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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND OCTOBER, 1898.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 477.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to appoint Mr. TANG KING FAI, a Student of the College of Medicine for Chinese, to be Public Vaccinator under the provisions of Section 4, Sub-section 1, of Ordinance 5 of 1890.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th October, 1898.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 478.
The following Notice is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th October, 1898.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
NOTICE.
The following regulation regarding Parcels sent by Parcel Post will take effect from the 1st November, 1898-
The sending of letters in parcels by Parcel Post to any part of China is prohibited.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 13th October, 1898.
A. M. THOMSON,
Postmaster General.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 479.
Information has been received from the Naval Authorities that Torpedoes will be run daily (Saturdays excepted) from to-day for the next three months between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. as follows:-
From the North end of Camber at Kowloon Torpedo Depôt for a distance of 800 yards in a
North-Westerly direction.
A Red Flag will be hoisted at the end of the pier whence Torpedoes are lauuched.
All ships, junks and other vessels are cautioned to keep clear of the range.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th October, 1898.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 480.
Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Monday, the 31st October, 1898, for excavat- ing and depositing Earth, &c. in the Hopper or other Barges for filling in Section No. 1, West, under Praya Reclamation Ordinance 16 of 1889.
No work will be permitted under this Contract on Sundays.
For form of tender, specification and further particulars apply at the Praya Reclamation Office. 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 $50 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown if such person refuses to carry out his tender, should the tender be accepted.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By Command,
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary .
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd October, 1898.