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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 13, 1931.

ADJOURNMENT.

12. The Council then adjourned until Thursday, the 12th day of February, 1931,

at 2.30 p.m.

Confirmed this 12th day of February, 1931.

N. L. SMITH,

Clerk of Councils.

W. PEEL,

Governor.

No. 83.-His Majesty the KING has not been advised to exercise his power of disallowance with respect to the following Ordinance :-

Ordinance No. 11 of 1930.—An Ordinance to provide for and regulate the

employment of pilots.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

10th February, 1931.

N. L. SMITH,

Clerk of Councils.

APPOINTMENTS,

&c.

No. 84.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT STRANGE to be "Forest Officer for the control and superintendence of the forests of the Colony, in succession to Mr. JAMES JOHN HIRST deceased, with effect from 2nd February, 1931.

13th February, 1931.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPartment.

No. 85.-The following notice taken from the London Gazette of the 2nd of December, 1930, is published for general information.

13th February 1931.

E. R. HALLIFAX,

Colonial Secretary,

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

THE 27TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1930.

In pursuance of the powers given under Section 29 Sub-section 5 of "The Merchant Shipping (Convention) Act, 1914", His Majesty by and with the advice of His Privy Council ordered that the provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Convention) Act, 1914, should be postponed from coming into operation until the 1st day of January, 1932.