THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH JANUARY, 1892. 105
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 53.
With the sanction of the Right Honourable the Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to lay down the following Regulation for the guidance of all Public Officers in the Colony :—
any land
No Government Officer shall hereafter be allowed to acquire or be a part-owner of
in the Colony other than that covered by his dwelling-house and a garden or ground attached thereto.
2. The foregoing Regulation applies to the holding of land by an Officer in the name or names of members of an Officer's family. It does not apply to those Officers who become possessed of land or houses by inheritance or devise and not by purchase.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th January, 1892.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 54.
W. M. GOODMAN,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon on Thursday, the 4th proximo, for the repairs of certain defects to the boiler, engines and hull of Police Launch Charles May, also to place her on the slip for examination of bottom, and also to provide a suitable Launch for Police duty during the time the repairs are being executed.
The work to be in accordance with specifications which can be obtained at the office of the Government Marine Surveyor, to whose satisfaction the work will have to be executed.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th January, 1892.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 55.
W. M. GOODMAN,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
The following is published.
By Command,
W. M. GOODMAN,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th January, 1892.
Government of China.
SWATOW DISTRICT.
LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS, No. 25.
Dove Rock Whistling Buoy replaced in position.
Notice is hereby given that the Whistling Buoy marking the Dove Rock was replaced in its position on the 25th instant.
Approved:
C. LENOX SIMPSON,
Commissioner of Customs.
CUSTOM HOUSE,
SWATOW, 26th January, 1892.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 39.
J. H. C. GUNTHER,
Harbour Master.
The following Lots of Crown Land at Kowloon, (East Point), will be sold by Public Auction on Monday, the 8th day of February, 1892, at 4 P.M.
Kowloon Marine Lots Nos. 34 and 35.
For Particulars and Conditions of Sale see page 51 of the Government Gazette for 1892.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd January, 1892.
W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary.