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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 26, 1913.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

No. 294. His Majesty the King has not been advised to exercise his power of dis- allowance with respect to the following Ordinances :-

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Ordinance No. 14 of 1913.-An Ordinance to amend the Official Signatures Fees

Ordinance, 188%.

Ordinance No. 15 of 1913.-An Ordinance to prohibit the importation and circula-

tion of certain Foreign Coins.

Ordinance No. 16 of 1913.—An Ordinance to amend the New Territories Regula-

tion rdinance, 1910.

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Ordinance No. 21 of 1913.—An Ordinance to give effect to the change in the name and style of the office heretofore known as that of the Registrar General.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

26th September, 1913.

R. H. CROFTON,

Clerk of Councils.

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APPOINTMENTS, &C.

No. 295. His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to appoint Mr. MICHAEL JAMES BREEN to act as Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs in addition to his other duties with effect from the 28th August, 1913.

24th September, 1913.

No. 296. His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to appoint the Mr. L. G. BIRD to be a Member of the Committee for the Wong-nei-chong and Queen's Recreation Grounds, as representative of the Hockey Club, vice Mr. J. BARTON.

26th September, 1913.

No. 297.-His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased provisionally to appoint Mr. GEORGE JAMISON CHAMBERS to the post of Land Bailiff, New Territories, rendered vacant by the absence of Mr. WILLIAM JORDON UNWIN without leave on reasonable cause, with effect from 10th September.

26th September, 1913.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 298.—The following is published for general information.

26th September, 1913.

A. M. THOMSON,

Colonial Secretary.

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND PORTUGAL FOR THE REGULATION OF THE OPIUM MONOPOLIES IN THE COLONIES OF HONGKONG AND MACAO.

Signed at London, June 14, 1913.

In pursuance of the conclusions of the International Opium Conference, and in consi- deration of the fact that the geographical situation of the colonies of Macao and Hongkong makes it necessary to regulate in a similar way the opium monopolies in the said colonies in all matters concerning the restriction of the consumption, sale, and exportation of prepared opium and repression, of smuggling;