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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH DECEMBER, 1885.
3. The commission charged is as follows (according to the currency the Order is drawn in).
Up to £2, or $10, or
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£5, or $25, or £7, or $35, or £10, or $50, or
20 Rupees,. 50 Rupees,.... 70 Rupees,. 100 Rupees,. 150 Rupees,..
0.20 cents.
0.40 cents.
0.60 cents.
0.80 cents. $1.00.
4. No Orders must exceed £10 or $50 (unless drawn on India, when 150 Rupecs is the limit) nor will more than two such Orders be issued to the same person, in favour of the same payee, by the same mail.
5. Money Orders on the United Kingdom for even sums not exceeding £5 are granted by means of Postal Notes, as to which see separate notice or the Hongkong Postal Guide.
6. Sums not exceeding $50 may be remitted between the Ports of China by means of Postage stamps, subject to a charge of one per cent. for cashing them; or Money Orders can be granted at Hongkong or Shanghai on Ports where there are Agencies of the Hongkong Post Office.
GENERAL POST OFFICE, HONGKONG, 26th December, 1885.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 500.
The following Notice is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th December, 1885.
NOTICE.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Crown Rents for the half-year ending 25th December, 1885, should be paid into the Treasury on or before the 15th January, 1886.
Treasury, Hongkong, 18th December, 1885.
A. LISTER,
Treasurer.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 501.
The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th December, 1885.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Vigilant at Hongkong,
22nd December, 1885.
HYDROGRAPHICAL MEMO., No. 3.
SATANO-MISAKI LIGHT.
Discontinuance of Permanent Light and Exhibition of Temporary Light.
The Government of Japan has given notice that pending improvements being made in the illuminating apparatus of the Lighthouse on Satano-misaki (Cape Chichakoff), province of Osumi, the first order white light will be discontinued for about one month from the 31st December, 1885 until the completion of the work; and that during the said interval, a temporary light will be exhibited every night from a hut erected about 50 feet to the South Westward of the Lighthouse.
The Temporary Light will be Fixed White and will be cut off on the bearings of N. 65° E. and N. 30 W. The bearings are magnetic and as observed from the hut.
In clear weather, it will be seen at a distance of about 15 nautical miles.
To the Commodore and the respective Captains, Commanders, and
Officers Commanding Her Majesty's Ships
and Vessels employed on the China Station.
R. VESEY HAMILTON, Vice-Admiral, and Commander-in-Chief.
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