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26 October, 1916.
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HONG KONG NO.
GOVERNOR
280
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SIR F.H.KAY,K.C.V.G.
&c. &c.,
&c.
MINUTE.
Mr. Beckett
Mr. Robinson 25
Mr.
Mr. Grindle.
Mr. Lambert.
Mr. Read.
Sir G. Fiddes.
Mr. Steel-Maitland.
Mr. Bonar Law.
/10/16
LUFFA
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge
the receipt of your despatch No. 329 of
the 23rd August, and to inform you that
His Majesty will not be advised to exercise
his power of disallowance in respect of
Ordinance No. 11 of 1916 entitled "An
Ordinance to amend the Revenue Officers
Power of Arrest Ordinance, 1913
since the terin 2. I am advised that the "Revenue
Officer" is defined in the Interpretation
*
Ordinance, 1911, us confined to any person
appointed to act as revenue officer under
Ordinance49 of 1911, and that from this
it follows that only a'person appointed
under the latter Ordinance may exercise
the powers conferred by section2 of the
Revenue Officers Power of Arrest Ürdinance
1913,