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POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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No. S 251.-It is hereby notified that sealed tenders in duplicate, which should be clearly marked "Tender for the supply of Police Winter Clothing will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office until Noon of Friday, the 21st August, 1914, for the supply and making up of the undermentioned Winter Clothing, which is to be completed by the 1st November, for the Hongkong Police Force, viz.:-
400 Serge Suits for Europeans and Indians.
Chinese.
400
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More or less 800 Pairs of Chinese Shoes.
450 450
Stockings. Garters.
Blue Cloth, Alpaca, Buff Cloth, Sleeve Lining, Black Silesia, Unbleached Calico, Buttons, Hooks and Eyes, Mohair and White Cord, and Serge will be supplied from the Police Store. The tenderer must specify the amount of serge that will be required for each suit for Europeans and Indians and also for Chinese.
No tender will be received unless the person tendering produces a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $100 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown, if such person fails or refuses to carry out his tender, should the tender be accepted.
Form of tender may be obtained at the Colonial Secretary's Office.
For further particulars apply at the Office of the Captain Superintendent of Police.
No tender will be received unless written on the required Form.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
No. S. 252.-It is hereby notified that licences to shoot and take game, granted under Ordinance No. 18 of 1914, are due for renewal or issue on the first day of September,
1914.
Applicants for such licences, the fee for which is $10, are requested to send their applications to the Captain Superintendent of Police and to give their addresses, and write their names legibly.
14th August, 1914.
C. McI. MESSER, Captain Superintendent of Police.
No. S. 253.
NOTICES TO MARINERS.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
No. 1 of 1913.
THE Astronomical positions are only approximate unless seconds are given. The bear- ings are given both True and Magnetic, and those relating to lights are from seaward. The visibility of lights is that in clear weather. Fog signals are sounded only in thick or foggy weather. The depths given are at low-water ordinary springs. The heights given are above high water.
NORTHERN TERRITORY.
Henry Ellis Reef-Beacon disappeared.
Position.-Lat. 12 deg. 05 min. S.; Long. 131 deg. 00 min. E.
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