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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
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Published by Authority.
No. 33.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 15TH AUGUST, 1896.
VOL. XLII.
歲三十三第 日七初月七年申丙 日五十月八年六十九百八千一
簿二十四第
No. 1.
PROCLAMATION.
[L.S.]
WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Governor.
By His Excellency Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas by section 2 of Ordinance 1 of 1896, entitled An Ordinance to prevent doubts as to the validity of documents heretofore sealed with the Seal of the Colonial Court of Admiralty of Hongkong, it is enacted as follows:-
"This Ordinance shall not com into operation unless and until the Governor notifies by Proclamation that it is Her Majesty's pleasure not to disallow the same and, thereafter, it shall come into operation upon such day as the Governor shall notify by the saine or any other Proclamation.”
Now, therefore, I, the said Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, in pursuance of the said section and by virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby under my hand proclaim that it is Her Majesty's pleasure not to disallow the said Ordinance, and that the same shall come into operation on and from the 17th day of August, 1896.
By His Excellency's Command,
J. H. STEWARTt Lockhart,
Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
No. 2.
Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 15th day of August, 1896.
[L.S.]
WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Governor.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas by section 5 of Ordinance 4 of 1896, entitled An Ordinance for the Incorporation of the President in Hongkong of the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society, it is enacted as follows:
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"This Ordinance shall not come into operation unless and until the Governor of Hong- kong notifies by Proclamation that it is Her Majesty's pleasure not to disallow the same; and thereafter it shall come into operation on such day as the Governor of Hongkong shall notify by the same or any other proclamation."
Now, therefore, I, the said Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, in pursuance of the said section and by virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby under my hand proclaim that it is Her Majesty's pleasure not to disallow the said Ordinance, and that the same shall come into operation on and from the 17th day of August, 1896.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 15th day of August, 1896.
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