DROIT.
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
報 門
港 香
Published by Authority.
No. 35.
五十三第
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 21ST AUGUST, 1880.
日六十月七年辰庚 日一十月八年十八百八千一
VOL. XXVI.
簿六十二第
號一第報憲
X, 1.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Translations into Chinese, for the information
of the Chinese portion of the Community, of some the Government Notifications are inserted
rein, but it is to be understood that in case of.
ariance in the sense of the English and Chinese
versions, the sense of the English text must be
sidered as correct.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office,
W. H. MARSI,
Colonial Secretary.
Hongkong, 17th November, 1879.
十七日 號 一千八百七十九年十一月
己卯年 十月.初四日示
報事
輔政使司馬
者仍以英文之意爲正此示 文譯出華文間有未能脗合 港華人週知但須知若由英
督憲諭爲憲報英文華文并 報由英文譯出華文者仰本 事照得本港轅門報内有憲
為未
正能
V. 7.
1.s.] J. Pore HENNESSY,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
PROCLAMATION.
By His Excellency Sir Jonx POPE HENNESSY, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished ler of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of tingkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas by the “ Chinese Passenger's' Act, 1855" (Imperial), it was among other things provided it should be lawful for the Governor of Hongkong to declare by Proclaination for the purposes of at said Act what should be deemed to be the duration of the voyage of any Chinese Passenger Ship.
Now, therefore, I, Sir JOHN POPE HENNESSY, do, by this my Proclamation, for the purposes
of the said Act, declare that the following shall be the rule of computation by which the length of the yage of any Chinese Passenger Ships of the classes herein specified shall be computed, and that so h of previous rules as complied with this rule shall cease to have effect, viz.:-at any time of r. for steam vessels the duration of the voyage from Hongkong to Manila or from Amoy to Manila l be computed at less than 7 days.
By His Excellemey's Coinmand.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Gon Save THE QUEEN.
Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 18th Day of August, 1880.