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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 52.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 18TH DECEMBER, 1875.
VOL. XXI.
No. 224.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given that, Friday the 24th instant, Christmas Day and Monday the 27th instant, as also New Year's Day, will be kept as public Holidays throughout the Government Departments.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th December, 1875.
No. 225.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that, in accordance with Section 12 of "The Police and Lighting Rate Ordinance, 1863," His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice of the Executive Council, has fixed the Police Rate for the Year 1876, at 73 per cent for Houses in the City of Victoria; and, in accordance with Section 18 of the same Ordinance, at Five per cent for Houses in the outlying Villages of the Colony.
His Excellency has also, by and with the advice of the Executive Council, and in accordance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 4 of 1868, fixed the Fire Brigade Rate at per cent for Houses in the City of Victoria.
The above Rates, as regards Houses in Victoria, will be levied exclusive of a Lighting Rate of One-and-a-half per cent under Section 12 of the first named Ordinance, and a Water Rate of Two per cent per annum under the provisions of Ordinance No. 12 of 1860.
The Police, Lighting, Fire Brigade, and Water Rates will, under terms of the Ordinances, be payable Quarterly in advance at the Colonial Treasury, between the first and last Days of the first Month in each Quarter.
These several Rates shall be charged and chargeable on, and recoverable from, the Owners of the Tenements in respect of which the above Assessments have been made.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th December, 1875.
NOTICE.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given, that the Crown Rents for the half-year ending 25th December, 1875, should be paid into the Treasury on or before the 15th January, 1876.
Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 13th December, 1875.
No. 203.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
C. MAY, Acting Colonial Treasurer.
Under Provisions of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, notice is hereby given that a Special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace will be held at the Police Magistrates' Court, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of Tuesday, the 4th day of January next, and thereafter on the First Tuesday of every month, for the purpose of considering applications for granting or transferring Spirit Licences during the year 1876.
Such applications must be lodged at the Police Magistrates' Office, at least ten days before each of the Sessions now notified.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th November, 1875.
CECIL C. SMITII, Acting Colonial Secretary.