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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH FEBRUARY, 1897.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 49.
With reference to Government Notification No. 466 of the 4th December, 1896, it is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to fix the 1st April, 1897, instead of the 1st January, 1897, as the date on which the Resolution passed by the Legislative Council on the 3rd December, 1896, under section 30 of Ordinance 15 of 1888, shall come into force.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th February, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 50.
The following Returns of the Average amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the Month ended 31st January, 1897, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks, are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th February, 1897.
J. H. STEWARt Lockhart,
Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
2,349,492
1,200,000
5,918,479
2,500,000
361,648
240,000
TOTAL,..............
.$
8,629,619
3,940,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,..
National Bank of China, Limited,.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 51.
The following are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th February, 1897.
Government of Australia.
NOTICE TO MARINERS,
No. 37 of 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
PRELIMINARY NOTICE.-LIGHT ON ROCKY POINT, NEAR CAPE PALLISER, EASTERN ENTRANCE TO COOK STRAIT.
Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 14th December, 1896.
Notice is hereby given that about the month of June, 1897, a light will be exhibited from a lighthouse now being erected on Rocky Point, near Cape Palliser, in lat. 41° 36′ 45′′ S., and long. 175° 18′ 45′′ E., as measured from the Admiralty
chart.
The light will be 258ft, above the level of the sea at high water, and will be a dioptrie revolving white light of the second order, flashing twice every half-minute, with intervals of three seconds between the flashes. It will be visible to seaward over an arc of 214 degrees of the horizon for a distance of about twenty-five statute miles from the deck of a vessel of ordinary height.
Further particulars, together with the date of lighting, will be given in a future notice. Chart affected-No. 2054, Sheet V., N. Z.
WM. HALL-JONES.