THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND JANUARY, 1887.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 30.
The following Post Office Notice is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd January, 1887.
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FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
With reference to the Order in Council of September 24th, 1885, by which a Table of Rates of Postage was sanctioned, one of the regulations of which was that the prepayment of local postage between Hongkong and the Ports of China in either direction should be compulsory, His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to order as follows :---
On and after the first of March next, local correspondence received at Hongkong from the Ports of China, and not prepaid by means of Hongkong Postage stamps, will not be delivered or sent on to destination.
Such correspondence will be returned to the senders, being opened for that purpose, if necessary, under the powers vested in the Postmaster General by section 16 of Ordinance No. 6 of 1884.
This notice applies especially to correspondence sent on board steamers for transmission otherwise than in the Mails.
GENERAL POST OFFICE,
HONGKONG, 20th January, 1887.
A. LISTER, Postmaster General,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 31.
The following Notices under the Contagious Diseases Ordinance, 1867, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd January, 1887.
FREDERICK Stewart,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCĖ, 1867.
It is hereby notified that the part of the house hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, the First Floor of No. 78D, Shaukiwan, was, on the 19th day of January, 1887, pursuant to Section 23 of the above Ordinance, declared by me under my Hand and Seal of Office to be an Unlicensed Brothel.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Registrar General.
L.S.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 19th January, 1887.
THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.
It is hereby notified that the part of the house hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, the Cellar of No. 1, Shing Wong Street, was, on the 20th day of January, 1887, pursuant to Section 23 of the above Ordinance, declared by me under my Hand and Seal of Office to be an Unlicensed Brothel.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Registrar General.
L.S.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 20th January, 1887.