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HE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 2, 1913.

EXECUTIVE. COUNCIL.

No. 130.

Regulations made by the Governor-in-Council under Section 3 of the Vehicles and Traffic Regulation Ordinance, 1912, (Ordinance No. 40 of 1912), on the 24th day of April, 1913.

The Regulations made by the Governor-in-Council under the above Ordinance on the 29th November, 1912, and published in the Government Gazette of the 6th December, 1912, as Notification No. 359, are hereby amended as follows:-

1. The words, "Island of Hongkong", are hereby substituted for the words, "City of Victoria", in the description of the 5th class of vehicle in the Table in Regu- lation No. 1, and in Regulation No. 7.

2. The heading 6 of Table in Regulation No. 1-6. Public Rickshas licensed for

Quarry Bay Half yearly, $12.00"-is hereby deleted.

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3. Regulation No. 9 is hereby repealed and the following regulation is substituted

therefor

"9. Not more than 1,150 public rickshas shall be licensed for the Island of Hongkong. Public rickshas shall be of such pattern, size, weight, and appointments as may be approved by the Captain Superinten- of Police. For each public ricksha licensed for the Island of Hong- kong there may be two licensed drivers."

4. Regulation No. 86 (a) is hereby amended by the insertion at the commencement thereof of the words "Except with a written permit from the Captain Superin- tendent of Police".

5. Regulation No. 103 is hereby repealed,

6. The words, "In the Island of Hongkong", are hereby substituted for the words, "In Victoria and beyond Victoria, if engaged in Victoria ", as the heading of the first division of the fares for Rickshas in Table A.

7. The Note to the said first division of the fares for Rickshas in Table A is hereby

repealed and the following Note is substituted therefor :-

"Note. If the ricksha be engaged within the City of Victoria, and be dis- charged outside the Western part of the City of Victoria after 9 p.m., or be discharged to the East of Bay View Police Station on the Eastern side of the City of Victoria after 9 p.m., an extra half fare shall be chargeable”.

8. The third division of the fares for Rickshas in Table A is hereby repealed.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

24th April, 1913.

R. H. CROFTON,

Clerk of Counci's.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

No. 131.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Captain EDWARD MICHAEL CONOLLY, Royal Horse Artillery (T.), to be his Private Secretary and extra Aide- de-Camp, vice Captain the Honourable FITZROY RICHARD SOMERSET, Grenadier Guards, with effect from the 5th February, 1913.

Government Notification No. 38 of 7th February, 1913, is hereby cancelled.

26th April, 1913.

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