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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 22, 1909.

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No. 662.-His Majesty the King has not been advised to exercise his power of dis- allowance with respect to the following Ordinance :-

Ordinance No. 21 of 1999, entitled-An Ordinance to regulate the construction

and management of railways.

C. CLEMENTI,

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

19th October, 1909.

Clerk of Councils.

No. 663.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

Order and appointments made by His Excellency the Governor under Sections 5 and 6 of the Coroner's Ordinance, 1888, (No. 5 of of 1888), and Section 17 of the Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance, 1896, (No. 7 of 1896), this 15th day of October, 1909.

1, Sir FREDERICK JOHN DEALTRY LUGARD, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, do hereby by virtue of the powers vested in me by Sections 5 and 6 of the CORONER'S ORDINANCE, 1888, (No. 5 of 1888), order that the two existing Government Mortuaries at West Point, Victoria, and Yaumati, Kowloon, respectively, be set apart for the reception of dead bodies for the purpose of post mortem examinations under the said Ordinance, and I do hereby appoint Dr. ERNEST ALBERT SHAW, R.N., and Dr. JOHN CHRISTOPHER THOMSON to be Medical Officers in Victoria, and Dr. WILFRID WILLIAM PEARSE and Dr. JOHN WHITTAM HARTLEY to be Medical Officers at Kowloon for the purposes of Section 6 of the said Ordin-

ance:

AND I do further under Sub-section 5 of Section 17 of the BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE, 1896, (No. 7 of 1896), appoint Dr. WILFRID WILLIAM PEARSE and Dr. JOHN WHITTAM HARTLEY to be Medical Officers at Kowloon, for the pur- pose of instituting inquiries with a view to ascertaining the true cause of death of any person who has not been attended during his last illness by a registered medical practitioner and of reporting thereon to the Head of the Sanitary Department or to a Registrar of Deaths.

Hongkong, the 15th day of October, 1909.

F. D. LUGARD,

Governor.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 664.—It is hereby notified that it is the intention of the Governor to make an order, on the 23rd day of April, 1910, directing the removal of all graves in Mount Caroline- Cemetery which are within the areas coloured blue on a plan of the said Cemetery, which may be seen during office hours at the Offices of the Sanitary Department, Beaconsfield, in the City of Victoria. Such order will be made for the purpose of executing a public work, namely the proper laying out of such areas, in terraces, for future interments,