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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 4, 1910.

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No. 167.- His Majesty the King has not been advised to exercise his power of dis- allowance with respect to the following Ordinances :-

Ordinance No. 40 of 1909, entitled-An Ordinance to amend the Law relating

to Trade Marks.

Ordinance No. 1 of 1910, entitled-An Ordinance to amend the Pension Ordin-

ance, 1862.

Ordinance No. 2 of 1910, entitled---An Ordinance to further amend the Liquors

Ordinance, 1909.

Ordinance No. 3 of 1910, entitled-An Ordinance to regulate the Law as to

Oaths.

Ordinance No. 4 of 1910, entitled--An Ordinance to amend the Official Signatures

Fees Ordinance, 1888.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

31st May, 1910.

C. CLEMENTI,

Clerk of Councils.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

No. 168.-His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased - to appoint DAVID WILLIAM TRATMAN to discharge the duties of Superintendent of Imports and Exports under the Raw Opium Ordinance No. 23 of 1909, the Sugar Convention Ordin- ance No. 14 of 1904, and the Liquors Ordinance No. 27 of 1909, until further notice, with effect from this date.

1st June, 1910.

No. 169. Ilis Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to recognise, provisionally and pending the receipt of His Majesty's Exequatur, Mr. A»ÃO MARIA DE LOURDES SOARES as Consul for Bolivia in Hongkong,

1st June, 1910.

No. 170.

NOTICES.

Order under Section 91b of the Public Health and Buildings

·Ordinance, 1903, (as amended by Ordinance No. 11 of 1909).

WHEREAS I, SIR FRANCIS HENRY MAY, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Officer Administering the Govern- ment and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, deem it expedient for the execution of a public work (namely, the proper laying out of certain areas of Mount Caroline Cemetery in terraces for future interments) to remove the graves on Crown Land within the areas in Mount Caroline Cemetery coloured red and blue respectively on the plans referred to in Government Notifications Nos. 564 and 661 of the 10th September and 22nd October, 1909, respectively, AND WHEREAS notice of my intention to make the following order has been duly notified for a period of six months in accordance with the provisions of Section 91b of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, (as amended by Ordinance No. 11 of 1909), NOW I, by this order under my hand by virtue of the power in that behalf vested in me by the aforesaid Section 91b of the said Ordinance, do hereby order and direct that the graves within the areas in Mount Caroline Cemetery coloured red and blue respectively on the plans above referred to shall be removed to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works either by the Public Works Department or by the Tung Wa Hospital, should the Board of Direction desire to undertake the work, and that the remains removed from such graves shall be reinterred or disposed of in such manner as the Registrar General in consultation with the Head of the Sanitary Department and the Board of Direction of the Tung Wa Hospital shall think fit, and that all reasonable expenses in connection with such removal, reinterment and disposal shall be defrayed out of the public revenue of the Colony.

GIVEN under my hand this 31st day of May, in the year of Our Lord 1910.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

Hongkong.

F. H. MAY,

Officer Administering the Government.