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DROIT.
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 23.
No. 105.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 29TH MAY, 1875.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. XXI.
The Indian Money Order Department being desirous of making arrangements for the exchange, between this Colony and India, of Money Orders for sums not exceeding £10, it is necessary to enquire whether there be any public need for such facilities, or any sufficiently numerous class to whom they would be advantageous. Persons interested in the matter are therefore requested to communicate, either in writing or otherwise, with the Acting Postmaster General,
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th May, 1875.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th April, 1875.
“THE LIGHthouses orDINANCE, 1873."
No. 17 OF 1873.
ORDER
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,
H. ERNEST Wodehouse, Clerk of Councils.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Administrator.