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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 31.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 2ND AUGUST, 1873.
VOL. XIX.
[ERRATUM:-In Government Notification No. 123 of 24th July, published in the Gazette of 26th July, after "Chunghae Island,”—for "S. 82 E." read “N. 82 E.”]
No. 6.
PROCLAMATION.
[L.S.] A. E. Kennedy.
By His Excellency SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colory of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honourable The Earl of KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonics, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinance; namely:-
No. 3 of 1873, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to make better Provision for the Regulation, Inspection and Approval of the Fittings of Ships intended for the Conveyance of Chinese Emigrants, to be embarked at Ports or Places out of the Colony:
Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinance has been so approved and confirmed, as aforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 2nd Day of August, 1873.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary,
No. 124.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received by the Acting Registrar General, until Noon on Monday, the 25th instant, for cleansing the Public Dust Bins, and removing the Night Soil from Public Latrines and Colonial Public Buildings in Victoria, for Twelve Months, commencing on the 1st September, 1873.
The Contractor will be bound by the Rules and Regulations made by the Governor in Council on the 21st June, 1867, and by such other Rules and Regulations as inay be passed during the period over which the Contract extends,-and by the Conditions of the Contract, which can be seen at the Surveyor General's Office.
The Tenders should specify the amount offered-payable by monthly instalments in advance,- and the Naines and Rezidences of the proposed Sureties.
Further particulars regarding the number and position of the Latrines, Dust Bins, etc., can be obtained from the Surveyor General's Office.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st August, 1873.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Beeretary,