THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH DECEMBER, 1895.
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6. The sender should enter on the cover of every insured parcel the amount for which it is insured which must in no case be more than its real value. Every parcel for insurance must also be sealed, so that it cannot be opened without either breaking the seals or leaving an obvious trace of violation. It is desirable that the seals should bear the impression of some private mark of the sender.
7. Upon payment of the fee specified in the Scale of Fees and Indemnity, the sender of a parcel shall be entitled to a Certificate of Insurance or to a receipt for the amount paid in such form as the Postmaster General may prescribe.
S. No claim for indemnity for loss or damage shall be entertained unless the claimant produces a certificate of insurance or receipt for the amount paid in the prescribed form or unless the Postmaster General shall dispense with such production.
9. No claim for indemnity as aforesaid shall be entertained after six months from the date of the posting of the parcel.
10. No person shall be deemed entitled as of right to any indemnity whatever and nothing contained in or done under or in pursuance of this notice shall render the Postmaster General liable either personally or in his official capacity to any action or other legal proceeding in respect of or in consequence of any loss or damage to any articles enclosed in or forming part of a parcel. And the decision of the Postmaster General on all questions arising between him and any person claiming indemnity in respect of the loss or damage of any article enclosed in or forming part of a parcel shall be final.
11. In the case of all parcels containing coin, bullion, precious stones, jewellery, watches, or articles of gold or silver insurance is obligatory.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 513.
The following Notice is published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th December, 1895.
NOTICE.
Application for Passage Broker's Licences for the year 1896, under Ordinance No. 1 of 1889, will be received at this Office from the 7th instant to the 30th instant.
Applicants are requested to state the names and addresses of the parties they offer as sureties.
R. MURRAY RUMSEY, Retd. Comdr., R.N., Emigration Officer.
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 4th December, 1895.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.- No. 514.
A competitive examination for the post of Usher and Hakka Interpreter in the Magistracy will be held in the Council Chamber, Government Offices, on a day to be fixed by the Board of Examiners. Duties,... To interpret from the English language into the Hakka Dialect, and vice versa, serve writs, execute warrants, and copy documents; besides such general duties as fall to the office of Usher.
Qualifications,
Salary,.
....Good handwriting, quickness and correctness in copying and in writing
English. Knowledge of Chinese written character.
$480 per annum.
The examination will be held in accordance with the Regulations made by the Governor in Council, and published in Government Gazette No. 23 of 1891.
Applications, with copies of testimonials of character and certificates of age and health to be sent to the Honorary Secretary, Board of Examiners, not later than Monday, 16th December, at Noon.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th December, 1895.
J. H. STEWART Lockhart,
Colonial Secretary.