THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH AUGUST, 1894.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 314.
The following is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd August, 1894.
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POSTAL NOTES.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary,
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1. Postal Notes of the values named below, payable within three months at any Post Office in the United Kingdom, or at Constantinople, can be obtained at Hongkong or at any British Post Office in China at the following prices, which include Commission :-
1/- 1/6.... 5/-.
10/-
20/-.
48 cents. 72 **
$ 2.40
.$ 4.80 .$ 9.60
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2. The purchaser of any Postal Note must fill in the Payee's name before parting with it. may also fill in the name of the Office where payment is to be made. If this is not done the note is payable (within three months) anywhere in the United Kingdom, or at Constantinople. Any Postal Note inay be crossed to a Bank.
3. Postal Notes should always be forwarded in Registered Covers. If this precaution is not taken NO ENQUIRIES WHATEVER will be made as to the loss or alleged loss of any Note.
4. Postal Notes issued in the United Kingdom are NOT payable in Hongkong or China. GENERAL POST OFFICE,
HONGKONG, 20th August, 1894.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 315.
The following are published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th August, 1894.
Government of Japan.
JAPAN.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Nos. 631 and 632 of the Year 1894.
No. 631.
SETO UCHI. HARIMA NADA.
(1657.) SUNKEN WRECK OFF SHODO JIMA.
With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 627 (1645.) of 1894, on the sunken wreck off Shodo jima, further Notice has been received from Lieutenant R. Kajikawa of H. I. M. S. Yoshino, that no mast was appearing above water while passing this vicinity 15th March 1894.
This Notice affects the following Naval chart :—No, 50.
No. 632.
KOREA. WEST COAST. CHEMULPHO APPROACHES.
(1659.) A ROCK OFF WARREN ISLET.
Commander Y. Geki of H. I. M. S. Oshima reports that, March 22nd 1894, she saw a rock which dries 2 or 3 feet in the vicinity of a rock (dries 5 feet) to the eastward of Warren islet, and the following approximate bearings were taken though it has not been closely examined as she was running :-
Black rock
.N. by E. W. by N.
E.
A remarkable trec (205 feet high) near east end of Sho-i cheup-tau... Warren islet..
.E. by N. N. distant 3 cables. Note-This rock is supposed to be probably the same with the one which was seen by H. I. M. S. Tenriu în 1892 (Notice to Mariners No. 545).
This Notice affects the following Naval charts :-Nos. 127, 79.
(The bearings are Magnetic.)
Hydrographic Office, Tokyo, Japan, 12 April 1894.
Captain M. YOKO-O I. N. Hydrographer.