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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH NOVEMBER, 1897.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 478.
Tenders will be received at this Office until noon of Tuesday, the 23rd November, 1897, for the maintenance and repair of Government Buildings in the Colony of Hongkong and British Kowloon during the year 1898.
No work will be permitted on Sundays.
For form of tender, specification and further particulars apply at the Public Works Office. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th November, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. —No. 479.
Tenders will be received at this Office until noon of Tuesday, the 23rd November, 1897, for the supply of the best Japanese Coal to the Public Works Department during the year 1898, to be delivered free at the undermentioned places, viz. :--
No. 2 Tank.
Bonham Road, Pumping Station.
Yaumati, Pumping Station.
For Form of tender, specification and further particulars apply at the Public Works Office. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th November, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 480.
Tenders will be received at this Office till Noon of Wednesday, the 1st December, 1897, for the sole privilege of slaughtering animals for the food of man within the Colony, for the year 1898.
For specification, period of Contract and full particulars apply at the Office of the Secretary to the Sanitary Board.
No tender will be received unless the person tendering produces a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Treasury the sum of $250 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown if such person refuses to enter into the usual bond, should the tender be accepted.
For form of tender apply at this Office.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any tender.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd November, 1897.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 481.
The following are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th November, 1897.
J. H. STEWART Lockhart,
Colonial Secretary.
HYDROGRAPHICAL MEMORANDUM No. 29.
The following has been received :— From H.M.S." Iphigenia.”
SINGAPORE ROADS.
"ALACRITY," at Taku, 22nd October, 1897.
The red buoy marking the man-of-war anchorage is now surmounted with a staff and globe.
It lies with Fort Canning flagstaff in line with the Obelisk, N. 55° W. Tanjong Catong Obelisk, N. 42° E. Peak Island, S. 7° W.
China, Vol. I., page 225.
Charts 1995, 2404, 2403.
ALEX. BULLER,
Vice-Admiral.