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1718 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH NOVEMBER, 1905.

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 Hong- kong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of this Colony, do, by this Proclamation, prohibit for a further period of six months from and including the 28th day of November, 1905, either to be exported from the Colony of Hongkong, or to be carried coastwise within the said Colony, Arms, Ammunition, Gunpowder, and Military and Naval Stores, and any articles which I may judge capable of being converted into or made useful in increasing the quantity of Military or Naval Stores, or any or either of such Arms, Ammunition, Gunpowder, Stores, Goods or Articles respectively, unless this Proclamation shall, in the meantime, be revoked, or unless permission shall have been obtained under Section 3 of the Ordinance above mentioned.

By His Excellency's Command,

GOD SAVE THE KING.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

T

Colonial Secretary.

Given at Government House, Victoria, Hongkong, this 22nd day of November, 1905.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 774.

The following Notice is published.

By Command,

T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st November, 1905.

POSTAL NOTES.

1. Postal Notes of the values named below, payable within three months at any Post Office in Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, Cyprus, Ceylon, Dominica, Egypt, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Grenada, Jamaica, Lagos, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, Natal, Nevis, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Orange River Colony, St. Helena, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somaliland Protectorate, Straits Settlements, Tobago, Trinidad, Transvaal, Turks or Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands, Zanzibar, and in the United Kingdom, and at the Agencies of the British Post Office at Ascension, Beyrout, Constantinople, Panama, Salonica, Smyrna, and Tangier, can be obtained at Hongkong or at any British Post Office in China at the following prices, which include Commission:-

-/6....... 1/-.

26 cents. 51

77

""

27

1/6.

2/6

5/-

10/-

10/6. 20/-...

$ 1.28

$ 2.50

$ 5.00

$ 5.30 $10.00

2. The purchaser of any Postal Note must fill in the Payee's name before parting with it. He may also fill in the name of the Office where payment is to be made. If this is not done the note is payable (within three months) anywhere in the above places. Any Postal Note may be crossed to a Bank.

3. Postal Notes should always be forwarded in Registered Covers. If this precaution is not taken NO ENQUIRIES WHATEVER will be made as to the loss or alleged loss of any Note.

L. A. M. JOHNSTON, Postmaster General.

GENERAL POST OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 21st November, 1905.