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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 28, 1920.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

No. 295.--is Excellency the Governor has been pleased, under instructions from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to recognise Mr. KARSTEN LARSEN as Acting Consul for Denmark in Hongkong.

26th May, 1920.

No. 296. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. KENNETH EDWARD GREIG to be a Member of the Committee to enquire and report on the question of the development of the economic resources of the Colony of Hongkong, during the absence from the Colony of Mr. JAMES REID.

26th May, 1920.

No. 297.--With reference to Notification No. 136 published in the Gazette of the 12th March, 1920, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased, under instructions from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to recognise Mr. ANTONIO LUIZ CERVEIRA DE ALBUQUERQUE as Consul for Portugal in Hongkong.

27th May, 1920.

No. 298.--His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. WILLIAM RUSSELL to act as Government Marine Surveyor during the absence on leave of Mr. JAMES MACDONALD or until further notice, with effect from the 1st May, 1920.

28th May, 1920.

No. 299.—With reference to Government Notification No. 71 of the 14th February, 1919, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. MICHAEL JAMES BREEN to be Honorary Secretary of the Peace Celebration and War Memorial Committee during the absence on leave of Mr. STEWART BUCKLE CARNE Ross.

28th May, 1920.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Department.

No. 300.-It is hereby notified that, under the powers conferred upon him by section 21 of the Alien Enemies (Winding up) Ordinance, 1917, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to order that the provisions of sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) of section of the Alien Enemies (Winding up) Ordinance, 1914, as amended by section 3 of the Alien Enemies (Winding up) Amendment Ordinance, 1914, shall cease to be in force with reference to German nationals, except as regards transactions prohibited, and property, rights and interests charged, under the provisions of the Treaty of Peace Order, 1919.

By Order,

A. G. M. FLETCHER, Colonial Secretary.

28th May, 1920.

NOTE By the Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, all property, rights, and interests within His Majesty's Dominions belonging to German nationals at the date when the Treaty of Peace with Germany came into force, and the net proceeds of dealings therewith, are charged with the payment of certain British claims. All unauthorised dealings with such property are prohibited. The Order also prohibits the settlement of certain “ enemy debts", except through the Clearing Office.