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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 46.

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Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 15TH OCTOBER, 1892.

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VOL. XXXVIII.

號六十四第 日五十二月八年辰壬 日五十月十年二十九百八千一 簿八十三 第

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 406.

The following Regulations are published :—

In pursuance of directions received from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to lay down the following Regulations, for the guidance of all Public Officers in the Colony, in regard to the acquisition or possession of land and engaging in agricultural and commercial pursuits. These Regulations are based on the principle that greater efficiency may be expected from an Officer whose whole energies are devoted to the Public Service than from one whose mind is occupied with the cares and anxieties incident to the possession and cultivation of land or to commercial enterprises.

(a) No officer shall be allowed to acquire or be a part owner of any land in the Colony other than a garden or ground attached to his dwelling-house, and not cultivated with a view to the sale of produce. He may not acquire or be a part owner in any concession in the Colony, nor within the same territory be the owner of house pro- perty other than a house for his own occupation.

(b) No officer shall be allowed to engage in commercial pursuits or purchase shares in any local land Company, or take part in the management of any commercial undertaking notwithstanding that he may have invested money therein.

2. The foregoing Regulation (a) applies to the holding of land by an officer in the name or names of Members of an officer's family. It does not apply to those officers who may become possessed of land or houses by inheritance or devise and not by purchase.

3. Any officer, who has acquired land or shares in a local land Company or house property (other than his own dwelling-house with land attached) prior to the issue of this Notification, must report the same to the Colonial Secretary within three months; and the Governor will decide as to whether it is necessary in the public interests to require such officer to divest himself thereof. Should an officer fail, within a reasonable period, to act in accordance with the instructions he may receive, he will be removed from the Service.

By Command,

G. T. M. O'BRIEN,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th October, 1892.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. —No. 407.

The Honourable NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES, Colonial Treasurer and Collector of Stamp Revenue, returned to the Colony and resumed the duties of his office on the 10th instant.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th October, 1892.

G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.