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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 20, 1940. 1773

No. 1361.

Hong Kong.

ORDINANCE No 7 OF 1936.

(QUARANTINE AND PREVENTION

OF DISEASE).

It is hereby notified that the Governor in Council has given directions for the rescission of the Order of the 13th November, 1939, published in the Gazette of 17th November, 1939, as Government Notification No. 1059 declaring Tientsin to be a place at which an infectious or contagious disease, namely cholera, prevailed, and the same is hereby rescinded.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

20th December, 1940.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

T. MEGARRY,

Clerk of Councils.

No. 1362.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No.

15.

Thursday, 28th November, 1940, at 2.30 p.m.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT (Lieutenant-General EDWARD FELIX NORTON, C.B., D.S.O., M.C.).

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ARTHUR

EDWARD GRASETT, C.B., D.S.O., M.C.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Mr. ROLAND ARTHUR CHARLES NORTH, Acting). the Attorney General, (Mr. CHALONER GRENVILLE ALABASTER, O.B.E.,

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K.C.).

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the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, (Mr. BRIAN CHARLES KEITH

HAWKINS, Acting).

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the Financial Secretary, (Mr. HENRY ROBERT Butters).

Dr. PERCY SELWYN SELWYN-CLARKE, M.C., (Director of Medical

Services).

Mr. HENRY JOSEPH PEARCE, M.C., (Acting Director of Public Works). Mr. CECIL GRAHAM PERDUE, (Acting Commissioner of Police).

Mr. WILLIAM JAMES CARRIE, (Chairman of the Urban Council).

Mr. JOHN JOHNSTONE PATERSON,

Mr. STANLEY HUDSON DODWELL,

Mr. Lo MAN-KAM,