THE CEYLON GOVERNMENT No. 8,538-FRID AY, OCTOBER 27, 1939. Published by Authority. PART I-GENERAL. (Separate paging is given to each Part in order that it may be filed separately.) PAGE PAGE Proclamations by the Governor .. 1876 Local Government Notices .. .. 1892 Appointments by the Governor .. 1876 Road Committee Notices .. .. 1895 Appointments, &c., of Registrars .. .. — Trade Mark Notifications .. 1896 Government Notifications .. 1877 Patents Notifications . .. 1896 Minutes by the Governor .. — Notices calling for Tenders . ^ 1896 Currency Commissioners’ Notices .. — Sales of Toll and Other Rents .. — Revenue and Expenditure Returns .. .. — Notices to Mariners .. — Unofficial Announcements .. 1S85 Sales of Unclaimed and Unserviceable 'Articles, &o. 1897 Miscellaneous Departmental Notices .. 1888 “ Excise Ordinance ” Notices .. 1891 Meteorological Returns .. .. .. — Municipal Council Notices 1892 & Snpplt. Books registered under Ordinance No. 1 of 1885 — > PRINTED AT THE CEYLON GOVERNMENT PRESS, COLOMBO. 1875------ J. N. 88988-972 (10/S9) £ i \ 1876 Part I. (General) — CEYLON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE —Oot. 27, 1939 PROCLAMATIONS BY THE October '21, 1939, until the vacancy created by the resignation of Sir Sidney Solomon Abrahams is GOVERNOR. supplied by a new appointment or until further orders. L. D.—B 48/37 L- A./G 685 By His Excellency’s command, BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR. Governor’s Office, E. H. D avies, • Colombo, October 21, 1939. Secretary to the Governor. A Proclamation. A. Caldecott. KNOW Ye that by virtue of the powers vested in me No. 560 o f 1939. by section 3 of the Village Communities Ordinance (Chapter 198), I, Andrew Caldecott, Governor of HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to Ceylon, do by this Proclamation declare that the towns make the following appointments :— enumerated in column I. of the schedule hereto, which J 55/37 were brought under the operation of the Small Towns Mr. S. S. Navaratnam, Assistant at Vavuniya to the Sanitary Ordinance (Chapter 197) by the Proclamations Government Agent, Northern Province, to be, in referred to in the corresponding items in Column II. addition to his own duties, Assistant at Mannar to the of that schedule, shall, in addition, be brought within Government Agent, Northern Province ; District Judfee,' the operation of the Village Communities Ordinance Commissioner of ReQuests, and Magistrate, Maimer ; on the first day of November, 1939. Deputy Fiscal for the District of Mannar ; Assistant Collector of Customs, Mannar ; Master Attendant, By His Excellency’s command, Mannar; Receiver of Wrecks, Mannar; Additional E. H. D avies, Superintendent of Police, Mannar; Local Authority Colombo, October 20, 1939. Secretary to the Governor. under the. Petroleum Ordinance for the District pf Mannar; and Official Visitor to the Mandapam Camp, on October 25 and 26, 1939, or until the resumption of GOD SAVE THE KING. duties by Mr. W. D. Gunaratne. S c h e d u l e . I 421/39 Column I. Column II. Commander D. C. G. N eish , R.N., to act as Master The town of Point Pedro in Proclamation of April 2, Attendant, ,Colombo, with effect from September 1, the Chief Headman’s divi­ 1901, published in Gazette 1939, conseQuent on the employment of Captain E. C. sion of Vadamaradchi. No. 5,773 of April 4, 1901. Stubbs, R.N., Master Attendant, on other duties. The town of Valvedditurai Proclamation of April 2, in the Chief Headman’s 1901, published in Gazette J 5/38 division of Vadamaradchi. No. 5,773 o f April 4, 1901. Mr. H. C. Goonewardene to be attached to the The town of Kayts in the Proclamation o f February 4, Chief Headman’s division 1911, published in Gazette Food Control Department with effect from October 18, of Islands. No. 6,424 o f February 10, 1939, until further orders. 1911. By His Excellency’s command, Chief Secretary’s Office, M. M. W edderbtjrn, \ Colombo, October 25, 1939. Chief Secretary. H. A./D 1003/39 BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR. No. 56 1 of 1939. A Proclamation. I 410/37 A. Caldecott. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased KNOW Ye that, in pursuance of the powers vested to make the following appointments during the period in me by section 2 of the Prisons Ordinance (Chapter 44), of the Supreme Court Sessions at Matara which will I, Andrew Caldecott, Governor of Ceylon, do by this commence on or about November 6, 1939 :— Proclamation establish a Prison for this Island in that The Assistant Government Agent, Matara, to be part of the old Prison at Matara, which is more fully Superintendent of the temporary prison at described in the schedule hereto, for the reception of Matara, in addition to his duties ; prisoners of every description committed or remanded The District Medical Officer, Matara, to be Medical under the authority of any Court, for the period during Officer of the temporary prison at Matara, in which the Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Court addition to his duties. commencing on or about the 6th day of November, 1939, shall be holden at Matara. By His Excellency’s command, Chief Secretary’s Office, M. M. W edderburn, By His Excellency’s command, Colombo, October 21, 1939. Chief Secretary. E. H. Davies, Colombo, October 25, 1939. Secretary to the Governor. No. 562 o f 1939. GOD SAVE THE KING. