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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 29, 1937.

810

No. 765

Hong Kong.

ORDINANCE No. 7 of 1926. (POST OFFICE).

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Post Office Ordinance, 1926, the Governor in Council further amends the Post Office Regulations published as Government Notification No. 118 in the Gazette of the 26th February, 1932, (as subsequently amended) as follows, with effect from the 1st November, 1937 :-

Amendments.

1. (a) In Regulation 3 (1) the figure and word “5 cents' are substituted for the figure and word "4 cents"

(b) In Regulation 4 (1) the figures and word "25 cents" are substituted for the figures and word "20 cents" and the figure and word "5 cents" are substituted for the figure and word "4 cents".

(c) In Regulation 6 the figure and word "3 cents" are substituted for the figure and word "2 cents".

(d) In Regulation 9 (3) the figures and word "25 cents" are substituted for the figures and word "20 cents" and the figures and word "10 cents" are substituted for the figure and word "8 cents".

(e) In Regulation 21 (1) the figures and word "25 cents" are substituted for the figures and word "20 cents" and for the figures and word "10 cents".

2. Regulation 7 (1) (published as Government Notifica- tion No. 27 in the Gazette of the 15th January, 1937), is rescinded and the following regulation is substituted therefor :-

7.-(1) The postage on samples shall be 10 cents for the first four ounces and 5 cents for each additional two ounces or part of two ounces.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

27th October, 1937.

B. C. K. HAWKINS,

Clerk of Councils.