562073-1929-Kwangtung-Provisional-Hunting-Regulations — Page 3

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 4, 1929.

ANIMALS:

Deer Mouse-deer, Antelope, Scaly Ant-eater.

NOTE--All the above-mentioned birds and animals eat noxious insects and animals and their value to farm produce and the growing crops is very great. The seasons during which hunting is prohibited, apart from the category which should be protected during the whole year, are the breeding seasons of these birds and animals during which hunting should be prohibited entirely.

Po On District Notice No. 48 issued by Cheng Kai Ts'ung, Magistrate,:

and dated 30th October, 1928.

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Under good local Government, a territory is free from locusts, and

among a virtuous people, birds prey not on other birds' nests.'

In the season when autumn changes to winter, sportsmen go to the hills to shoot game, solely for their own ends-a cruel, wanton slaughter which offends the laws of Heaven. More than this, the woods are often fired to destroy the lurking-places of birds and beasts, driving them out. This practice is as vicious as drying up the sea to catch fish. It renders the hillside barren and unfit for grass cutting, depriving the poor of a means of livelihood, and it will be rigidly put down. Take note that offenders will be punished without discrimination.

TREASURY.-

No. 4.-It is hereby notified for the information of Owners and Occupiers of tenements that, under the provisions of the Rating Ordinance, 1901, Ordinance No. 6 of 1901, Rates for the First Quarter of 1929, are payable in advance on or before the 31st January, 1929.

If any person shall fail to pay such Rates on or before the 28th February, 1929, proceedings will be taken in the Supreme Court for their recovery without further notice.

No refund of Rates in respect of vacant tenements will be granted unless such Rates have been paid during and within the month of January, 1929, nor unless application is made for such refund within fifteen days from the expiration of the Quarter.

28th December, 1928.

C. Mcl. MESSER,

Colonial Treasurer.

STAMP OFFICE.

No. 5. It is hereby notified that architects', barristers', dentists' (whether registered as dental surgeons or exempted persons), medical practitioners', pharmaceu- tical chemists', and solicitors' certificates to practise for 1929, as required by section 21 of the Stamp Ordinance, 1921, may be obtained from the Stamp Office on payment of the Stamp Duty of $25.

C. McI. MESSER,

Collector.

3rd January, 1929.