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No. I.

PROCLAMATION.

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Goerruar,

By His Excellency Sir FREDERICK JOHN DEALTRY LUGARD, Kaight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same.

Whereas by Section. 3 of the Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor of Hongkong, by Proclamation, for the purposes of the said Act, among other things, to declare what shall be deemed to be the duration of the voyage of any Chinese Passenger Ship:

Now, therefore, I, the said Sir FREDERICK JOUs Dealy Lugano, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on me by the said Act, do her y proclaim and declare that, for the purposes of the said Act, the voyage of any Chinese Passenger Ship from Hongkong or any port of China to Polew Island shall be deemed to be a voyage of nine days' duration; and that accordingly the voyage shall be deemed to be a voyage of "not more than thirty days' duration within the meaning of Section 4 of The Chinese Einigration Ordin- ance, 1889, of Hongkong.

Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, at Victoria, Hongkong, this

The day of

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1909.

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By Command,

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Cufonint Secretary,

GOD SAVE THE KING.