THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TMп FEBRUARY, 1876.
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4. The annual competition for Indians and Chines: was held on the evenings of the 11th and 12th inst. A list of the candidates, with the marks attained in each subject, is appence to this Report.
5. I have made monthly inspections of the Water Police Station during the year. The men have made good progress. They read with flueney and translate with readiness, a state of affairs which reflects highly on Mr. WONG CHING, the Master in charge.
The following are the statistics for the year.
EUROPEANS,—
Total number of School days, Total number of Attendances,
Average daily Attendance
CHINESE,
Total number of School days, Total number of Attendances,
Average daily Attendance,
INDIANS,-
Total number of School days, Total number of Attendances,
Average daily Attendance..
158
813
5.1
73.5
..9560
130.
149,5
.4254
28.45
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
ALEXANDER FALCONER, Master in charge.
W. M. DEANE, Esquire,
Captain Superintendent of Police.
$.c..
&c.,
&re.
No. 33.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners, received through M. A. SIENKIEWICZ, Consul for France, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th February, 1876.
AVIS AUX NAVIGATEURS.
COCHINCHINE FRANÇAISE.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN. Colonial Secretary.
Le Contre-Amiral Gouverneur de la Cochinchine et Commandant la division navale de l'Indo-Chine, fait savoir que le feu de Cangiou qui avait été momentanément remplacé par un feu de moindre portée, sera rétabli tel qu'il était auparavant, à partir du 1 février 1876.
No. 34.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th February, 1876.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
TORRES STRAITS.
A Rock, awash at low water, is reported by Captain Dutfield to exist in latitude 10° 30′ S., longitude 142° 50′ E. A SAND BANK, on which there is a Bêche-de-iner Station, is reported by Captain Hannah to lie 7 miles E. by N. N. from the S. E. Bourke Isle. The Sand Bank is situated near the south-western end of a reef 4 miles long and 2 to 2 wide, lying N.E. and S.W. A series of reefs extend hence some 8 miles in the direction of Canoe Cay, until the Darnley Island Channel is reached.
Department of Ports and Harbours,
G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.
Brisbane, 8th December, 1875.