No. 4.
PROCLAMATION.
Governor.
By His Excellency Sir HENRY ARTHUR BLAKE, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong- kong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas by section 7 of Ordinance No. 14 of 1894, entitled An Ordinance to secure, in certain cases, the rights of property in telegraphic messages, and to prevent the forgery and improper disclo sure of telegrams, it is enacted as follows:-
"This Ordinance shall not come into operation unless and until the Governor notifies by Proclamation that it is Her Majesty's pleasure not to disallow the same and thereafter it shall come into operation upon such day as the Governor shall notify by the same or any other Proclamation":
And whereas it was Her Majesty's pleasure not to disallow the said Ordinance :
Now, therefore, I. Sir HENRY ARTOUR BLAKE, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong- kong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, in pursuance of the said section and by virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby under my band proclaim that the said Ordinance shall come into force on the 20th day of May, 1901.
By His Excellency's Command,
Wercorbe levitt
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE King.
Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 14th day of May, 1901.