15028-1910-PROCLAMATION — Page 2

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 27, 1910.

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Whereas, by Regulation No. 1 of the Quarantine Regulations made by the Governor in Council on the 17th day of June, 1901, under section 23 of Ordinance No. 10 of 1899, it is provided that the term "port or place at which any infections or contagious disease prevailed" means a port or place proclaimed to be such by Order of the Governor in Council, published in the Gazette, from the date of such Proclamation;

And whereas the said Quarantine Regulations were duly notified to take effect as from the 20th day of June, 1901;

And whereas His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government-in-Council has ordered that Swatow should be proclaimed as a port or place at which an infectious or contagious disease prevails;

Now, therefore, I, Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY, Knight Commander of the Most Distin- guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Officer Administering the Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, do hereby, with the advice of the Executive Council, proclaim Swatow as a port or place at which an infectious or contagious disease prevails.

Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, at Victoria, Hongkong, this 25th day of May, 1910.

By Command,

GOD SAVE THE KING.

A. M. THOMSON,

Colonial Secretary.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

No. 152. It is hereby notified that ALAN EUSTACE WOOD is authorised by the Governor-in-Council under Section 2 of the New Territories Small Debts Court Ordinance, 1908, (Ordinance No. 22 of 1908), to hold a Small Debts Court in the New Territories (exclusive of New Kowloon) at the following places :—

Tai Po, Sha Tau Kok, Sheung Shui, Shatin, San Tin, Tai Kin, Au Tau, Peng Shan, Sai Kung, Tsun Wan, Tai O, Tung Chung. Cheung Chau and Yeung Shu Wan.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

25th May, 1910.

C. CLEMENTI,

Clerk of Councils.

APPOINTMENTS, &C.

No. 153. His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to appoint ALAN EUSTACE WOon to act as Assistant District Officer for the Northern District of the New Territories and Join Daniel Lloyd to act as First Assistant Registrar General and Deputy Registrar of Marriages, with effect from the 18th instant.

23rd May, 1919.