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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST DECEMBER, 1883.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 391.
A competitive examination for the following appointments at the Observatory will be held on Tuesday, the 11th instant, at 2 P.M., at the Government Central School, Gough Street, in accordance with the Regulations made by the Governor in Council, and published in Government Gazette No. 26 of 1883, viz. :-
2ND ASSISTANT.
Duties. To make meteorological observations, and to do other duties in connection therewith;
also to take charge of the Photographic laboratory.
Qualifications.-Ability to calculate readily; to write a good hand; and to have some
knowledge of photography.
Salary.-$480 per annum.
CHINESE CLERK.
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Duties.-General clerical work, including the keeping of accounts.
Qualifications.—Good handwriting, quick at calculations, and ability to translate English
into Chinese and Chinese into English.
Salary.—$480 per annum, rising to $600 per annum.
Applications, with copies of testimonials and certificates of age and health, to be sent to the Colonial Secretary not later than noon of Friday, the 7th instant.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st December, 1883.
J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART,
for the Colonial Secretary
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 392.
The following Return, received from the Manager, of the quantity of Spirits distilled by the China Sugar Refining Company, Limited, is published for general information.
Proof Gallons.
Spirits manufactured during the quarter ending 27th November, 1883,.............. 8,507.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st December, 1883:
J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART, for the Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 393. The following Notice is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st December, 1883.
NOTICE.
J. H. STEWART-Lockhart, for the Colonial Secretary.
Applications for Passage Brokers' Licences for the year 1884, under Ordinance No. 5 of 1874, will be received at this Office from the 3rd instant up to the 31st instant.
Applicants are requested to state the names and addresses of the parties they offer as sureties. Section VI of the above Ordinance is published for the information of Passage Brokers, from which it will be seen that no person other than a licensed broker can sell or let passages in any Chinese Passenger Ship.
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"No person shall act as a Passenger Broker, or in procuring passengers for, or in the sale or letting "of passages in any Chinese Passenger Ship, unless he shall, with two sufficient sureties, to be approved 'by the Emigration Officer, have entered into a joint and several Bond in the sum of five thousand "current dollars, to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, according to the form contained in Sche- "dule A hereunto annexed, which Bond shall be renewed on each occasion of obtaining such licence as hereinafter mentioned, and shall be deposited with the Emigration Officer; nor unless such person "shall have obtained a licence to let or sell passages, nor unless such licence shall be then in force; "and where different members of the same firm act as Passage Brokers, each person so acting shall "comply with the terms of this Section."
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 1st December, 1883.
H. G. THOMSETT,
Emigration Officer, &c.