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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD MAY, 1884.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 165.
Under the provisions of Sub-section 2, Section 15 of Ordinance 8 of 1879, the Governor in Coun- cil 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.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 166.
The following Notice from the Colonial Treasurer is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd May, 1884.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
NOTICE.
The privilege of boiling and preparing Opium for export has been granted to the body of existing licensees for a period of one year from the 1st of March, 1884, and will be extended for a further period of two years.
No further licences will be granted except on such special conditions as may be determined in each case.
The Government will be prepared to grant on suitable terms to any partnership or Company formed amongst the present licensees the exclusive privilege of boiling and preparing Opium for. export for a further term of three years, commencing on March 1st, 1887.
The YAN WO or Wo Ki Company are no longer licensees.
Treasury, Hongkong, 30th April, 1884.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 167.
The following notice is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd May, 1884.
A. LISTER,
Treasurer.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
NOTICE.
It is hereby notified that ships conveying Chinese Passengers, under the provisions of Ordinance No. 5 of 1874, will not be allowed to carry them on the upper on Weather Deck between the 1st of June and the 15th of October, inclusive.
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 1st May, 1884.
H. G. THOмSETT,
Emigration Officer, &c.