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No. 134.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND JUNE, 1872.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency The GOVERNOR has been pleased to appoint H. E. WODEHOUSE, Esquire, to be Sheriff of Hongkong from this date, provisionally and until further notice, vice A. LISTER, Esquire, resigned.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd June, 1872.
CECIL C. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 135.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
An Overseer of Water Works is required in the Surveyor General's Departinent. Application to be made personally, at the Office of the Surveyor General.
By Cominand,
CECIL' C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd June, 1872.
No. 127.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Commission, appointed to enquire into the operation of Ordinance No. 2 of 1858 for licensing and regulating the sale of prepared Opium, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th June, 1872.
[L.S.] A. E. Kennedy.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Whereas for the furtherance of Public interests as connected with the working of the Opium Monopoly and the operation of Ordinance No. 2 of 1858, it is expedient that certain inquiries and investigations should be made into those subjects and all matters connected therewith; and whereas such inquiries and investigations will be most conveniently prosecuted by means of a Commission: Now, therefore, know Ye that I, 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 Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, do hereby, under my Hand and the Seal of the said Colony, appoint you the Honorable CHARLES MAY, Acting Colonial Treasurer, and the Honorable PHINEAS RYRIE, Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council, to be a Commission for instituting and prosecuting all needful or proper inquiries in that behalf, and to take evidence in the premises, and to report to me all evidence so taken by you, and also your opinions thereon. And I do hereby require you to commence your inquiries forthwith, and to proceed therein continuously and to make your report to me as aforesaid with all reasonable despatch. And I do hereby empower you, during the course, and for the purposes of your said Commission, to demand and obtain access at all times to all Papers, Records, and Documents, relating to the subject matter of the said Commission being in the custody and under the control of the several Public Departments within this Colony. And. from time to time to call before you and examine all Persons superintending or employed in or under any of the said Departments. And I do hereby charge all Persons in the Public Service to be aiding and assisting unto you herein.
Given under my Hand, and under the Seal of the Colony of Hongkong, at Victoria. in the said Colony, this 8th Day of June, A.D., One thousand Eight hundred and Seventy-two.
No. 131.
By His Excellency's Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified for general information, that a Memorial of Re-entry by the Crown of Kowloon Marine Lot No. 3, and Victoria Inland Lot No. 799, has been registered according to Law.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th June, 1872.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary,