MON
DROIT
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 43.
No. 164.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 25TH OCTOBER, 1873.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. XIX.
Whereas it has been reported that the Cable of the "Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company," has been maliciously cut within the Waters of the Colony:
Notice is hereby given, that a Reward of Two hundred and Fifty Dollars will be paid to any Person or Persons who shall give such Information as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of the offenders.
A Free Pardon will be granted to any Person implicated in the crime,-provided he be not the actual Perpetrator,-who may give the required information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th October, 1873.
No. 157.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Sealed Tenders will be received at this Office, up to Noon of Monday, the 27th instant, for the Privilege of Slaughtering Cattle in the Eastern and Western Slaughter Houses for Twelve Months commencing the 1st November, 1873.
The Tenders may be for one or both of the said Slaughter Houses.
No Tenders will be received unless the Person tendering shall produce a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $250 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer,-- which Sum shall be forfeited to the Crown if such Person shall refuse to carry out his Tender.
The Conditions shall be such as are set forth in "The Markets Ordinance, 1858," and "The Markets Ordinance, 1867," and the Bye-Laws issued thereunder; and shall be subject to such modi- fications as may be made by any subsequent revision of those Ordinances, or of those Bye-Laws.
The Conditions shall also exclude the right to interfere with the Slaughtering of Goats by, or for the Indian Troops and Police.
Each Tender must be addressed to the Colonial Secretary, and state the exact Amount offered as Rent for the above period, which Rent shall be payable monthly, and in advance.
The Tender should also state the calling and residence of the party tendering, and afford similar information as to the Sureties to be offered.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest, or any Tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th October, 1873.
No. 152.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Sccretury.
It is hereby notified that, under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, Thursday, the 6th of November next, is fixed for a Special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace, to be held at the Police Magistrates' Office, at 11'o'clock in the forenoon of that day, for the purpose of considering applica- tions for Licenses for the sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors during the year commencing on 1st December next.
Applications for such Licenses must be lodged at the Police Magistrates' Office, at least Ten Days before the Sessions, in the Form prescribed in the said Ordinance, and no application will, after that period, be received for submission to the Sessions.