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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 29, 1921.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

No. 323.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the Honourable Mr. HERBERT WILLIAM BIRD to be a Member of the Authorized Architects' Committee.

25th July, 1921.

No. 324.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Captain ROBERT ARTHUR ROSS NEVILLE, R.M.L.I., to be his Aide-de-Camp, with effect from the 22nd July, 1921.

26th July, 1921.

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NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 325. The following Order of His Majesty in Council, which appeared in the London Gazette of 3rd June, 1921, is published for general information.

The Order applies to Hongkong, and no legislation will be necessary to adapt its provisions to the circumstances of the Colony,

The Treaty of Peace Order, 1919, was published in the Hongkong Gazette of 9th January, 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 Hongkong Gazette of 29th October, 1920, and was modified by the Hongkong Legislature by Ordi- nance No. 15 of 1920.

The Treaty of Peace (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1920, was published in the Hong- kong Gazette of 1st April, 1921, and was modified by the Hongkong Legislature by Ordi- nance No. 7 of 1921.

The Treaty of Peace (Amendment) Order, 1921, was published in the Hongkong Gazette of 15th April, 1921, no legislation being necessary to adapt its provisions to the circumstances of the Colony.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

THE 27TH DAY of May, 1921.

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 (Amend- ment) Order, 1920, and the Treaty of Peace (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1920; and it is expedient that the principal Order, as so amended, should be further amended in manner hereinafter appearing:

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

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1. The principal Order shall have effect, and shall be deemed always to have had effect, as if at the end of paragraph (vii) of Article one thereof the following words were inserted :

"and where, under the provisions contained in the said Annex, the creditor has notified an enemy debt as due to him and the debt so notified has been admitted or found due to that creditor under the said provisions, payment by the Clearing Office of the sum credited to it in respect of that debt shall be made only to the creditor by or on whose behalf the debt was so notified, except that in the event of the death, bankruptcy, liquidation, or lunacy of the said creditor, payment by the Clearing Office shall be made to the person entitled by law to stand in his place.'

2. In paragraph (xviii) of Article one of the pricipal Order, as so amended as afore- said, for the words sixteen months" there shall be substituted the words "nineteen months."

3. This Order may be cited as the Treaty of Peace (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1921, and this Order shall be included amongst the Orders which may be cited together as the Treaty of Peace Orders, 1919 to 1921.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

No. 326.-The following Order of His Majesty in Council, which appeared in the London Gazette of 3rd June, 1921, is published for general information.

The Order applies to Hongkong, and the question of introducing legislation to adapt its provisions to the circumstances of the Colony is under consideration.

The Treaty of Peace (Austria) Order, 1920, was published in the Hongkong Gazette of 12th Noveniber, 1920, and was modified by the Hongkong Legislature by Ordinance No. 16 of 1920.

The Treaty of Peace (Austria) (Amendment) Order, 1921, was published in the Hongkong Gazette of 15th April, 1921, no legislation being necessary to adapt its provi- sions to the circumstances of the Colony.

AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

THE 27TH DAY OF MAY, 1921.

PRESENT,

THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS in pursuance of the powers conferred on Him by the Treaty of Peace

(Austria and Bulgaria) Act, 1920, His Majesty in Council was pleased to make the Treaty of Peace (Austria) Order, 1920, and it is expedient that the said Order should be amended in manner hereinafter appearing:

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

1. The provisions of the Treaty of Peace (Austria) 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. This Order may be cited as the Treaty of Peace (Austria) (No. 2) Amendment Order, 1921, and this Order shall be included amongst the Orders which may be cited together as the Treaty of Peace (Austria) Orders, 1920 to 1921.

ALMERIC FITZROY.