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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.
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No. 37.
No. 3.
PROCLAMATION.
[L.S.] J. POPE HENNESSY.
By His Excellency JOHN POPE HENNESSY, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas a despatch has been received from the Right Honourable Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, Bart., M.P., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, conveying to me Her Majesty's Gracious Confirmation and Allowance of the following Ordinance; namely:-
No. 3 of 1877, entitled,—An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a Sum not exceeding Seven hundred and Eighty- three thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1878;
Now, therefore, it is hereby Proclaimed, that the said Ordinance has been so confirmed and allowed as aforesaid.
Given Ga
No. 175.
By His Excellency's Command,
QUEEN.
J. M. PRICE,
Actin
ial Secretary.
House, Hongkong, this 14th Day of September, 1878.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to grant leave of absence to the Honourable CECIL C. SMITH, Treasurer and Registrar General.
His Excellency the Governor has also been pleased to make the following temporary and provi- sional appointments dating from Monday next, the 16th instant:--
The Honourable J. M. PRICE, to perform the duties of Acting Colonial Treasurer, in addition to
those of Surveyor General;
The Honourable CHARLES MAY, to be Acting Colonial Secretary;
JOHN JOSEPH FRANCIS, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, to be Acting Police Magistrate;
JOHN GERRARD, Esquire, to be Acting Registrar General;
CRARLES VANDELEUR CREAGH, Esquire, to be Superintendent of the Fire Brigade; and J. A. CARVALHO, Esquire, to be Acting Assistant Superintendent of the Fire Brigade.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th September, 1878.
No. 176.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
ENQUIRY INTO CERTAIN OFFICES OF THE SUPREME COURT.
J. M. PRICE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct the issue of a Commission to the following gentlemen to enquire into the practice and procedure respecting the receipt, custody, management and disbursement of all monies or valuable Securities coming into the hands of all Officers attached to the Supreme Court: The Honourable CHARLES MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary and Auditor General, the Honourable GEORGE PHILLIPPO, Attorney General, ADAM LIND, Esquire, and WILLIAM WOTTON, Esquire.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th September, 1878.
J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.