and November
of a notification which has his copies in pursuance thereof been " "1893.
in the Hongkong Government Gazette published.
2.
The limitation of the exemption of certain mail steamers from the payment of fees under the "Sunday Cargo-Working Ordinance" of 1891, to the cases of such steamers when using Hongkong as an intermediate port of call and not as a terminal port, was ordered by the Governor Sir W. Robinson with the advice of the majority of the Executive Council, as it seemed to His Excellency in Council that such a limitation might properly be imposed in view of the marked distinction drawn in the letter of 18th August last from the Secretary to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, copy of which is enclosed in "Your Lordship's despatch