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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 19, 1912.

APPOINTMENTS, &C.

11.

No. 8.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. JOHN Ros- KRUGE WOOD to act as Chairman of the Chinese Vernacular Primary Education Board during the absence on leave of the Honourable Mr. ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN, C.M.G., and until further notice, with effect from the 9th instant.

* 15th January, 1912.

No. 9-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by Captain WILLIAM ARTHUR CRAKE of his commission in the Hongkong Volunteer Corps, with effect from the 31st December, 1911.

15th January, 1912.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 10. It is hereby notified that the following Public and Bank Holidays will be observed as Government holidays :-

Public Holiday:

Good Friday, 5th April.

Bank Holiday:

Easter Monday, 8th April.

It is also notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, under the provisions of Section 8 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1875, Saturday, the 6th April, 1912, to be observed as a public holiday and Monday, the 19th February, being the day following Chinese New Year's Day, to be observed as a bank holiday.

It is also further notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to exclude the Police Magistrates' Department from the operation of the Public Holidays Ordinance, (No. 2 of 1875), on the 6th and 8th April, 1912.

No. 11-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, under Section 3 of the Vaccination Ordinance, 1890, (Ordinance No. 2 of 1890), the following gentleman to be a Public Vaccinator :-

Name.

Occupation.

Address.

Joseph Poon Why.

Dispenser.

Tung Wa Hospital.

19th January, 1912.

C. CLEMENTI,

Colonial Secretary.