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No. 40.

號十四第

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 5TH SEPTEMBER, 1891. VOL. XXXVII.

日三初月八年卯辛 日五初月九年一十九百八千一 簿七十三第

No. 4.

G. DIGBY BARKER,

[L.S.]

Officer Administering the Government.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency Major-General G. DIGBY BARKER, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Hongkong -and its Dependencies, Commander-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral of the same.

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Whereas by Proclamation dated the 18th day of July, 1891, it was declared and proclaimed that Swatow was a port at which an infectious or contagious disease prevailed, and whereas it is now expedient to revoke the said Proclamation.

Now therefore, I, GEORGE DIGBY BARKER, Officer Administering the Government and Commander- in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Adiniral of the same, by virtue of the authority in me vested, and with the advice of the Executive Council, do hereby revoke the said Proclamation with effect from this date..

By Command,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

A. M. THOMSON, Acting Clerk of Councils.

Given at the Council Chamber, Hongkong, this 5th day of September, 1891.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 374.

His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to grant to the Honourable SAMUEL BROWN, Surveyor General, five weeks' vacation leave.

Consequent on Mr. BROWN's departure His Excellency has been pleased to appoint FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER, Esquire, to be Acting Surveyor General in addition to his duties as Resident Engineer of the Water and Drainage Department until further orders.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th September, 1891,

W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 375.

The following return from Mr. WM. TAYLOR of the quantity of Spirits distilled by the China Sugar Refining Company, Limited, is published for general information.

Proof Gallons.

Spirits manufactured during the quarter ending 24th August, 1891,.......................11,320.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th September, 1891.

W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretory.