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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 30, 1920.

Mr. SHEWAN replied.

ADJOURNMENT. --The Council then adjourned sine die.

Confirmed this 29th day of January, 1920.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

R. E. STUBBS,

Governor.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

No. 59.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased, provisionally and pending the receipt of instructions from His Majesty's Government, to recognise Mr. PEDRO VICENTE BOTELHO as Consul for Nicaragua in Hongkong.

28th January, 1920.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 60.--The following Order of His Majesty the King in Council, which appeared in the London Gazette of the 10th October, 1919, is published for general information.

China (Companies) Amendment Order in Council, 1919.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

THE 9TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1919.

PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

LORD STEWARD.

MR. SECRETARY SHORTT.

SIR FRANCIS VILLIERS. SIR GEORGE BUCHANAN.

WHEREAS by treaty, grant, usage, sufferance, and other lawful means, His Majesty

the King has jurisdiction in China:

And whereas it is desirable to make further provision with reference to the exercise of jurisdiction over British companies carrying on business within the limits of this Order:

NOW, THEREFORE, His Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by "The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890," or otherwise, in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as "The China (Companies) Amendment Order in Council, 1919," and shall be read as one with "The China (Companies) Order in Council, 1915."

2. In this Order :-

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"The Fire and Marine Insurance Companies Ordinance means The Fire and Marine Insurance Companies Ordinance, 1917, of the Colony of Hong- kong," and includes any Ordinance amending or substituted for the same.

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