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments:— S c h e d u l e . J 38/36 ' The lock-ups within the premises o f the old prison at Matara. Mr. A. W ijetilake to be Additional District Judge, Additional Commissioner of ReQuests, and Additional Magistrate, Ratnapura, on October 14 and 15, 1939. J 142/39 APPOINTMENTS, &c., BY THE Mr. M. Srikanta to be, in addition to his other duties, Additional Commissioner of ReQuests and Additional GOVERNOR. District Judge, Puttalam, during the absence of Mr . H. S. Amerasinghe, from October 23 to 25,1939. No. 659 of 1939. J 150/38 G. O./J 22 Mr. E. B. W eerakoon to be Additional Magistrate, IT is hereby notified that His E xcellency the Additional District Judge, Additional Commissioner of Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. F rancis ReQuests, and Additional Municipal Magistrate, Colombo, Arnold Moseley, Puisne Justice, to act in the office of during the absence of Mr. M. M. Maharooe, on October Chief Justice o f the Island of Ceylon with effect from 23, 1939. Part I. (General) — CEYLON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE — Oot. 27, 1939 1877 . j i2/a6 No. 568 of 1939. Mr. R. S. Tennekoon to be Additional Magistrate, HIS E xcellency the Governor has been pleased Dandagainuwa, on October 24, 1939, to enable sentence to appoint Mr. V ettivelu Suppiah Nadarajah to be a to be passed in M. C., Dandagamuwa, case No. 5,709. Notary Public throughout the judicial division of Jaffna, and to practise as such in the English language. By His Excellency’s command, Legal Secretary’s Office, J. C. H oward, G. C. S. Corea, Colombo, October 21, 1939. Legal Secretary. Minister for Labour, Industry and Commerce. Colombo, October 19, 1939. No. 563 of 1939. J 64/36 NOTICE No. 556 of 1939 appearing in Gazette No. 8,533 of October 20, 1939, is hereby cancelled in so far as it No. 569 of 1939. relates to the appointment of Mr. D. R ajaratnam HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to be Additional District Judge, Additional Com­ to appoint Mr. Thambymuttu R ajeswaramudaliar missioner of ReQuests, and Additional Magistrate, to be a Notary Public throughout the Jaffna division Trincomalee, during the absence of Mr. J . W. Pereba, of the Jaffna District with residence and office at from October 25 to 27, 1939. Chiviatheru and an Additional office at Vannarponnai East, and to practise as such in the Tamil language. By His Excellency’s command^ Legal Secretary’s Office, J. C. H oward, G. C. S. Corea, Colombo, October 21, 1939. Legal Secretary. Minister for Labour, Industry and Commerce. Colombo, October 16, 1939. No. 564 of 1939. G 12/36/8 IN pur suance of the powers delegated by His Excel­ lency the Governor to me in that behalf, Mr. Tilleke- GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS. ratne Dingiri Banda has been appointed, under section 120 of the Criminal Procedure Code, to be an L. D.—B7/36 H.A. InQuirer for Ulagalla korale in Hurulu palata, with T he Holidays Ordinance. effect from October 20, 1939, while holding the office of B Y virtue of the powers vested in me by the First Village Headman of Tulana 41, Hurulu palata, vice Schedule and the Second Schedule to the Holidays Mr. Q. C. Panabokke, resigned. Ordinance (Chapter 135), I, Andrew Caldecott, Governor of Ceylon, do by this notice fix Monday, November 13, Legal Secretary’s Office, J. C. H oward, 1939, as the day following the end of Ramazan, a bank Colombo, October 20, 1939. Legal Secretary. and a public holiday, under the Ordinance. A. Caldecott, No. 565 o f 1939. Colombo, October 19, 1939. Governor. G 31/36 IN pursuance of the powers delegated by His Excel­ lency the Governor to me in that behalf, Mr. F. J. R. Vickramasinkam has been appointed, under section 372 L .D .—B 90/32 M./L. I. C. of the Civil Procedure Code, to be, while acting in the The Minimum W ages (Indian Labour) Ordinance. office of Maniagar, Pachchilaippali-Karachchi, Jaffna Notification No. 242. District, an officer specially authorized to administer the. Oaths or Affirmations which are reQuisite to the BY virtue of the powers vested in me by section 5 (1) making of affidavits mentioned in section 371 of the said and (5) of the Minimum Wages (Indian Labour) Ordinance Code, for the judicial district of Jaffna, with effect from (Chapter 114), I, Andrew Caldecott, Governor of Ceylon, October 20, 1939.