THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH AUGUST, 1894.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 308.
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The following amended condition is substituted for that published under Government Notification No. 263 of the 4th July, 1894.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th August, 1894.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary.
CONDITION
to be annexed to jinricksha or chair licence made by the Governor in Council, this 15th day of August, 1894, under the provisions
tion:-
of section 3 of "The Licensing Consolidation Ordinance, 1887,”
Every licence for a jinricksha or chair shall hereafter be issued subject to the following condi-
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That the drawer or bearer thereof shall, when plying for hire and in any way acting or employed as a licensed jinricksha drawer or chair bearer, have and keep the number of his licence legibly marked as the Captain Superintendent of Police may direct on the back of his coat or jacket, and shall not take off such coat or jacket.
J. G. T. BUCKLE,
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
HONGKONG.
Acting Clerk of Councils.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 309.
Notice is hereby given that Sealed Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, till 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon, the 28th day of September, 1894, for the purchase of the sole privilege of holding Pawnbrokers' licences under Ordinance No. 3 of 1860 for one, two or three years, at option of tenderer.
Full information as to conditions of tendering, &c. can be obtained from the Registrar General.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th August, 1894.
Conditions of Tendering.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary.
1. No tender will be received unless the tenderer produces a receipt from the Treasurer for-
(i) A deposit of $1,000, or of Title Deeds, or other approved securities to a like amount, and (ii) A stamped agreement to be executed by him on a form provided by the Treasurer, to
the effect that, if he should decline to accept the grant of the privilege on the terms of the tender sent in by him, such deposit or securities shall be forfeited to the Crown. Such deposit must be completed not later than Noon on the 27th of September. All deposits will be returned to unsuccessful tenderers.
2. The tender must state the monthly sum offered for the privilege.
3. The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any tender.
4. The successful tenderer shall deposit with the Treasurer security, either money or title deeds, to the value of three months' rent for the due performance of the conditions on which the privilege is granted and of the stipulations or agreement in respect thereof, and the security previously deposited with the Treasurer on the tender being received will be retained until such successful tenderer shall have deposited such security.