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I certify that adequate and timely notification was
made of the intention of the parties concerned to apply to
the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for an Ordinance styled
"An Ordinance to suppress and prevent abuses in the manage-
ment of Chinese temples and in the administration of the
funds of Chinese temples" before the same was brought into
the Legislative Council. Such notification was made in the
manner following:-
Notification of the intention of the parties to
apply for the said Ordinance was advertised in two issues
of the Government Gazette on the 23rd and 30th March, 1928;
in two issues of an English Newspaper circulating in the
Colony, namely,
The Hong Kong Daily Press on 4th and 5th April, 1928;
and in two issues of each of two vernacular newspapers
circulating in the Colony, namely,
The Kung Sheung Yat Po on 31st March and 2nd April, 1928,
The Tsun Wan Yat Po on 31st March and 2nd April, 1928.
A draft of the proposed said Ordinance was further published
in two issues of the Government Gazette on the 23rd and 30th
March, 1928.
A proof of the notification was made before me in
Executive Council.
Hong Kong, 4th May, 1928.
GOVE
Governor, &c.