1938-HKRS29-8-9_Part01 — Page 15

No. 10.

PROCLAMATION,

and hottest

Governor.

By His Excellency St GOFFRY ALEXANDER STAFFORD NORTHCOTE, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and ita Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same.

WHEREAS it has been found necessary and expedient to provide at Victoria an additional Couri-house where a magistrate may sit for the purposes hereinafter mentioned:

AND WHEREAS the Court situate on the second floor in the southern end of the building known as the Magistracy bas been provided, to serve as such additional Court-house :

NOW THEREFORE 1, the suid Sir tikOPPRY ALEXANDER STAFFORD NORTHCOTE, do hereby appoint the place hereinafter mentioned (in addition to those places appointed as Court- houses by Proclamation given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony on the 1st day of May, 1937) as a Court- house where a Magistrate may sit to hear and try and determine and deal with complaints and informations and other mattera jo be heard and fried and determined and dealt with by him as a Magistrate in an open court:

The Court situate on the second floor in the southern end of the building known as the Magistracy, and now to be known as the "Third Court**.

Proclamation dated the 19th day of October, 1987 in hereby revoked as from the 20th day of September, 1938.

Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria, Hong Kong, this 20th day of September, 1988.

By Command,

N.L. Smith

Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE TEz Kino.