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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 8, 1915.

Interpretation.

15. In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,

"The Board" means the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries:

"The Act of 1894" means the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894:

"Master" includes a person having the charge or command of a vessel: Other terms have the same meaning as in the Act of 1894.

Commencement.

16. This Order shall come into operation on the first day of November, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

Short Title.

17. This Order may be cited as the IMPORTATION OF DOGS ORDER OF 1914.

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In witness whereof, the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have here- unto set their Official Seal, this twenty-third day of October, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

SYDNEY OLIVIER,

Secretary.

PROCLAMATIONS.

No. 2. The following Proclamation of His Majesty the King is published for

general information:-

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By the KING.

A PROCLAMATION

Extending to the War with Turkey the Proclamations and Orders in Council now in Force Relating to the War.

GEORGE RI.

WHEREAS, owing to hostile acts committed by Turkish forces under German

officers, a state of war now exists between Us and the Sultan of Turkey ;

AND WHEREAS on the 4th day of August, 1914, a state of war came into exis- tence between Us and the German Emperor ;

AND WHEREAS We did on the same date and on certain other dates subsequent thereto issue certain Proclamations and Orders in Council connected with such state of

war;

AND WHEREAS on the 12th day of August, 1914, a state of war came into exis- tence between Us and the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary;

AND WHEREAS certain of the aforesaid Proclamations and Orders in Council have since been extended so as to cover the state of war between Us and the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary;

AND WHEREAS it is desirable now to provide for the state of war between Us and the Sultan of Turkey;

AND WHEREAS the Convention relating to the status of enemy merchant vessels at the outbreak of hostilities, signed at The Hague on the 18th October, 1907, has not been ratified by the Sultan of Turkey, and therefore We do not think fit to extend to Turkish ships the Order in Council issued on the 4th day of August, 1914, with reference