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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 22, 1910.

PROCLAMATIONS.

No. 4.

[L.S.]

FRANCIS HENRY MAY,

Officer Administering the Government,

By His Excellency 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. ❤

Whereas by Section 3 of the Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor of Hongkong, by Proclamation, for the purposes of the said Act, among other things, to declare what shall be deemed to be the duration of the voyage of any Chinese Passenger Ship :

Now, therefore, I, the said Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on me by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that, for the purposes of the said Act, the voyage of any Chinese Passenger Ship from Hongkong or any port of China to any part of the Felerated Malay States, shall be deemed to be a voyage of ten days' duration; and that accordingly the voyage shall be deemed to be a voyage of not more than thirty days' duration within the meaning of Section 4 of The Chinese Emigration Ordinance, 1889, of Hongkong.

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Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, at Victoria, Hongkong, this 22nd day of July, 1910.

By Command,

A. M. THOMSON,

Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE KING.

No. 221.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No.

THURSDAY, 14TH JULY, 1910.

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PRESENT :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT

(Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY, K.C.M.G.).

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General Robert

George Broadwood, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM REES DAVIES, K.C.).

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the Colonial Treasurer, (CHARLES MelLVAINE MESSER).

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the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.).

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the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

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the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSeph Badeley). Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK, C.M.G.

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Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

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Mr. MURRAY STEWART.

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Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

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The Council met pursuant to summons.

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