PROCLAMATION.
No. 1.
Goverunr.
Whereas by the Twenty-first section of the Supreme Court Ordinuace, 1878, it is enacted as follows:-
"The Court shall hold its sittings in the present Supreme Court Building or in such
other place us the Governor may from time to time appoint."
Now, therefore, I, Sir FREDERICK Jous Dualtur LUGARD, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Bonourable Order of the Bath, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice- Admiral of the same, do hereby appoint that, from aud after the fifteenth day of January, 1912, the Supreme Court of Hongkong shall no longer hold its sittings in the building heretofore known as the Supreme Court but shall hold its sittings in the Court specified in the Schedule hereto, situate in the building to be known henceforth as Th Courts of Justice".
SCHEDULE.
LE
1. The Court, situate in the centre of the said building, on the first floor thereof,
to be known as "The Chief Justice's Court ".
2. The Court, situate in the said building to the North of the aforesaid Court,.
and to be known as "The Second Court”.
3. The Court, situate in the said building to the South of the aforesaid Court,
and to be known as "The Third Court *.
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, nt Victoria, Hongkong, this 15th day of January, 1912.
By Command,
GOD SAVE THE KING.
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Colonial Secretary.