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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 9, 1916.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

No. 247. 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 :—-

Miscellaneous.

First Kowloon Troop of Baden Powell Boy Scouts.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

1st June, 1916.

NOTICES.

A. G. M. FLEtcher,

Clerk of Councils.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 248. The following notice issued by the Foreign Office for the information of British subjects who may have occasion to put forward claims before the German Prize Court is published for general information.

In the reports of judgments of the German Prize Court which have reached His Majesty's Government it is observed that in many cases claims put forward by British subjects have been rejected by the Court on the ground that the claimants had failed to submit a power of attorney, as prescribed by section 27, paragraph 2, of the German Prize Court Regulations.

A translation of the section above referred to is accordingly appended for the infor mation of persons who may have occasion to put forward claims before that Court :-

Section 27 of German Prize Court Regulations.

"In the statement of claim shall be indicated the facts and proofs by which the claim is supported; if possible, documents shall be attached to the "statement in the original.

The said statement of claim shall be signed by an advocate provided with a "written power of attorney and admitted to practice at a German Court, "who has obtained the qualification to sit as a Judge.

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"If the claimant is not residing at the place of the official seat of the Prize 'Court, he shall indicate a person there domiciled upon whom service 'may be effected on his behalf.”

FOREIGN OFFICE,

March 1, 1916.

No. 249. The following notice is published for general information.

Cargoes of Enemy Vessels in Portuguese Harbours.

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His Majesty's Minister at Lisbon reports by telegraph that the Portuguese Govern- ment have issued a Decree, dated the 21st instant, providing that Allied and Neutral cargoes of, or discharged from, German vessels will be delivered up by the Procurator of the Republic in the respective districts, to whom application should be made for the pur- pose within a period of 30 days. This period may be extended in certain cases.

It is added that a security will be required from cargo owners whose papers are not in order, and that the Portuguese Government retain the right to requisition cargoes on payment of an indemnity. The Portuguese Prize Court will decide all questions which imay arise relative to cargoes.

FOREIGN OFFICE,

April 24, 1916.