THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25тH MARCH, 1899.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 172.
The following Order-in-Council is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd March, 1899.
ORDER
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
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Made by the Governor-in-Council, this 20th day of March, 1899, under the provisions of section 4 of The Raw Opium Ordinance, 1887.
It shall be lawful for the Colonial Treasurer to grant a licence to Messrs. HUGHES AND HOUGH, Government Auctioneers, for the sale at the Police Store, Central Station, either by public auction or by private contract, on account of the Government of this Colony, of eleven packages of Raw Patna Opium, each package containing twenty balls of Opium, upon the following terms and conditions, namely:
The Opium will be sold in five lots of forty balls each, and one lot of twenty balls, and can be inspected at the Police Store on any day previous to the date of sale between the hours of 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
The vendor does not guarantee the condition, quantity, or quality of any portion of the above Opium.
The above Opium is sold with reserve, and the vendor reserves to himself the right to bid by himself or his agents.
The above Opium is sold only for export from the Colony, and the purchaser of any lot shall not be entitled to delivery until-
(1.) He bas declared to the above-named licensees the name and description of, and parti- culars as to the intended date and hour of sailing of, the ship by which he proposes to export such Opium,
and until
(2.) The above-named licensees have affixed to such lot of Opium a certificate in the form
which is prescribed by section 5 of the Raw Opium Ordinance, 1887.
The purchaser of any lot must take delivery of it within one calendar month from the date of sale, and must pay cash on delivery. From the time of the sale of any lot to a purchaser until delivery such lot shall remain at the Police Store solely at the purchaser's risk.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
HONGKONG.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.---No. 173.
J. G. T. BUCKLE,
Clerk of Councils.
Monday, the 3rd proximo, being Easter Monday, and being a bank holiday under the provisions of The Holidays Ordinance, 1875, will be observed as a holiday throughout the Government Depart- His Excellency the Governor has also been pleased to appoint Saturday; the 1st proximo, to be observed as a Public Holiday under section 6 of the above mentioned Ordinance.
ments.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th March, 1899.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. -No. 174.
It is hereby notified that Her Majesty has not been advised to exercise her power of disallowance with respect to the following Ordinances:-
Ordinance No. 30 of 1898, entitled-An Ordinance to amend the Waterworks Ordinances,
1890 to 1897.
Ordinance No. 31 of 1898, entitled-An Ordinance for the Naturalization of WONG SHU TONG
alias WONG KA YAU alias WONG WING Kwan,
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st March, 1899.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
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