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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 3, 1913.

PROCLAMATIONS.

No. 1.

[L.S.]

FRANCIS HENRY MAY,

Governor.

By His Excellency Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY, Knight Commander of the Most Distin- guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Depedencies and Vice-Admiral of the same.

Whereas, by Regulation No. 1 of the Quarantine Regulations made by the Governor- in-Council on the 17th day of June, 1901, under section 23 of Ordinance No. 10 of 1899, it is provided that the term "port or place at which any infectious or contagious disease prevailed" means a port or place proclaimed to be such by Order of the Governor-in-Council, published in the Gazette, from the date of such Proclamation;

And whereas the said Quarantine Regulations were duly notified to take effect as from the 20th day of June, 1901 ;

And whereas His Excellency the Governor-in-Council has ordered that Hoihow should be proclaimed as a port or place at which an infectious or contagious disease prevails;

Now, therefore, I, Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY, Knight Commander of the Most Distin- ouished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same, do hereby, e advice of the Executive Council, proclaim Hoihow as a port or place at which ap

contagious disease prevails.

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ander my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, at Victoria, Hongkong, this 1 January, 1913.

By Command,

GOD SAVE THE KING.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

A. M. THOMSON,

Colonial Secretary.

No. 1.

Regulation made by the Governor-in-Council under Section 5 of the Dogs Ordinance, 1893, (Ordinance No. 5 of 1893), this 27th day of December, 1912.

No dog brought from Shanghai will be permitted to land in this Colony for a period of six months from this date.

A. G. M. FLETCHER, Clerk of Councils.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

27th December, 1912.