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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH JANUARY, 1874.
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Letters may be registered to all the above named places for a fee of twelve cents each in addition to the postage.
The Postage and registration fee on Registered letters must be prepaid. The prepayment of the postage on ordinary letters is optional.
The prepayment of the postage on Newspapers, other printed papers, and packets of patterns is
compulsory.
Correspondence intended to be forwarded by this route must be superscribed "via Trieste.'
F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 7th January, 1874.
No. 205.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Regulations and Bye-Laws made by His Excellency the Governor in Council, in pursuance of Ordinance No. 10 of 1867, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th December, 1873.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Regulations and Bye-Laws made by His Excellency the Governor in Council under the Provisions of Section LXVIII of Ordinance No. 10 of 1867, for the Control of Licensed Brothels.
1. Alterations in the Lists of Inmates of Licensed Brothels must be made only at the Registrar General's Office, and the Keeper of the Brothel must attend personally to have the alterations made.
2. No Name shall be put on, and no Name taken off the List of Inmates without the permission of the Registrar General and without the consent and personal attendance, except where the Registrar General shall otherwise order, of the Inmate whose Name is intended to be put on or taken off. Any one personating an Inmate whose Name is about to be put on or taken off the List of Inmates shall be deemed to have committed a breach of this Regulation.
3. The Keeper of a Licensed Brothel for persons other than Chinese must not permit any Male Chinese to enter the Brothel without the permission of the Registrar General, and the Keeper of a Licensed Brothel for Chinese must not permit any person other than a Chinese to enter the Brothel, except as otherwise provided in the Ordinance, without the permission of the Registrar General.
4. The Keeper and Inmates of, and all persons visiting a Licensed Brothel must behave in an orderly
manner inside the Brothel.
5. The Keeper of a Licensed Brothel must keep the house for which the License is issued, clean both
inside and out, to the satisfaction of the Registrar General.
Approved in Council, 30th December, 1873.
A. E. KENNEDY,
Governor.
L. D'ALMADA E Castro, Clerk of Councils.
No. 206.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
REWARD OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
Whereas on Saturday, the 27th December, 1873, the body of a Woman named Füng-a-Müi was found in the Harbor, and there is good reason to believe that she was murdered; And whereas a Girl named Füng-a-Ch'ün who was last seen with the said Füng-a-Müi is missing:-It is hereby notified that a Reward of $100 will be paid to any Person or Persons who shall give such information to the Police as will lead to the apprehension of the guilty Persons in the case of Füng-a-Müi; and a further Reward of $50 will be paid for the recovery of the Girl Füng-a-Ch'ün.
The above Rewards will be apportioned at the discretion of His Excellency the Governor in the event of such information being supplied by more than one Person.
A Free Pardon will be granted to any Person implicated in the Crime who may give such information, provided he is not the actual Perpetrator thereof.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th December, 1873.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.