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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH FEBRUARY, 1896.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 67.
BUILDING MATERIAL FOR SALE.
It is hereby notified that the building material contained in and composing certain houses within the Resumed Area of Taipingshan will be put up to sale at Public Auction, on Friday, the 6th March, 1896, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
The sale will take place at the junction of Tank Lane and Market Street. For particulars apply at the Public Works Office.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th February, 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF ABOVE SALE.
(1) The sale will include all material contained in and composing above ground level the pré- mises recently known as-
Numbers 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33 and 35, Tank Lane.
(2) The highest bidder shall be the purchaser of the lot and if any dispute arise between two or more bidders the lot in dispute shall be put up again at the former bidding.
(3) The purchaser shall pay into the Colonial Treasury within three days of the date of sale the amount bid.
(4) The purchaser of the lot shall remove the whole of the material above ground level within one calendar month from the date of sale in an expeditious and workmanlike manner to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works.
(5) The purchaser of the lot shall at his own risk and responsibility make such arrangements as may be necessary for securing the safety of the public, his workmen and adjoining property during the removal of the material, and shall make good all damage arising to persons or property out of the progress of the work.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th February, 1896.
J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 72.
An examination will be held in the Council Chamber to select one Clerk for service in the General Post Office on a day to be fixed by the Board of Examiners.
The salary will be $20 a month, rising to $30 after January 1st, 1897, and to $40 after January
1st, 1898.
No Candidate need apply who does not write a good hand. The subjects of examination will be as follows:~~
Handwriting,.
Dictation and Copying, Composition,
Arithmetic,
600 marks. ..200
.200
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..200 19
Applications, with copies of testimonials, and certificates as to age and health should be sent to the Honorary Secretary, Board of Examiners, not later than the 14th proximo, at Noon.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th February, 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.