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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 1, 1915.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 148. It is hereby notified that the Sanitary Board has under By-law No. 13 of the Cemetery By-laws made under section 16 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, (Ordinance No. 1 of 1903), directed that the following cemeteries shall be set apart for re-interments after exhumation and for the storage of the remains in pots or urns :---

1. Aplichau.

2. Tai Shek Ku.

No. 149. It is hereby notified that all letters intended for British prisoners of war in Germany should be forwarded to the Deputy Chief Censor (Hostile Countries), Salisbury House, London, E.C., who will censor them and transmit them to their destina- tion. They should not be sent to the Prisoners of War Information Bureau.

No. 150. It is hereby notified that at the next meeting of the Legislative Council.

a resolution will be moved as follows :-

Resolved by the Legislative Council that the percentage on the valuation of tene- ments payable as rates in the under-mentioned places be altered from the 1st July, 1915, as follows:-

Sai Wan Ho Shaukiwan East

Shaukiwan West

From 10 to 12

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103 121

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Tsing Shui Ma Tau

Po Kau Wat

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103 121

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102, 121

102 121

No. 151. It is hereby notified for general information that the following places have been established as Crematoria the opening of which has been authorised in writing by the Sanitary Board and approved by the Governor-in-Council:--

1. The Japanese Crematorium at So Kun Po.

2. The Sikh Burning Ground behind the Sikh Temple.

3. The cremation ground for Indian Troops at Kowloon shown on a plan coloured red and blue deposited in the office of and signed by the Direc- tor of Public Works.

No. 152.-The following is published for general information.

1st April, 1915.

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE TO MASTERS.

Documents relating to Cargo.

It is essential during the war that masters of British merchant ships should always have on board the bills of lading and the manifest of cargo.

Neglect to comply with this instruction may result in ships being stopped and delayed by His Majesty's vessels or the war vessels of the allied nations.

MARINE DEPARTMENT,

BOARD OF TRADE,

December, 1914.

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ERNEST G. MOGGRIDGE, Assistant Secretary.

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