No. 25.
PROCLAMATION.
Ronay
Norevier,
Dy His Excellency Sir Francis Hexby May Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint Cleorge Governor and Commander- in-Chief of thự Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the
SAI
Whereas by Section 159 of the Army Act it is enacted that where the Governor of a Colony in which any of His Majesty's forces are serving declares at any time or times. that by reason of the imminence of active service or of the recent existence of active service it is necessary for the public service that the forces in die Colony should be temporarily subject to the said Act as if they were on active service then on the publica- tion in general orders of any such declaration the forces to which the declaration applies shall be deemed to be on active service for the period mentioued in the declaration so that the period mentioned in any one declaration do not exceed duve months from the date thereof:
And Whereas by declaration male on the th day of August 1914 it was declared by Proclamation published in the Gocerument fazelle Extraŭdinary dated the 5th day of August 1914 to be necessary for the public service that His Majesty's forces in the Holony be subject to the said Not for the period of three mouths from the date thereof us if they were on active service:
And Whereas by a Proclamation made on the 1th day of November 1914 the sail declaration was renewed for a period of three months from the sud 4th day of November 1911:
„And Whereas by a Proclamation made on the 3rd day of February 1915 the sai declaration was renewed for a period of three months from the sail 3rd day of February
1915:
And Whereas by a Proclamation made on the 3ul day of April 1915 the said declu- ration was renewed for a period of three months from the Ard day of May 1915: