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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH JULY, 1893.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 289.
The following Notice is published.
By Command,
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th July, 1895.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that on and after the 1st day of September next, legal proceedings will be commenced in the Supreme Court of Hongkong in its Summary Jurisdiction, in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 13 of 1875, for the recovery of all Crown Rents due for the half year ended 24th June, 1893, which may then be unpaid and in arrear without further notice being given.
Dated this 26th day of July, 1893.
N. G. MITCHELL-INNES, Colonial Treasurer.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 290.
His Excellency the Governor is pleased to direct that Monday, the 7th August, being a Bank Holiday, is to be observed as a Holiday by the Governinent Departments.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th July, 1893.
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 291.
The following is published.
By Command,
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th July, 1893.
No. 338.--NOTICE TO SHIPPING.
TIME-BALLS.
Time-balls on Fort Canning aud Pulau Brani are dropped daily (Sundays excepted) at 1 P.M. Observatory mean-time. They are hoisted five minutes before I o'clock.
The Observatory at Fort Fullerton, from which the balls are dropped by electricity, is in
Lat. Long. Ditto in time
.1° 17′ 13′′ 7 N.
.103° 51′ 15′′ ·7 E.
6h. 55m. 25.05 sec.
When the ball drops at 1 P.M. local mean time, the corresponding Greenwich mean time is 6b. 4m. 34.95 sec. A. M. Should the electricity fail, through lightning or other causes, to drop either or both of the balls, the ball that does not act will be kept up for about 5 minutes after I o'clock, it will then be dropped by hand and the time must not be depended
Oil.
C. Q. G. CRaufurd,
Master Attendant, S.S.
8th July, 1893.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 292.
The following Return of Books is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th July, 1893.
G. T. M. O'Brien, Colonial Secretary.
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