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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 31, 1939.

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COLONIAL SEcretary's Department.

No. 242.-The following is published for general information.

31st March, 1939.

N. L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

Ross INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL HYGIENE KEPPEL STREET, GOWER STREET, LONDON, W.C. 1.

The Annual Malaria Control Course for Laymen (Engineers, Planters, etc.), will be held at the above address, commencing on Monday, 26th June, 1939, at 10 a.m.

(1) The Course will be under Sir Malcolm Watson and the staff of the Ross

Institute of Tropical Hygiene.

(2) The Course lasts five days, and ends on Friday, 30th June, 1939. Except on Friday, 30th June, the lectures of the Malaria Control Course are given in the mornings only; but (in response to numerous requests.from those who have attended in the past) additional afternoon lectures and demonstrations have been arranged on (a) Water Supplies, (b) Conser- vancy and Sewage Disposal, (e) Insulation against Heat and Cold, Air Conditioning for Comfort in the Tropics. The afternoon lectures and demonstrations will be given by Dr. G. P. Crowden and Mr. H. H. Clay. (3) The Course is designed for planters and mining engineers, but it will be of interest to all (including missionaries) who are proceeding to the tropics. Doctors may attend, but the Course is primarily for laymen. (4) It includes instruction on mosquitoes and their habits, drainage and other measures for the prevention of malaria. It is illustrated by lantern slides, films, demonstrations of the living insect in the various stages of its history, and a practical demonstration on Hampstead Heath. (5) The Course is free. Application to attend the Course should be sent in

as early as possible to the Organizing Secretary at the above address. (6) The most convenient Underground railway stations serving the School are

Tottenham Court Road, Goodge Street, Russell Square.

(7) Luncheon can be obtained at the School.

15th January, 1939.

H. LOCKWOOD STEVENS, Organizing Secretary.

SUPREME Court.

No. 243. The offices of the Supreme Court will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. during the Easter Vacation, except on public and general holidays, when the offices will be entirely closed. The Easter Vacation begins on the 7th day of April, 1939, and terminates on the 13th day of April, 1939, (both days inclusive).

E. P. H. LANG,

Registrar.

30th March, 1939.