THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH JANUARY, 1882.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 9.
The following Despatch is published for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
M. S. TONNOCHY, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th January, 1882.
DOWNING STREET,
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HONGKONG. No. 163.
30th November, 1881.
SIR,I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. TONNOCHY'S Despatch No. 39 of the 15th of October, giving an account of the destructive typhoon by which Hongkong was visited on the 14th of October, and I have learnt with much regret of the loss of life and property which was sustained. I have at the same time to express my high appreciation of the many gallant services which were rendered on the occasion in the endeavour to save the lives and properties of those in danger.
I have, &c.,
Governor
SIR J. POPE HENNESSY, K.C.M.G.,
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$c.,
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KIMBERLEY.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 10.
The Right Honourable the EARL OF KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to approve of the appointment of Mr. WILLIAM GOULBOURN to be 3rd Clerk in the Surveyor General's Office.
By His Excellency's Command,
M. S. TONNOCHY,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th January, 1882.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 11.
It is hereby notified that a letter has been received from Her Britannic Majesty's Acting Consul at Manila intimating that a Decree has been published in the Gazette of the 5th instant to the effect that the Quarantine Regulations in force there since the 12th September, 1881, have been abolished.
By His Excellency's Command,
M. S. TONNOCHY, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th January, 1882.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 12.
The following Despatch from Sir HENRY PARKES, K.C.M.G., accompanying "An Act to restrict the Influx of Chinese into New South Wales," is published for general information.
By Ilis Excellency's Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th January, 1882.
M. S. TONNOCHY, Acting Colonial Secretary.