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No. 129.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH JULY, 1875.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return, received from Mr. HENRY DICKIE, of the quantity of Spirits distilled at the China Sugar Refinery, is published for general information.
Gallons
Spirits manufactured during the Quarter ending 10th July, 1875,...4,481.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th July, 1875.
No. 130.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary,
The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th July, 1875.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
CORAL PATCH, INNER ROUTE.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Captain Scort, of the schooner "Three Brothers," reports the existence of a small coral patch, awash at low water, lying one mile south-east from Young Island.
G. P. HEATH, Commander R.N.,
Portmaster.
Department of Ports and Harbors,
Brisbane, 27th May, 1875.
No. 131.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified, that Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, by additional instructions under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, dated Balmoral, the 22nd of May, 1875, and addressed to His Excellency Sir ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, K.C.M.G., C.B., has been pleased to appoint the Honorable WILLIAM HASTINGS ALEXANDER to be a Member of the Executive Council of the Colony of Hongkong.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th July, 1875.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
The Postmaster at San Francisco has given notice that letters despatched from this Colony (whether through the Post Office, or as consignees' letters) by the United States Mail Packets, will not be forwarded to any places not within the United States unless the proper Postage from America to such places be prepaid in American Postage Stamps, but will be returned to this Office.
Such letters should either be prepaid in both Hongkong and American Stamps as above, or posted to an Agent in the United States.
This notice chiefly applies to the following places, the AMERICAN rates of Postage to which are as follows:-
Honolulu,. Brazil,.
LETTERS. Cents.
6 per 0%.
NEWSPAPERS.
Books.
Cents.
Cents.
2
4
per
4 oz.
...15
OZ.
""
Peru, Chili, &c.,.
...22
Oz.
4
10
per
4 oz.
ALFRED LISTER,
Postmaster General.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 12th July, 1875.