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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
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No. 1.
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VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 4TH JANUARY, 1896..
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VOL. LXII.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 1.
With reference to Government Notification No. 535 of the 19th December last, the following
Notification, issued by Her Britannic Majesty's Minister at Tokyo, Japan, is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd January, 1896.
NOTIFICATION.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary,
With reference to the Notifications issued by Her Majesty's Minister on the 12th April last and on the 31st July last, informing British Subjects of the enforcement by the Japanese Government of the Medical Inspection Regulations at the Ports of Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki, Kuchinotsi, Shimonoseki, and Moji, in the case of Vessels arriving from Ports in the Territory occupied by the Imperial Japanese Forces (including the Pescadores) and from Formosa and Corea, the Undersigned hereby notifies British Subjects residing in or resorting to Japan, that he has received a communication from His Excellency the Acting Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs stating that the said Medical Inspection ceases from to-day, the 18th instant.
H.B.M.'s Legation, Tokyo, December 18th, 1895.
ERNEST SATOW.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 2.
The following Notice is published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd January, 1896.
NOTICE.
In accordance with section 33 of the Rating Ordinance, No. 15 of 1888, Owners of Tenements are reminded that Rates for the First Quarter of 1896 are payable in advance on the 6th January
next.
If any person fail to pay the same, proceedings will be taken in the Supreme Court for their recovery, without further notice.
No refund of rates on vacant tenements will be granted unless such rates have been paid during and within the month of January.
Treasury, Hongkong, 31st December, 1895.
A. M. THOMSON, Acting Treasurer.