THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH AUGUST, 1873.
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Forms of Tenders, and any further information, can be obtained on application at the Office of the Captain Superintendent of Police.
No Tender will be received unless sent in the Form required.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th August, 1873.
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 may 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 Residences 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 Secretary,
No. 123.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Letter from Commodore SHORTT, reporting the discovery of a Sunken Rock in the vicinity of Capshui Mun, is published for general information.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th July, 1873.
Princess Charlotte,
AT HONGKONG, 23rd July, 1873.
SIR--I have the honor to acquaint your Excellency that the Commander of the Imperial Chinese Cruizer Peng Chow Hai having communicated to me that a sunken Rock, not marked on the Admiralty Chart, existed in the vicinity of the Capshui Mun Pass, I directed the Navigating Lieutenant of Her Majesty's Ship Princess Charlotte to proceed thither, accompanied by the Native Pilot of the Peng Chow Hai, (whose services Mr. PALMER courteously placed at my disposal) for the purpose of taking observa- tions with the view of fixing the position of the Rock; and that Officer has reported to ine that the bearings are as follows, viz., (from the Shoalest part):
Summit of Green Island,
S. extreme of Stone Cutters' Island,. S.E. extreme of Lantao Island,
Victoria Peak,
..S. 46 E.
.S. 84 E.
.S. 72 W. 8 cables. .S. 56 E.
Chunghae Rock is just on with the S. extreme of Chunghae Island, N. 82 E.
East extreme of Cow-c-Chow Island just open to Westward of Lamma Island, S. 15 É.
The Shoal part is about ten yards in circumference, and of an oval shape, with not more than one foot of water at low water Springs.
Pilot states that the rock is awash at low water Equinoctial Springs.
I have the honor to be,
To His Excellency
SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, C.B., K.C.M G.,
Sen
fe,
Se.
Sir,
Your Excelleney's obedient Servant,
F. H. SHORTT,
Commodore.