ROIT
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 53.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 28т DECEMBER, 1878.
VOL. XXIV.
No. 250.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint provisionally and until further notice Mr. ALFRED MAY to be Acting Fifth Master at the Central School from the 1st January, 1879.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th December, 1878.
C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary,
No. 251.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified, that for the ensuing year, the Western Slaughter House is leased to TANG Kit of the "KWAN TAI LOONG" Pig Lan, Praya West.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th December, 1878.
C. MAY,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 252.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given, that at Noon on Tuesday, the 31st December, the Privilege of Farming ail 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, for one, two, or three option of the highest bidder.
years at the
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 due 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, 28th December, 1878.
C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.