100649-1926-PROCLAMATION — Page 2

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 3, 1926. 521

And I do further require you, the said Commissioners, to report to me your findings in the matter of the said inquiry and your recommendations at as early a date as poss- ible :

And I do further, with the advice of the Executive Council, revoke the commission issued by me on the 25th day of November, 1926, and published in the Gazette of the 26th day of November, 1926.

Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria, Hong Kong, this 2nd day of December, 1926.

By Command,

W. T. SOUTHORN,

Colonial Secretary.

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GOD SAVE THE KING.

NOTE. This commission is issued in substitution for that published in the Gazette of the 26th November. The alterations are (1) the addition to the commission of a mercantile marine officer with a master's certificate having a knowledge of the China Coast, and (2) the addition of a further term of reference giving a general power to make recommendations as to the measures for preventing. piracy.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

No. 658.-His Majesty the KING has not been advised to exercise his power of disallowance with respect to the following Ordinance :-

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Ordinance No. 10 of 1926.--An Ordinance to amend the Peak Tramway Ordi-

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

2nd December, 1926.

nance, 1883.

D. W. TRATMAN,

Clerk of Councils.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

No. 659.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to re-appoint Dr. ALICE DEBORAH HICKLING, M.B.E., to be a Member of the Board of Education for a further period of two years, with effect from the 5th December, 1926.

2nd December, 1926.

No. 660.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resigna- tion by Lieutenant JAMES THORNTON SMALLEY of his Commission in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, with effect from 29th November, 1926.

3rd December, 1926.