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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 4, 1921.

Saving rights

(3.) A notification in the Gazette under the hand of the Colonial Secretary that such evidence has been furnished to the Governor by such person shall be conclusive evidence of such appointment.

8. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be of the Crown. deemed to affect the rights of His Majesty the King his Heirs and Successors or the rights of any body politic or corporate or of any other person except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by through or under them.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 3rd day of November, 1921.

S. B. B. McELDERRY, Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 4th day of November, 1921.

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

No. 456.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint, provisionally and subject to His Majesty's pleasure, the Honourable Mr. ALEXANDER GORDON STEPHEN to be an Unofficial Member of the Executive Council during the absence from the Colony of the Honourable Mr. ERNEST HAMILTON SHARP, O.B.E., K.C., with effect from the 31st October, 1921.

4th November, 1921.

No. 457.-It is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has appointed the Land Officer for the time being to act for him and on his behalf for the purposes of entering into agreements in accordance with the Schedule of the Praya East Reclamation Ordinance, 1921, Ordinance No. 17 of 1921.

4th November, 1921.

No. 458.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognise Mr. José PEDRO BRAGA, provisionally and pending the issue of His Majesty's Exequatur, as Consul for Guatemala in Hongkong.

4th November, 1921.

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEpartment.

No. 459.-Notification No. 435 published in the Gazette of the 28th October, 1921, is amended by the addition of the following at the end thereof :-

Pursuant to Resolution No. 1 above, it is hereby ordered by His Excellency the Governor that light dues shall continue to be collected at the rates laid down in Table P of the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, No. 10 of 1899.