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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 5, 1921.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

No. 331.

Order made by the Governor in Council under section 9 of the Post Office Ordinance, 1900, Ordinance No. 6 of 1900, on the 4th day of August, 1921.

It is hereby notified that on and after this day the rates of postage payable on parcels for Mesopotamia, Koweit (Persian Gulf) and Abadan, Ahwaz and Mohammerah (Persia) sent via India will be as follows:-

For a parcel not exceeding :-

3 lb.

$1.75.

7 lb.

$2.15.

11 lb.

$2.55.

No. 332.

Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 5 of the Ferries Ordin- ance, 1917, Ordinance No. 28 of 1917, this 4th day of August, 1921.

The Regulations made by the Governor in Council under the above Ordinance on the 30th day of May, 1918, and published in the Gazette on the 31st day of May, 1918, as Government Notification No. 204 as amended by the Regulations made by the Governor in Council on the 18th day of November, 1920, and published in the Gazette on the 19th day of November, 1920, as Government Notification No. 562, are hereby amended as follows:---

By substituting 8 cents for 5 cents as the 1st Class fare between Victoria and Hunghom in the regulation No. 14 of the regulations made on the said 18th day of November, 1920.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

4th August, 1921.

S. BB. McELDERRY,

Cork of Councils.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

No. 333.-llis Majesty the KING has not been advised to exercise his power of disallowance with respect to the following Ordinances :-

Ordinance No. 16 of 1920.-An Ordinance to modify certain provisions of the

Treaty of Peace (Austria) Order, 1920, for the purpose of adapting the provisions of the Order to the circumstances of the Colony of Hongkong. Ordinance No. 17 of 1920.-An Ordinance to modify certain provisions of the Treaty of Peace (Bulgaria) Order, 1920, for the purpose of adapting the provisions of the Order to the circumstances of the Colony of Hongkong.

S. B. B. McELDERRY,

Clerk of Councils.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

5th August, 1921.