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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 20, 1941.

PAPERS.

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3. The following papers were laid on the table:-

Amendment made by the Governor in Council under section 32 (2) (b) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, Ordinance No. 10 of 1899, to Table P in the schedule to the said Ordinance, dated 16th May, 1941. Order made by the Governor in Council under section 6A (2) (a) of the New Territories Regulation Ordinance, 1910, Ordinance No. 34 of 1910, approv- ing Lot No. 262 in Demarcation District No. 446, Tsun Wan, to be a per- manent cemetery for Chinese, dated 14th May, 1941.

Amendment made by the Governor under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts, 1939 and 1940, as applied to the Colony by the Emergency Powers (Colonial Defence) Orders in Council, 1939 and 1940, to the Defence Regulations, 1940, dated 13th May, 1941.

Order made by the Controller of Trade under regulation 50 of the Defence Regulations, 1940, with the approval of the Governor, prohibiting the import of semi-manufactured iron and steel products, dated 14th May, 1941.

Amendment made by the Governor in Council under section 10A of the De- fences (Firing Areas) Ordinance, 1936, Ordinance No. 1 of 1936, to the First Schedule to the said Ordinance, dated 20th May, 1941.

Resolution made by the Legislative Council on 22nd May, 1941, under section 3 of the Note-issuing Banks Extension of Powers Ordinance, 1939, Ordin- ance No. 21 of 1939.

The Public Health (Sanitation) Ordinance, 1935, Amendment Regulations, 1941, made by the Governor under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts, 1939 and 1940, as applied to the Colony by the Emergency Powers (Colonial Defence) Orders in Council, 1939 and 1940, dated 19th May, 1941.

Order made by the Governor under regulation 46 of the Defence Regulations, 1940, amending the Defence (Ship's Stores) Order, 1940, dated 23rd May, 1941.

Order made by the Governor under regulation 50A of the Defence Regulations, 1940, declaring every undertaking for the execution of any repairs to or on board any ship to be a controlled undertaking, dated 23rd May, 1941.

The Controller of Water Transport appointed by the Governor to be a com- petent authority for the purposes of regulation 50A of the Defence Regula- tions, 1940, dated 23rd May, 1941.

List of persons registered under the Registration of Dentists Ordinance, 1940, Ordinance No. 1 of 1940, to whom an annual practising certificate for 1941 has been issued, and published in accordance with section 12 (1) of the said Ordinance, dated 23rd May, 1941.

Sessional Papers, 1941-

No. 4.-Report of the Reconstituted War Revenue Committee.

QUESTIONS.

4. The Honourable Mr. JOHN JOHNSTONE PATERSON, pursuant to notice, asked the

following questions:---

1. Will the Government give statistics of the incidence of evacuation on the

wives of senior Government Officers, namely -

(a) wives not in the Colony when the evacuation was ordered, (b) wives departed since that date,