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No. 64.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH APRIL, 1874.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received at this Office, until Noon of Tuesday, the 14th instant, for the supply of a Six Oared Gig, of the following specifications, viz. :—
Length,
Beam,
Keel,
Gunwale,
Thwarts,....
30 feet.
5
6 inches.
""
28 43
""
2 inches x 13 inches.
Six Brass Rowlocks.
Twelve Brass Knees, 3 lbs. each.
Two Boat Hooks.
One Yoke.
One Brass Stem Plate.
Ribs, 5 inches, apart,
Planks each side (12) inch.
4
71 1,
x 1
17
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爆
One Brass House Frame.
""
One Iron Keel Plate.
House, Cotton Canvas. Awning, do.
Awning Stanchions (2)."
Grating, Fore and Aft.
Six Ash Oars.
Remarks. The hull to be Red Cedar or Teak-wood and Copper fastened.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th April, 1874.
NOTICE.
Owners of Tenements assessed to the Police, Lighting, Water, and Fire Brigade Rates, are informed that the Rates for the Second Quarter of the year 1874, are payable in advance, during and within the month of April next.
Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 27th March, 1874.
NOTICE.
C. MAY, Acting Colonial Treasurer.
On and after the 1st January, 1874, every British Ship, of whatever Port of Registry, is re- quired by the Merchant Shipping Act, 1873, to be marked as follows:—
(1.) With her name on each bow;
(2.) With her name and Port of Registry on her stern, in conspicuous letters at least four inches
long;
(3.) With her Official Number and Registered tonnage cut in on her main beam;
(4.) With a scale of feet denoting her draught of water cut in on each side of her stem and stern post, and painted, the figures being numerals or Roman figures at least six inches long, the lowest coinciding with the draught line marked thereby.
The above markings are required to be satisfactorily made and permanently maintained under a penalty not exceeding £100. Vessels may be detained until they are sufficiently and accurately marked. The colours allowed are white or yellow lettering on a dark ground, or black lettering upon à light ground.
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 15th November, 1873.
H. G. THOMSETT, Harbour Master, &c.
No. 120. List of DEAD LETTERS which have been returned from the General Post Office in London, and other places, for
the various reasons assigned upon them, and which can be returned to the writers on application.
Abrahams, Mrs., 51, Charles Street, Commercial Road, London,
1
Adams, Dr., Hongkong,
.(book) 1
Hill, Mrs., 81, Windmill St., Gravesend, England,. Janino, J. & Co., London,
1
1
Agee, S., 40, Queen's Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad,
1
Johnson, Rosa, 127, Copperas Hill, Liverpool,........
1
Anderson, Mr., 14, Well's Street, Oxford Street, London,
1
Kasewurm, barque Window, Rangoon,..
1
Barry, Mrs. J. W., Liverpool,
1
Klanfer, Carolina, Milano,
1
Bennett, J. M. C., 19, Morice Square, Devonport,
1
Lawrie, W., Beanfort Street, Toxteph Park, Liverpool,.
1
Brown, W., 171, Hope Street, Glasgow,
1
Lawson, Mrs., 36, Greys Inn Road, London,
1
Castellan, Pierre, Rue de Bretage, Paris,
1
Leahy, Miss, 19, Brondesbury Villa, Kilburn, London,..
Coppin, Mrs., 38, Hotwell Road, Bristol,
Palmer, Mrs., Nassau, New Providence,
Corner, A., Foochow,
1
Petersen, H., St. Georg, Hamburg,
1
Dingley, Mrs. W. H., Harborne, near Birmingham,
1
Rennie, Mrs., Poste Restante, Ouchy, Switzerland,
1
Douglas, Mrs. A. L., Passenger, care of P. & O. Agent, Alexandria,
1
Simpson, Captain, barque Adella, Hongkong,..
Downes, James, 50, Richmond Street, Boston, Mass,
1
Skinner, G., Grafton Street, Mile End, London,..
1
Eade, Mrs. W., 27, Cotton Street, Limehouse, London,
2
Smith, Mrs., Longton Grove, Upper Sydenham, Kent,
1
Fish, J. J., 13, Canton Street, Stepney, London,
Stevens, M. J. D., Hongkong,
2
Grimwade, T. S, Wharf Road, City Road, London,...
Trafford, Mrs., 6, Fair Street, Stepney, London,
1
Hall, Mrs., Limehouse, London,..
General Post Office, Hongkong, 7th April, 1874.
F. W. MITCHELL,
Postmaster General.