No. 207.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH SEPTEMBER, 1877. 439
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given that The Right Honourable The Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to approve of the recognition of WILLIAM REIMERS, Esquire, as Acting Consul General for Austria-Hungary at this port during the absence of ADOLPH André, Esquire.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Ilongkong, 25th September, 1877.
No. 208.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified that, under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, Tuesday, the 6th of November next, is fixed for a special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace, to be held at the Police Magistrates' Office at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, for the purpose of considering applications for Licences for the sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors during the year commencing on 1st December next.
Applications for such Licences must be lodged at the Police Magistrates' Office, at least Ten days before the Sessions, in the Form prescribed in the said Ordinance, and no application will, after that period, be received for submission to the Sessions.
Printed Forms of application may be obtained by intending Applicants at the Police Magistrates' Office, between the hours of 10 A.м. and 4 P.м. daily.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th September, 1877.
No. 209.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th September, 1877.
Government of China.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 77.
CHINA SEA.
YANGTZE RIVER--SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
Bush Island Buoy.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given that a red and black vertically striped Buoy, 6 feet in diameter and surmounted by a black spherical cage, has been moored in 17 feet at low water spring tides, to the north-westward of Bush Island, with
The "Clump" of Trees bearing High Single Tree bearing
Vessels should not pass between this Buoy and the north-west end of Bush Island.
Buoy Off Drinkwater Point.
.S. 26° W. .S. 13° W.
Also that the 6 feet in diameter fairway North Channel Buoy, off Drinkwater Point, has been replaced by a 10 feet red and black horizontally striped fairway Buoy, surmounted by a black spherical cage and moored in 4 fathoms at low water spring tides, with Shaweishan Lighthouse bearing N. 84° E., and distant about 14 miles.
By order of the Inspector General of Customs,
DAVID M. HENDERSON,
Engineer-in-Chief.
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 17th September, 1877.
NOTICE.
Owners of Tenements assessed to the Police, Lighting, Water, and Fire Brigade Rates, are hereby informed that the Rates for the Fourth Quarter of the year 1877, are payable in advance, during and within the Month of October next.
It is particularly requested that such Rates may be paid before the 31st of October, as after that date application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of arrears.
C. MAY,
Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 29th September, 1877.
Acting Colonial Treasurer.