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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 31, 1913.

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No. 28.-It is hereby notified that it is unlawful for any persons, of whatsoever nationality, to discharge, kindle, or let off any fireworks in the City of Victoria or within three hundred feet of the Praya Wall or within that portion of the Kowloon Peninsula which lies to the South of a line running from the junction of Nanking Street and Temple Street, Yaumati, to the boundary of Kowloon Marine Lot No. 40, except under permit issued by the Registrar General."

The firing of crackers on any of the days observed as Holidays is governed by the

above.

No. 29.-The following is published for general information.

31st January, 1913.

A. M. THOMSON,

Colonial Secretary.

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PANAMA CANAL TOLL RATES.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION.

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I, WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the Act of Congress, approved August twenty- fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve, to provide for the opening, inaintenance, protection and operation of the Panama Canal and the sanitation and government of the Canal Zone, do hereby prescribe and proclaim the following rates of toll to be paid by vessels using the Panama Canal:

1. On merchant vessels carrying passengers or cargo one dollar and twenty cents ($1.20) per net vessel ton-each one hundred (100) cubic feet—of actual earning capacity.

2. On vessels in ballast without passengers or cargo forty (40) per cent less than

the rate of tolls for vessels with passengers or cargo.

3. Upon naval vessels, other than transports, colliers, hospital ships and supply

ships, fifty (50) cents per displacement ton.

4. Upon army and navy transports, colliers, hospital ships and supply ships one dollar and twenty cents ($1.20) per net ton, the vessel to be measured by the same rules as are employed in determining the net tonnage of merchant vessels.

The Secretary, of War will prepare and prescribe such rules for the measurement of vessels and such regulations as may be necessary and proper to carry this proclamation into full force and effect.

In Witness Whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this thirteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty- seventh.

By the President

P. C. KNOX,

Secretary of State.

WM. H. TAFT.

SUPREME COURT.

No 30.-It is hereby notified that at the expiration of three months from the date hereof the Shanghai Times and Sport and Gossip, Limited, will, unless cause is shewn to the -contrary, be struck off the Register and the Company will be dissolved.

28th January, 1913.