WDIE
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 20.
No. 79.
Bublished by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 17TH MAY, 1873.
VOL. XIX.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency The GOVERNOR is pleased to direct that Her Majesty's Birthday shall be kept in this Colony on the 29th instant.
By Cominand,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd May, 1873.
CECIL C. SMITII, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 83.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Post Office Notice is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th May, 1873.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified that a line of British Mail Contract Packets has been established between Aden and Zanzibar, which, with connecting lines, will afford a regular means of conveyance of cor- respondence from Hongkong for the foreign ports on the East African Coast, as well as for Natal and the Cape Colony, St. Helena and Ascension, and that henceforward the postage, which must be paid in advance, on Letters addressed to Zanzibar, Mosambique, Delagoa Bay, Natal, the Cape of Good Hope and Ascension, will be 20 cents for each half-ounce, Newspapers 2 cents each.
F. W. MITCHELL,
Postmaster General.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 12th May, 1873.
No. 84.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners, received from Shanghae, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th May, 1873.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 21.]
CHINA SEA,
SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given that the Spars seen some 7 miles S. 18° E. from the "Tungsha" Light-vessel have been removed. These Spars were referred to in Notice to Mariners No. 19.
By order of the Inspector General of Customs,
ENGINEER'S OFFICE, CUSTOM HOUSE, SHANGHAI, 6th May, 1873.
DAVID M. HENDERSON, Engineer-in-Chief.