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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEB. 16, 1906.
APPOINTMENTS, &c.
No. 107. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint RICHARD HAYES CROFTON to be a Director of the Widows and Orphans' Pension Fund, with effect from the 15th instant.
16th February, 1906.
No. 108.-During the absence on leave of General E. S. BRAGG, Mr. W. T. GRACEY, Vice and Deputy Consul-General, will be in charge of the Consulate General of the United States of America, with effect from the 15th instant.
16th February, 1906.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 109. It is hereby notified that telegraphic information has been received from the Government of Burina to the effect that Hongkong has been declared an infected port.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.
16th February, 1906.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 110. It is hereby notified that the following letter has been received from the Consul General for the Netherlands-India.
16th February, 1906.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.
HONGKONG, 12th February, 1906.
SIR, I have the honour to inform you that the Governor General of Nether- lands-India has decreed that all ships or vessels arriving from Hongkong or having called at this port are subject in Netherlands-India to a quarantine of five days from the date of departure from this port or since the last case of plague on board.
Importation is temporarily prohibited of:---
Animal refuse, claws and hoofs,
Animal or human hair and bristles.
Hides, which are untanned and which are salted or cured with arsenic, Raw wood and rags,
Bags or sacks which have already been used,
coming from Hongkong or transhipped at this port.
Also it is temporarily prohibited to import from Hongkong into Netherlands- India tapestry and used embroideries unless they are transported as personal baggage or in consequence of change of residence.
The Honourable T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Colonial Secretary, Hongkong.
I have, &c.,
DROEZE.
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