588 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH DECEMBER, 1878.
No. 234.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Applications with testimonials will be received at this Office, on or before Monday, the 9th December, for the vacant post of Inspector of Nuisances.
Salary $720 per annum.
The duties are those of sanitary inspection over a district of the City of Victoria, together with the supervision of the carrying out of the Government Scavenging Contract.
A knowledge of colloquial Chinese (to be tested by the Board of Examiners) is essential.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th November, 1878.
No. 232.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
C. MAY,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given, that at Noon on Friday, the 13th December, the Privilege of Farming all Granite Quarries in the Island of Hongkong, during the year 1879, as also the same Monopoly for Kowloon, will be put up to Public Auction at the Government Offices.
1. The Monopoly shall begin on the 1st of January, 1879, and terminate on the 31st of December of the same year.
2. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be recommended to His Excellency The Governor as the purchaser, but His Excellency reserves the right of not accepting the highest bid. If any dispute arise, the Monopoly may be put up again at a former bidding.
3. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $50.
4. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the purchaser shall sign a Memorandum of Agree- ment for completing the purchase according to these conditions, and shall on the same day give security of two householders, approved by the Government, each to the amount of one-twelfth of the total annual premium, for the duc fulfilment of the contract, if approved by His Excellency the Governor.
5. The Monthly Premium shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury upon the Twenty-first day of each month.
6. Persons desirous of bidding at either of the two Auctions are directed to call at the Surveyor General's Office, where further particulars may be obtained.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th November, 1878..
No. 228.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given, that at Noon on Friday, the 13th December, the Privilege of Slaughtering Cattle in the Western Slaughter House during the year 1879, will be put up to Public Auction, at the Government Offices.
1. The Monopoly shall begin on the 1st January, 1879, and terminate on the 31st of December of the same year.
2. The conditions shall be such as are set forth in "The Markets Ordinance, 1858," and "The Markets Ordinance, 1867," and the Bye-Laws issued thereunder, and shall be subject to such modifications as may be made by any subsequent revision of those Ordinances, or those Bye-Laws.
3. The conditions shall also exclude the right to interfere with the Slaughtering of Goats by, or for the Indian Troops and Police.
4. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be recommended to His Excellency the Governor as the purchaser, but His Excellency reserves the right of not accepting the highest bid. If any dispute arise, the Monopoly may be put up again at a former bidding.
5. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $100.
6. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the Purchaser shall sign a Memorandum of Agree- ment for completing the purchase according to these conditions, and shall on the same day give security of two householders, approved by the Government, each to the amount of one-twelth of the total annual premium, for the due fulfilment of the contract, if approved by His Excellency the Governor.
7. The Monthly Premium shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury upon the Twenty-first day of each month.
8. Persons desirous of bidding at the Auction are directed to call at the Registrar- General's Office, where further particulars may be obtained.
By Command,
C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd November, 1878.