No. 7.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH JANUARY, 1881.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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The following Notification received from the Colonial Secretary, Ceylon, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th January, 1881.
Government of Ceylon.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
PEARL FISHERY.
Notice is hereby given that a Pearl Fishery will take place at Sillavaturai, in the Island of Ceylon, on or about the 20th of February, 1881, and that the bank to be fished is the North-West Cheval, estimated to contain oysters sufficient to employ 100 boats for thirty days, with average loads of 10,000 oysters cach per day.
It is therefore recommended that such boat-owners and divers as may wish to be employed at the said fishery, should be at Sillavaturai on or before the 15th February, next, and it is notified that the first day's fishery will take place on or about the 20th of February, weather permitting.
The fishery will be conducted on account of Government, and the oysters put up to sale in such lots as may be deemed expedient.
The arrangements of the fishery will be the same as have been usual on similar occasions.
All payments to be made in ready money in Ceylon currency.
Drafts on the Banks in Colombo, or Bills on the Agents of this Government in India at ten days' sight, will be taken,
on letters of credit being produced to warrant the drawing of such Drafts or Bills.
For the convenience of purchasers, the Treasurer at Colombo and the different Government Agents of Provinces will be authorized to receive cash deposits from parties intending to become purchasers, and receipts of these officers will be taken in payment of any sums due on account of the fishery.
No deposit will be received for a less sum than five hundred rupees.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Colombo, 9th December, 1880.
By His Excellency's Command,
J. DOUGLAS,
Colonial Secretary.
STATEMENT of the valuation and produce of 16,200 Oysters taken from the N. W. Cheval, in November, 1880.
No.
Description.
Size in basket.
Number.
Quantity in
Chevoc.
Kalangey.
Manjady.
Kalangey.
Total.
Value.
Total value.
Per Chevbe.
Per Kalangey.
Manjady.
=
Peesel
20
1 1/2
2
Kodai
3
4
0 39 0523
3
Anatharey
30
1/4
1
Kalippu
70:320
5678910
5 Anie
50
16820
1 2/16
6/16
Anatharey Kalippu
Koroval Peesel
Kodai
Anie
27.320
10/16
!
2°10:16
3 646
4 14
1 1.4
12 1.2
on on a co20
3 50
3
54
9 19
8 27
2 97
Rs. cts.
Rs. cts.
0 91
1
14 Star Pagodas do.
8 75
10 Star Pagodas
2 216
382
12 573
5 do.
20 12
do.
do.
20
do.
14
do.
4
do.
80
12
Auatharcy
45820 27/320
1 1/16
34
13
Kalippu
1 11/16
14
Koroval
1 3/4
Ww=
11 31
3 54
22
4 72
6
15
Peescl
1 10:16
16
Kodai
0 853
5
27 521
23
do.
12
do.
16
do.
one
10
do.
do.
3/4
7 10/16
5
23 54
17
18
Vadivoe, excluding
100
200
19
Madanku
400
1 1 1
2 197820
8 3/4
1 134:320 312820
8 6/16
8 10/16
210
50
50
210 50
15
do.
11 1/2
4 3320
201
600
21
Tool
22
800 1000
23
Marsictool
21
Shell Pearls
5
7
5
7
56 17 56 173
3
do.
2
13 1/2
2
13 1/2
12 1/2
—
12 1/2
14 4
1 0
14
4
14
do.
1 0
Total.
14
8 6/16
346 27
Sillavaturai, 29th November, 1880.
JAMES DONNAN, Inspector of Pearl Banks,
M. SEEMANPILLAI, Mudaliyár, Adigar of Musali, &c. (S. I. S. MARAKAIR KABEBO MOHOMEDOE.)—Pearl Merchant.