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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 3, 1917.

No. 349. The attention of British Subjects holding passports issued by the Foreign Office, or by a Consular or Colonial Officer, is drawn to the importance of keeping such passports in safe custody when not in use.

If a passport is lost or mislaid, the circumstances should at once he reported to the nearest Öfficer of His Majesty's Government. The report should state when and where the loss is believed to have occurred and should give particulars as to the number and date and office of issue, and of any endorsements which may have been added thereto.

Any person neglecting so to report will not be granted a new passport in Hongkong except in very special circumstances,

No. 350. The following Order of His Majesty the KING in Council, which was published in the London Gazette of the 15th June, 1917, is published for general information.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, THE 13TH DAY OF JUNE, 1917.

PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY,

EARL OF DERBY.

EARL OF ROSEBERY,

LORD CLAUD HAMILTON.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN.

MR. NEIL PRIMROSE.

MR. H. W. FORSTER. MR. E. G. PRETYMAN. MR. EVELYN CECIL.

SIR FREDERICK PONSONBY.

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MR. H. PIKE PEASE, MR. J. H. THOMAS. MR. THOMAS ASHTON.

THEREAS by the Straits Settlements and Protected States Fugitive Offenders Order in Council, 1916 (hereinafter called the Principal Order), it was ordered that subject to the provisions of that Order the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881, should apply as if the States named in the Schedule to that Order were British Possessions :

And whereas the States of Sarawak and Trengganu are places over which His Majesty extends his protection, and it seems expedient to His Majesty, and conducive to the better administration of justice therein, and the Rulers of the said States have re- quested, that Part II. of the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881, should apply to the Colony of the Straits Settlements, the States named in the Schedule to the Principal Order, and the said States of Sarawak and Trengganu, and that, subject to the provisions of the Prin- cipal Order and this Order, the said Act should apply to the said States as if they were British Possessions :

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue of the powers in this behalf by the Fugitive- Offenders Acts, 1881 and 1915, and otherwise in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:---

1. This Order may be cited as "The Straits Settlements and Protected States Fugitive Offenders Order in Council, 1917,” and shall be read and construed as one with the Principal Order, and shall come into force on such day as may be fixed by notification by His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies published in the London Gazette, which date is in this Order referred to as the Commencement of this Order.

2. From and after the Commencement of this Order the Principal Order shall be read and construed as if the States of Sarawak and Trengganu were named in the Schedule to the said Order.

3. Article 3, (i) of the Principal Order is hereby amended by the addition thereto of the following paragraphs :-

(f) As regards Sarawak, of Officer Administering the Government of Sarawak; (g) As regards Trengganu, of British Agent.

And the Right Honourable Walter Hume Long, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

ALMERIC FITZROY.