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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette

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EXTRAORDINARY.

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Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, MONDAY, 23RD JANUARY, 1905.

No. 6.

VOL. LI.

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日八十月二十年辰甲 日三十二月正年五零百九千一 簿一十五第

No. 1.

PROCLAMATION.

[L.S.]

MATTHEW NATHAN,

Governor.

By His Excellency Sir MATTHEW NATHAN, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.

Whereas, by Regulation No, I of the Quarantine Regulations made by the Governor in Council on the 17th day of June, 1901, under section 23 of Ordinance No. 10 of 1899, it is provided that the term "port or place at which any infectious or contagious disease prevailed means a port or place proclaimed to be such by Order of the Governor in Council, published in the Gazette, from the date of such Proclamation ;

And whereas the said Quarantine Regulations were duly notified to take effect as from the 20th day of June, 1901;

And whereas His Excellency the Governor in Council has ordered that Shanghai should be pro- claimed as a port or place at which an infectious or contagious disease prevails ;

Now, therefore, I, Sir MATTHEW NATHAN, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, do hereby, with the advice of the Executive Council, proclaim that Shanghai is a port or place at which an infectious or contagious disease prevails.

By His Excellency's Command,

F. H. MAY,

Colonial Secretary,

GOD SAVE THE KING.

Given at Government House, Victoria, Hongkong, this 21st day of January, 1905.

Printed and Published by NORONHA & Co., Printers to the Hongkong Government, No. 6, Des Voeux Rond.