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No. 6.
PROCLAMATION,
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Gabernar.
By Ilis Excellency Sir FRANCIS Hesor May, Knight Commander of the Most Distin- guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Depsdencies and Vice-Admiral of the samo.
Whereas by section 6 of Ordinance 10 of 1886, entitled--The Peace Preservation Or- dinance, 1886, it is provided among other things that :-
Whenever it shall appear to be necessary for the preservation of the public peace of the Colony, it shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to declage by Troclamation to be published in the Gazette that the Colony shall be subject to the provisions of sections ↑ to 14 of the said Ordinance,
And whereas it appears to me in Executive Council that such necessity existe :
Now, therefore, I, Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY, Knight Commander of the Most Distin- guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Iependencies 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 hand declare and proclaim that the Colony of Hongkong shall be subject to the above quoted provisions of the Ordinance aforesaid."
Given under my band and the Public Seal of the Colony, at Victoria, Hongkong, this 18th day of December, 1912.
By Command,
Gon SAVE THE KING.
Colonial Secretary,