2.)—Action by Registrar-General.
1. The Registrar-General will arrange with the Directors of the Tung Wa Hospital that sick and wounded of the Chinese Coolie Corps shall be received at the hospital, and that generally it should relieve the Government Civil Hospital as much. as possible of the care of Chinese patients.
2. He will warn the editors of the Chinese newspapers in the Colony not to publish, without express sanction, any information as to the movements of His Majesty's ships or troops or to the dispositions for defence, and not to publish anything likely to have a disturbing effect on the Chinese population.
He will at once report to the Colonial Secretary any case in which that warning has been neglected.
3. He will communicate to the Captain Superintendent of Police and the Colonial Secretary any information he may obtain with regard to the attitude of the Chinese population, and advise as to
be Proclamation that may any
necessary to reassure or give confidence to that population.
(3.)—Action by Treasurer.
1. The Treasurer will open an account for "War Expenditure" crediting to it the sum of 50,000 dollars, for which a vote will be taken in the Legislative Council, and debiting it in the first instance with all expenditure incurred by the Civil Departments of Government whether such expenditure is ultimately to be recovered from the Imperial Government or not.
2. At the conclusion of the first month of mobilization the Treasurer in consultation with the Commandant of Volunteers, Harbour Master, Captain-Superintendent of Police, and Principal Civil Medical Officer, will be able to present a fairly accurate forecast of future weekly expenditure to submit to the Legislative Council.
(4.)-Action by Harbour Master.
1. The Harbour Master will be prepared to give effect, in concert with the Captain-Superintendent of Police, to any orders that may be issued in pursuance of a Proclamation under the Military Stores (Prohibition of Exportation) Ordinance, 1862, prohibiting the export of arms, ammunition, and gunpowder, provisions or any sort of vietual which may be used as food by man.
2. He will, on the application from the officer in charge of transport, furnish that officer with any assistance he may require in chartering extra launches, cargo boats, and water boats required in connection with mobilization.
3. When the Senior Naval Officer informs the Governor that it is necessary to put in force the arrangements for the Examination Service and Regulation of Traffic detailed in Chapter VII (L), the Harbour Master will be appointed Chief Examining Officer of shipping, to act under the direction of the Commodore in carrying out those arrangements.
4. He will send to the Colonial Secretary for publication in the Gazette announcing his appointment a notification of the position of the examination lines and the rules. appertaining thereto.
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