46120-1916-PROCLAMATION — Page 1

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No. IS.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 2, 1916.

PROCLAMATIONS.

[L.S.

FRANCIS HENRY MAY,

Gorernor..

By His Excellency Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY Knight Commander of the Most Dis- tinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same :

Whereas by section 3 of the Chinese Passengers Act 1855 it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor of Hongkong by proclamation for the purposes of the said Act among other things to declare what shall he deemed to be the duration of the voyage of any Chinese passenger ship:

And whereas by section 2 of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance 1915 it is enacted that in the said Ordinance the term "short voyage means any voyage within the mean- ing of the said Act of more than 7 days duration but not exceeding 30 days duration and any other voyage which may be declared by proclamation by the Governor to be a short

Voyage:

Now therefore I the said Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY under and by virtue of the powers conferred on me by the said Act and all other powers thereto me enabling do hereby proclaim and declare that the voyage of any ship from Hongkong or from any port in China or within 100 miles of the coast thereof to any port in British North Borneo shall for the purposes of the said Act be deemed to be a voyage of more than 7 days duration but not exceeding 30 days duration and shall for the purposes of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance 1915 be deemed to be a short voyage.

Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria Hongkong this 2nd day of June 1916.

By Command,

GOD SAVE THE KING.

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

No. 231. It is hereby notified that the following society has been exempted by the Governor in Council from registration under the Societies Ordinance, 1911, (Ordi- nance No. 47 of 1911), and its name is hereby added to the List of Exempted Societies, published in Government Notification No. 165 of 1916, under the following heading :-

Social Clubs (Chinese).

The Lai Hoo Musical Club (*).

25th May, 1916.