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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 21, 1917.

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No. 420. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. LAW YAN- PAK to be a Member of the Board of Examiners, during the absence où leave of Mr. ALAN EUSTACE WOOD, rice Mr. ARTHUR RAMSDEN CAVALIER, with effect from the 14th September,

1917.

17th September, 1917.

No. 421. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognise, provisionally and pending the receipt of instructions from His Majesty's Government, Mr. EISAKU SUZUKI as Consul-General for Japan in Hongkong.

19th September, 1917.

No. 422.Ilis Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. GEOFFREY NORMAN ORME to be an Assistant to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs in addition to his duties as District Officer with effect from this date.

20th September, 1917.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,

No. 423. The following notification which appeared in the London Gazette of the 24th July, 1917, is published for general information.

FOREIGN OFFICE,

July 23rd, 1917.

Allied and NEUTRAL CARGOES Ex ExemY VESSELS SEIZED BY PORTUGAL.

With reference to the notification which appeared in the London Gazette of May 30th, 1916, respecting the release of such cargoes. His Majesty's Minister at Lisbon reports that a Decree was published by the Portuguese Government on the 13th instan: to the following effect:-

(1) Goods for which delivery orders had been issued by the enemy shipowners previous to the entry of Portugal into the War will on presentation of Such delivery orders be released without the necessity of guarantees being given.

(2) Other goods will be released on presentation of a certificate from the Lega- tion of the country concerned undertaking to indemnify the Portuguese Government until the expiration of one year after the conclusion of peace against all claims by shipowners, captains or third parties up to value of the goods plus one-third, and on payment by the owners of the local charges incurred.

(3) The period for claiming goods is finally extended till August 31st, 1917. (4) All questions relative to the cargoes of the S.S. India, Damao, and Pangim (formerly the Vorwaerts, Brisbane, and Numantia respectively), will be decided by the Tribunal of Commerce of Mormugao.

With regard to paragraph (2) it is understood that the intervention of the Legation of the country concerned is not necessary in the case of claims admitted as good by the Procurator of the Republic, and in respect of which the latter has given orders for the delivery of the goods under no fixed guarantee; nor in the case of claims submitted after July 13th, the date of the Decree. In these cases a direct guarantee of the nature men- tioned may be given by the cargo-owners themselves.

A translation of the Decree will as soon as received be published in the London

Gazette.

NOTE: - The notification referred to above as having appeared in the London Gazette of the 30th May, 1916. was published in the Hongkong Gazette of the 28th July, 1916. as Notification No. 332. See also Notification No. 185 published in the Hongkong Gazette of the 5th May, 1916, and Notification No. 219, published in the Hongkong Gazette of the 9th June, 1916.