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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH MARCH, 1891.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 136.
Information has been received from the Military Authorities that Artillery Practice will take place from the Battery at Lyemun in North-Westerly and Easterly directions, on the 31st March, 1st. 2nd and 3rd April next, between the hours of 9 A M. and 5 P.M. daily.
All Ships, Junks and other Vessels are cautioned to keep clear of the ranges.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th March, 1891.
W. M. DEANE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 137.
His Excellency the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, has been pleased to grant to Major-General A. H. A. GORDON, Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, six months' leave of absence on half salary, in addition to four months' vacation leave.
Consequent on Major-General GORDON'S departure, His Excellency has been pleased to appoint A. M. THOMSON, Esquire, to be Acting Superintendent of Victoria Gaol."
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th March, 1891.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 138.
The following Notice is published for general information.
By Command,
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th March, 1891.
NOTICE.
Temporary extension of Men-of-War Anchorage.
From date till after the departure of the Russian Squadron escorting H.I.H. the Czarewitch, the limits of the Men-of-War Anchorage in Victoria Harbour are extended to the North and East, as follows:-
Northern Boundary.-From the Buoy painted chequered black and white towards North
Point of Hongkong until it meets the Eastern Boundary.
Eastern Boundary.-A line drawn South from that point on the Northern Boundary whence the Flagstaff, Royal Naval Hospital, bears South (Magnetic) to
the shore.
WM. C. H. HASTINGS, Ret. Com., R.N.,
Acting Harbour Master, &c.
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 24th March, 1891.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 139.
It is hereby notified for public information that the attention of His Excellency the Governor has been called to various cases of default in the performance of covenants entered into on the purchase of Crown lands.
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As a matter of justice no less to the general public than to those persons who have been com- pelled to fulfil their obligations, His Excellency has deemed it expedient to place the matter in the hands of the Crown Solicitor with a view to the equal enforcement of agreements upon all sales of Government land.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th March, 1891.
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.