No. 26.
PROCLAMATION.
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Governor.
By His Excellency Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY Knight Commantler of the Most Dis- tinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same:
Whereas by section 189 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 imuninouce of active service or of the recent existence of active service it is necessary for the public service that the forces in the 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 say such declaration the forces to which the declaration applies shall be deemed to be on native service for the period awontioned in the declamation so that the period mentioned in any one declaration do not exceed three months from the date thereof:
And Whereas by declaration made on the 5th day of August 1914 it was declared by Proclamation published in the Government Gazette Extraordinary dated the 5th day of August 1914 to be necessary for the public service that His Majesty's forces in the Colony be subject to the said Act for the period of three months from the date thereof as if they were on active service:
And Whereas by Proclamations made on the ith day of November 1914 3rd February 30th April 30th July and 20th October 1915 2nd February and 2nd May 1916 the said declaration was renewed for a period of three mouths from time to time :
And Whereas by a Proclamation made on the 25th day of July 1916 the said declara- tion was renewed for a period of three months from the 3rd day of August 1916:
And Whereas the said period of three months will expire on the 3rd day of Novem- ber 1916 Now therefore I Sir FuANOIS 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 Dependencies and Vice Admiral of the same being of opinion that the necessity of His Majesty's forces in the Colony being subject to the said Act continues do hereby declare that by reason of the imminence of active service it is necessary for the public service that His Majesty's forces in this Colony be subject to the said Act for the further period of three months from and after the 3rd day of November 1910.
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria Hongkong this 27th day of October 1916.
By Command,
God Save The KINO.
ClaudSevem
Colonial Secretar$.