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Published by Authority.
No. 57.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 10TH DECEMBER, 1892. VOL. XXXVIII.
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No. 3.
PROCLAMATION.
[L.S.]
WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Governor.
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By His Excellency Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas by Section 8 of Ordinance 1 of 1887 intituled The Post Office Ordinance, 1887, it is enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time by Order determine the rates of Postage to be charged upon all correspondence sent by Post from the General Post Office of the Colony or received therein from places outside the Colony and may revoke, alter or add to any such Order.
And whereas by Section 9 of the same Ordinance, it is enacted that the Governor shall publish every such Order by Proclamation in the Gazette, and every Order when so published shall have the same effect as if it had been inserted in the above named Ordinance.
Now, therefore, I, Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, in Council do by this Proclamation order that the Table hereto annexed be the Table of Rates of Postage on parcels posted at the General Post Office of this Colony or its Agencies till further orders.
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By His Excellency's Command,
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 7th day of December, 1892.
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