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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH MAY, 1875.
NOTICE.
HONGKONG.
Cape d'Aguilar Light.
Notice is hereby given that a light will be exhibited on Cape d'Aguilar on and after the 16th of April next.
The illuminating apparatus is fixed Dioptric of the First Order showing a white light on the follow- ing bearings, which are magnetic and taken from Seaward.
1. From S. 45° W. to N. 53° W. Between these bearings the light is obscured by the islets
of the Nine Pins, and the islet just South of Waylan.
The light is then obscured by Soonkong Island.
2. From N. 21°W. to N. 42° W.
The light is then obscured by the Lema Islands, and the Islands to the Southward of them. 3. From N. 33° E. to N. 69° E. Between these bearings the light is obscured to vessels to the
South Westward of Ling Ting Island, and the Islands of the Samoun Group.
4. The Tathong Channel with the exception of a small portion obscured by Shicko Head.
The focal plane of the light is 200 feet above mean sea level, and in clear weather it should be seen at a distance of 23 Nautical Miles.
The Tower is round, of stone, 30 feet high, with a total height from its base to the lantern vane
of 57 feet.
The dwellings and boundary walls are painted white.
The Lighthouse is in Latitude 22° 12′ 14′′ N. Longitude 114° 15′ 44′′ E.
Harbor Department, Hongkong, 19th March, 1875.
NOTICE.
H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Harbor Master, &c.
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.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
Correspondence for New Zealand viâ Torres Straits.
A considerable amount of Correspondence being received directed to New Zealand við Torres Straits it is notified that the New Zealand Post Office has declined to receive Mails by that route, hence there is no alternative but to forward such Correspondence viâ Galle.
Persons who are anxious to avail themselves of the Torres Straits Steamers to communicate with New Zealand should address their letters, &c., to the care of an Agent at Sydney.
ALFRED LISTER, Acting Postmaster General.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 20th May, 1875.
No. 135.-List of DEAD LETTERS which have been returned from the General Post Office in London, and other places, for
the various reasons assigned upon them, and which can be returned to the writers on application.
Allen, B., Garland's Road, Red Hill, Surrey, Bath, J. J., Engineer H.M.S. Elk, Hongkong, Bennett, J., Ship Carmarthenshire, Madras, Benoit, M., Interprète à Saigon,
Bertha, Madlle., Rue Ganderie, No. 4, Marseille, Butts, George, Turnkey, The Gaol, Hongkong, Courie, Miss, 102, Bellgrove Street, Glasgow, Crane, Mrs., 52, High Street, Shadwell, London, Densen, C., Christianshaven, Denmark,
Hartley, H., Oriental Hotel, Hongkong,
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Kaill, Miss, St. Heliers, Jersey,
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Kwong Cheong Loong, Hongkong,
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Lacey, Mrs. J. De, Tavistock Rd., Bayswater,
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Lee A-Sing, Kwang Tung Street, Saigon,
Lyons, Miss A., Hongkong,
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Marie, Madlle., Rue de la Salle, Marseille,
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Martin, M., Chelsea College, Westminster,
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Miller, Mrs., P. O., Adelaide, S.A.,
Erquiaga, Ugapito, Capitano del Oracle, Liverpool, Fargeau, L., à St. Pierre, près Calais,
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Mugar, Herr, Constantinople,
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Norden, Mrs. C., Bethnal Green Road, London,..
Gaspar, V. & N., Bead Manufacturers, Venice,
Gaubert, Madlle., Rue de la Rose, Marseille,
Smith, Mrs., Sapinton Street, Poplar, London, Westford, Carpenter H.M.S. Challenger,
Han, Julius, Kleine Kornmarkt, No. 6, Frankfort,
Hartley, Post Office, Hongkong,
General Post Office, Hongkong, 27th May, 1875.
Wood, Mr., 43, Daglish Street, London,
ALFRED LISTER, Acting Postmaster General.
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