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No. 4.

PROCLAMATION.

Amaz

Governor.

By His Excellency Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY, K.C.M.G., Governor and Commandor- 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 imminence 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 publication 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 mentioned in the declaration so that the period mentioned in any one declaration do not exceed three months from the date thereof:

Now, therefore, I, Sir Francis Benny May, K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in- Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the sanie 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 period of three months from the date hereof as if they were on active service.

Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoris, Hongkong, this 5th day of August, 1914

By Command,

GOD SAVE THE KING,

CandSever

Colonial Secretary.