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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 1, 1921.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

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No. 130. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, provisionally and subject to His Majesty's pleasure, Mr. HERBERT WILLIAM BIRD to be an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council during the absence on leave from the Colony of the Honourable Mr. EDWARD VICTOR DAVID PARR, with effect from the 1st of April, 1921.

1st April, 1921.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 131.-The following Order of His Majesty in Council, which was published in the London Gazette of January 21st, 1921, is published for general information.

The Order applies to Hongkong, and legislation will shortly be introduced for adapting the provisions of the Order to the circumstances of the Colony.

The Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, was published in the Government Gazette of January 9th, 1920, and was modified by the Hongkong Legislature by Ordinance No. 3 of 1920; the Treaty of Peace (Amendment) Order, 1920, was published in the Govern- ment Gazette of October 29th, 1920, and was modified by the Hongkong Legislature by Ordinance No. 15 of 1920.

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The Treaty of Peace (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1920.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

THE 9TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1920.

PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS in pursuance of the powers conferred on Him by the Treaty of Peace Act, 1919, His Majesty in Council was pleased to make the Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, (hereinafter referred to as the "principal Order "):

And whereas the principal Order was amended by the Treaty of Peace (Amendment) Order, 1920:

And whereas it is expedient that the principal Order as so amended should be further amended in the manner hereinafter appearing :

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Conncil, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows-

1. The provisions of the principal Order, 1919, as amended by the Treaty of Peace (Amendment) Order, 1920, set out in the first column of the Schedule to this Order shall be amended in the manner shown in the second column of that Schedule.

2. Paragraph (vi) of Article one of the principal Order shall have effect and shall

be deemed always to have had effect as if the words "or any other person were therein inserted after the word creditor".

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