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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND JANUARY, 1887.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 23.
Notice is hereby given that Monday the 24th instant, being the Chinese New Year's Day, will be observed as a Holiday throughout the Government Departments.
By Command,
FREDERICK Stewart,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th January, 1887.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 24. ·
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to appoint provisionally, and until further orders, FRANCIS HENRY MAY, Esquire, Passed Cadet, to be Acting Assistant Colonial Secretary and Acting Assistant Auditor General.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th January, 1887.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. -No. 25.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to grant to Major- General ALEXANDER HERMAN ADAM GORDON (retired) Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, four months' vacation leave and three months' leave of absence on half salary.
Consequent on the granting of such leave, IIis Excellency has been pleased to make the following temporary appointments:-
NORMAN GILBERT MITCHELL-INNES, Esquire, Assistant Registrar General, to be Acting
Superintendent of Victoria Gaol.
THOMAS ERCOMBE SMITH, Esquire, Passed Cadet, to be Acting Assistant Registrar General.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th January, 1887.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 26.
The following copy of a proclamation respecting the opening to trade of the ports of Vinh and Fai-Fo in Annam, received from the Acting French Consul, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd January, 1887.
COPIE.
Protectorat de l'Annam et du Tonkin.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Le Résident Général de la République Française en Annam et au Tonkin.
Vu les articles 3, 4 et 12 du traité du 6 Juin, 1884.
Arrête :-
Les ports de Vinh et de Fai-Fo sont ouverts au commerce.
Un bureau de Douane est ouvert à Vinh et placé sous la direction du Chef du service des Douanes de l'Annam et du Tonkin.
Un poste de douanes relevant du bureau de Tourane et placé sous la direction du Chef du service des Douanes de l'Annam et dų Tonkin est ouvert à Fai-Fo.
Hanoï, le 2 Janvier, 1887.
Le Résident Général p. i.
Signé-P. VIAL,
Pour copie certifiée conforme,
Le Gérant du Consulat,
J. RIGOREAU.
Hongkong, le 19 Janvier, 1887.