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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 54.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 15TH DECEMBER, 1877.
VOL. XXIII.
No. 252.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 6 of Ordinance No. 6 of 1875, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct the following days be observed as Public Holidays throughout the Government Departments.
Christmas Eve.
Christmas Day.
Wednesday, the. 26th December.
and New Year's Day.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th December, 1877.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
No. 253.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given that, at Noon on Friday, the 21st December instant, the Privilege of Slaughtering Cattle in the Western Slaughter House during the Year 1878, will be put up to Public Auction, at the Government Offices.
1. The Monopoly shall begin on the 1st January, 1878, 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 despute 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-twelfth 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,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th December, 1877.