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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH MAY, 1875.
NOTICE.
It is hereby notified that Ships conveying Chinese Passengers-under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 5 of 1874-will not be allowed to carry them on the Upper or Weather Deck between the 1st of June and the 15th of October inclusive.
H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Emigration Officer, &c.
Harbor Department, Hongkong, 7th May, 1875.
No. 79.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Order made by His Excellency the Administrator in Council under "The Hongkong Lighthouses Ordinance, 1873," is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th April, 1875.
“THE LIGHTHOUSES ORDINANCE, 1873.”
No. 17 of 1873.
ORDER
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Made by His Excellency J. GARDINER AUSTIN in Council, this 27th day of April, 1875.
By virtue of the provisions of Section VI of the above mentioned Ordinance, it is ordered,-
1. That every Ship which enters the Waters of the Colony on and after the 27th day of
April, 1875, shall pay the following Light Dues, that is to say:-
One cent per ton.
2. It is further ordered, by virtue of Section VIII of the same Ordinance, that such Steamers of the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steam-Boat Company, Limited, as enter the Waters of the Colony by day, and all Chinese Junks, be exempt from payment of Light Dues.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Administrator.
H. ERNEST WODEHOUSE,
Clerk of Councils.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
It is hereby notified that arrangements have been concluded under which correspondence addressed to all parts of the German Empire, without distinction, may henceforward be transmitted at uniform rates of Postage, viz. :—
BY BRITISH PACKET.
Newspapers and Prices Current.
Books and Patterns.
Registration
Letters.
Fee.
•
Viâ Brindisi, 24 cents per Viâ Trieste, 22 cents per
oz.
4 cents.
oz.
4 cents.
8 cents per 4 oz. 10 cents per 4 oz.
Double Postage. 12 cents.
BY FRENCH PACKET.
Cannot be paid.
Viâ Marseilles, 20 cents per oz.
Cannot be paid.
sent.
Patterns cannot be Double Postage.
The Postage and Registration Fee on Registered Letters must be prepaid. Newspapers, Books, and Patterns, when sent by British Packet, must be prepaid.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 29th April, 1875.
ALFRED LISTER, Acting Postmaster General