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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 13, 1917.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

No. 153. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments, during the absence on leave of Mr. ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON or until further notice :--

Mr. EDWARD Dudley CorscADEN WOLFE to act as Treasurer, with effect from the

12th April, 1917.

Mr. STEWART Buckle Carne Ross to act as Postmaster General, with effect from

the 16th April, 1917.

Mr. ARTHUR DYER BALL to act as District Officer, with effect from the 16th April,

1917.

Mr. ERIC WILLIAM HAMILTON to act as Assistant District Officer, New Terri-

tories, with effect from the 16th April, 1917.

18th April, 1917.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 154. The following rules relating to passages for women and children are published for general information, and supersede all rules previously published :---

1. Passports will not be granted at Hongkong to women and children to travel by British vessels through the danger zones except in cases of great emergency or for exceptionally urgent reasons.

2. Women and children arriving at Hongkong in British vessels on their way elsewhere will be permitted to proceed, but will be warned of the risk attending passage beyond certain ports.

3. Women and children will not be prevented from travelling in vessels of other

than British nationality.

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No. 155. The following "Trading with the Enemy (Consolidation) Regulations, 1917," made by H.B.M. Minister, Peking, are published for general information.

China.

NOTICE.

The following Regulations, made by His Majesty's Minister, and allowed by the Secretary of State, are published for general information.

Peking, January 1, 1917.

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B. ALSTON,

His Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires,

KING'S REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 155 OF THE CHINA ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1904,” AND ARTICLE 13 OF THE CHINA (AMENDMENT) ORDER IN Counch, 1907.”

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No. 1 of 1917.

Regulations prohibiting Trading with the Enemy.

1. The following King's Regulations are hereby repealed: --

"The Treasonable Insurance Regulations, 1914";

"The Trading with the Enemy (Amendment) Regulations, 1915"; "The Trading with the Enemy (Bulgaria) Regulations, 1915";

but this repeal shall not-

(a) Affect the past operation of those Regulations, or any of them, or any appointment made, or any right, title, obligation, or liability accrued, or the validity or invalidity of anything done or suffered under any of those Regulations, before the making of these Regulations ;