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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 8, 1939.

No. 770.

Order.

WHEREAS I Sir GEOFFRY ALEXANDER STAFFORD NORTHCOTE. 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, deem it expedient to exercise the powers conferred on me by regulation 5 (1) of the Defence Regulations, 1939:

NOW I, the said Governor, by virtue of the powers in that behalf vested in me by that regulation, DO ÎIEREBY ORDER that no postal packet of any of the following descrip- tions shall be despatched by post otherwise than under the authority of the Censor or an Assistant Censor :-

small packets;

printed papers;

samples;

blind literature:

insured boxes, and

parcels.

Given under my hand this 7th day of September, 1939.

G. A. S. NORTHCOTE,

Governor.

Published by His Excelleney's Command.

No. 771.

Order.

R. A. C. NORTH,

Colonial Secretary.

I, Ronald Ruskin Todd, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Defence Regulations, 1939, with the consent of His Excellency the Governor, hereby make the following

order :-

No person shall sell by retail any food imported into this Colony except from China or Macão at a price more than ten per cent, above the retail price for such food prevailing in this Colony on 31st August, 1939.

No person shall sell by retail any food produced in this Colony or imported into this Colony from China or Macao at a price greater than the retail price for such food prevailing in this Colony on 31st August, 1939.

In this order, "food" includes every article or substance used for food or drink, other than drugs, and also every living thing capable of being consumed as food.

R. R. TODD, Controller of Food.

8th September, 1939.

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