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Objects and Reasons.

1. Clause 2 of this amending Bill repeals section 5 (5) of the principal Currency Ordinance (No. 54 of 1935 as amended by No. 44 of 1936) and replaces it by a sub-section which re-enacts it with the substitution of the words "shall be held" for the words "may be held" and with the omission of the word "silver" before the words "coin" and "bullion".

2. Clause 3 repeals section 7 of the principal Ordinance (No. 54 of 1935 as amended by No. 57 of 1936) and replaces it by another which no longer requires the surrender of silver coin or silver bullion, which under the repealed section the Treasurer was required to pay for in Hong Kong currency at face value for the coin and at a fixed rate for the bullion.

3. The new section 7 enables holders of British Dollars to exchange them for Hong Kong currency before the 1st August, 1937, after which date they will be demonetized by the Proclamation in the Hong Kong Government Gazette of the 30th April, 1937, under the Hong Kong (Coinage) Order, 1936, which was published in the Gazette of the 8th January,

1937.

4. Clause 4 of the Bill repeals section 9 of the principal Ordinance (No. 54 of 1935) which is no longer required.

C. G. ÁLABASTER,

Attorney General.

30th April, 1937.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEpartment.

No. S. 139.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted by Hong Kong.

Disease.

Port or Place.

Restriction in Force.

Cholera.

Bangkok.

Medical Inspection, Disinfection and Quarantine at

the discretion of the Health Officer.

28th May, 1937.

Authority.

Notification No. 42 of 20th January, 1937.

R. A. C. NORTH,

Colonial Secretary.