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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST MARCH, 1874.
(d.) If he enter into or continue to carry on any business, occupation, or employment which shall be, in the opinion of His Excellency the Governor, disgraceful itself or injurious to the Public, or in which he shall make use of the fact of his former employment in the Police in a manner which His Excellency the Governor considers to be discreditable and improper.
Approved in Council, 17th March, 1874.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils.
No. 49.
A. E. KENNEDY, Governor.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Report from the Superintendent of the Hongkong Fire Brigade, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th March, 1874.
No. 4.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
FIRE BRIGADE DEPARTMENT,
HONGKONG, 14th March, 1874.
SIB, I have the honor to forward to you, for submission to the view of His Excellency the Governor, the Report of the Fire Brigade for the months of January and February last.
A Parade and Inspection of the Volunteer and Government Brigades took place on the 16th January. The assembly was at the Cross Roads, and thence the Engines were taken to the Praya and worked from the sea. The Steam Engine of the "Hongkong Fire Insurance Company" and the Hand Engines of the "Chinese Associations" were present: all were found to be in excellent order. An Inspection of the Government Brigade Engines, Stores, and Equipment, was made on the 31st January: all were found clean and in order.
A Parade and Inspection of the Volunteer and Government Brigades was held on the 28th February. The Fire Engines, including three of "Chinese Associations," were taken to the Praya and worked from the sea: all were found in good order.
It is deserving of remark, that for three months and-a-half during the cold season, there has been no outbreak of fire in the City of Victoria.
I have the honor to be,
The Honorable J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
No. 50.
Colonial Secretary,
HONGKONG.
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
C. MAY,
Superintendent, Fire Brigade.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th March, 1874.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 33.] CHINA SEA.
SWATOW DISTRICT,
High Lamock Lighthouse.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given that the Lights on the high Lamock Island were exhibited for the first time at sunset on the 18th February, 1874.
1. The High Light.
The illuminating apparatus is Dioptric of the First Order, shewing a fixed white light visible all round.
The Light is elevated 241 feet above the level of the sea, and, in clear weather, it should be visible from a distance of 22 nautical miles.
The tower is round, of cast iron, 25 feet high, with a total height from its base to the lantern vane of 54 feet. The tower is painted black, but the dwellings and boundary wall are painted white.
Approximate position:-Latitude 23°14′50′′ N.
Longitude 117°17′30′′ E.