THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH JULY, 1887.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 293.
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The Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to grant to CHARLES CHRISTIAN MALSCH, Esquire, Assistant Engineer in the Public Works Department, three months and twenty days' vacation leave, with effect from the 7th instant.
Consequent on Mr. MALSCH's departure on leave, His Excellency has been pleased to appoint JAMES SAMPSON, Esquire, to be Acting Assistant Engineer in the Public Works Department.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th July, 1887. '
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 294.
The following Government Notification is re-published for general information:-
“GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 165.
Under the provisions of Sub-section 2, Section 15 of Ordinance 8 of 1879, the Governor in Council has been pleased
to direct that :-
1. Certificates of Competency issued on and after the first day of January last may be exchanged for the new or Governor's Certificates, issued under the provisions of Her Majesty's Order in Council of the 31st December, 1883, without the payment of a fee: and
2. As regards Certificates issued prior to that date, the holder of a Certificate of Competency desirous of obtaining a Governor's Certificate may be examined under the Regulations made by the Governor in Council (Sub-section 2, Section 15 of Ordinance 8 of 1879); and, if he passes at his first examination, he will receive a Governor's Certificate, and the fee he has paid will be returned to him; but, if he fails to pass at his first examination, the fee he has paid will be retained by the Treasury.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd May, 1884."
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Masters, Mates, and Engineers of the Mercantile Marine are hereby notified that no Certificate of Competency for the purpose of placing any Master, Mate, or Engineer on the Register or Articles of Agreement of a ship will, after the 30th September next, be recognized by the Harbour Master, unless such Certificate has been issued by the Board of Trade, by the Board of Examiners appointed by Ordinance 17 of 1860, or by Section 15 of Ordinance 8 of 1879, or by the Legislative Authority of a British Possession, under and subject to the provisions and conditions of the Merchant Shipping (Colonial) Act, 1869.
It should be clearly understood that Hongkong Certificates granted before the. 1st January, 1884, are not valid in the United Kingdom.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th July, 1887.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 295.
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the spot, on Monday, the 25th day of July, 1887, at 3 P.M., are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th July, 1887.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday, the 25th day of July, 1887, at 3 P.M., by Order of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Govern- ment of One Lot of Crown Land, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 Years.
No.
of
Registry No.
Sale.
1
Kaulung Inland Lot
No. 395
Yaumáti,
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Boundary Measurements. Contents Annual
Upset
LOCALITY.
N.
S.
E.
W.
in Square ft.
Rent.
Price.
feet.
feet. feet. feet.
250 250 200
200
50,000 666
3.830