the hongkong government gaZETTE, 26TH DECEMBER, 1874.
The Court attribute. no blame to the Survivors, but are of opinion, that, considering the circumstances under which they were placed, they all did their duty.
Given under our hands at Hongkong, this 18th day of December, 1874.
Confirmed,
No. 205.
C. MAY, H..G. THOMSETT
H. H. NELSON,
ROBT. MCMURDO, W. H. POCKLEY,
A. E. KENNEDY, Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
First Police Magistrate.
S Navigating Lieutenant, R.N.,
and Harbor Master.
Un-Official Justice of the Peace.
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Government Marine Surveyor.
Commanding British Str. "Orissa."
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that, for the ensuing year, the Hongkong Stone Quarry Farm is let to Lí WING SHING of No. 4, Shui Teing Wan, Hongkong; and that the Kowloong Quarry Farm is similarly let to LI FUK LUNG of No. 5, Shui Tsing Wan, Hongkong.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd December, 1874.
No. 206.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified that, for the ensuing year, the Western Slaughter House is leased to CHAM CHÍ of 216, Queen's Road, Victoria.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd December, 1874.
No. 207.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that the Contract for Scavenging the City of Victoria during the Year 1875, is held by MAK KAM TIN of No. 69, Lower Lascar Row, Taipingshan.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd December, 1874.
No. 208.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notices to Mariners, received from the Admiralty, are published for general information.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd December, 1874.
The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it; and introduced into the margin, or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. See Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 145.]
CHINA-EAST COAST.
Intended Fixed Light on Shantung Promontory.
The Engineer Office at Chefoo has given Notice, that the erection of a lighthouse has been commenced on the Shantung promontory, from which, when completed, a light will be exhibited.
The light will be a fixed light showing white to seaward and red inshore to the southward and westward (the latter to warn vessels when they approach the coast). It will be elevated 200 feet above the sea, and in clea weather the light should be seen from a distance of 21 miles.
The illuminating apparatus will be dioptric or by lenses, of the first order.
The tower will be round, 64 feet high, and built of stone. Position, lat. 37° 24′ N., long, 122° 42′ E.
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