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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH FEBRUARY, 1898.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. --No. 74.
The following Telegram is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Oflice, Hongkong, 17th February, 1898.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary,
'Governor,
Hongkong.
"TOKIO, 14th February, 1898.
“Medical inspection enforced against all arrivals from Formosa from 10th instant.
"SATOW."
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 75.
It is hereby notified that His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to appoint Police Constable No. 112 ALEXANDER CLARKE to be an Assistant Inspector of Nuisances under section 9 of The Public Health Ordinance, No. 24 of 1887.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th February, 1898.
J. H. Stewart Lockhart,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.- No. 76.
The following is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th February, 1898,
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.
1. The parcel post has been extended to the Republic of Honduras and to Peru. The following are the rates of postage, dimensions, &c. :-
Not over 3 lbs.
Over 3 lbs. but not over
To Honduras (via London and Belize).
7 lbs.
Over 7 lbs. but not over 11 lbs.
Greatest length 3 feet 6". Greatest length and girth combined 6 feet.
$1.85.
$3.45.
$5.00.
To Peru
(viâ London and France or Germany).
$2.95
$4.00
$4.90
Greatest length 2 feet. Greatest length and girth combined 4 feet.
Prohibited Contents:-To Honduras :- Letters. To Peru:-Letters, corrosive liquids, guns, swords, pistols, or other instruments of war.
2. From the date of publication of this notice the following rates will be charged on parcels to :-
Cameroons (via London).
Not over 3 lbs.
Over 3 lbs. but not over 7 lbs.
Over 7 lbs. but not over 11 lbs.
$1.80.
$2.20.
$3.75.
For 1st tb.
For each subsequent
H.
British East Africa (viâ London).
80 cts.
45 cts.
3. Parcels to Mauritius, viâ Colombo, may now be insured up to $500, and to the Austrian Post Office in the Ottoman Empire up to $200.
A. M. THOMSON,
Postmaster General.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 12th February, 1898.