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NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. S. 92. It is hereby notified that information has been received from H. B. M. Consul-General, Bangkok, to the effect that Hongkong has been declared a suspected port by the Government of Siam on account of Small-pox. All vessels leaving Hongkong for Siam must call at Kohphra to be examined.

No. S. 93. It is hereby notified that information has been received from the Government of Burmah to the effect that Hongkong has been declared a Plague-infected port.

No. S. 94. Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.

Place or Port.

Nature of Measures.

Date.

Reference to Govern- ment Noti-

fication.

Netherlands

India.

Siam.

Burmah.

Hongkong declared an infected port. Importation of the 29th April, 1916. No. S. 78.

following articles from Hongkong or transshipped at this port is temporarily prohibited :—(1) wearing apparel, old and worn clothes, household effects for daily use, and used bedding, unless these goods are transported as personal luggage or in consequence of removal; (2) rags. (Re- fuse of new goods coming direct from the weaving-mills, from workshops where apparel is made or from bleaching- establishments, artificial wool, and cuttings of newspaper, are not considered as rags.)

Quarantine up to 21 days according to the state of health on board the ships but subject to exemption on production of certificates legalised by the Netherlands Consul- General at Hongkong.

Hongkong declared a suspected port ou account of Small-pox.

All vessels must call at Kobpfira to be examined.

Hongkong declared a Plague-infected port.

11th May, 1916.

No. S. 92.

15th May, 1916.

No. S. 93.

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretury.

19th May, 1916.

LAND OFFICE.

No. S. 95. It is hereby notified that the Letting of the following Granite Quarries at Lung Ku Tan by Public Auction will be held at the District Land Office, Tai Po, at 12 Noon, on Monday, the 29th day of May, 1916.

The Quarries are let for the term of one year from the 1st day of June, 1916, subject to the Special Conditions hereunder specified.

PARTICULARS OF THE QUARRIES.

Quarry No.

Locality.

Boundary Measurements.

1

Lung Ku Tau,

Do.

2

Estimated Area in Acres.

Upset Annual Crown Rent,

As per plan deposited in the District Land Office of the Northern District of the New Territories, Tai Po.

Do.

70

$600