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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH AUGUST, 1875.
The Light is elevated 30 feet above high-water mark, and, in clear weather, should be visible at a distance of 5 nautical miles.
The Tower consists of four wrought-iron screw-piles supporting a dwelling-room surmounted by the Light, and it is erected in about 11 feet of water at low water.
The piles and bracing are painted black and the dwelling-room white.
The Ningpo Guild have discontinued the light-junk recently used to mark the "Lismore" Wreck.
2.—Alteration in the Woosung Light.
The red sector of light formerly shewn on the Port side of the Channel from the Woosung Lighthouse has been replaced by a white one.
By order of the Inspector General of Customs,
ENGINEER'S OFFICE, CUSTOM HOUSE, SHANHGAI, 23rd July, 1875.
No. 142.
DAVID M. HENDERSON, Engineer-in-Chief.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st July, 1875, is published for general information.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th August, 1875.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
Oriental Bank Corporation,.
443,881
200,000
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,
591,003
200,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,......
589,084
200,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,.
1,075,689
500,000
TOTAL,......
2,699,657
1,100,000
NOTICE.
To provide the greatest possible facilities for posting Correspondence for Europe, &c., up to the latest moment before the departure of the French Packets, arrangements have been made for receiving at the Post Office late letters for Singapore and the United Kingdom only from 11.10 A.M. to 11.30
Each letter must bear a late fee of 18 cents extra postage.
A.M.
The above arrangement is intended to meet occasional emergencies, and not for the regular posting of extensive correspondence. Should it be found, therefore, that large and unmanageable numbers of letters are habitually thrown upon the Department at the last moment, a heavier late fee will be imposed. A similar supplementary Mail will be made up for Shanghai by the English and French Contract Steamers, the late letters being received from 10 minutes after, up to half an hour after the time of closing. The late fee will also be 18 cents.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 3rd August, 1875.
ALFRED LISTER,
Postmaster General.