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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH DECEMBER, 1872. 519
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given, that the Privilege of preparing and selling Prepared Opium within this Colony for the term of Three Years, from the 1st March, 1873, under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 2 of 1858, will be put up to Public Auction at the Government Offices, at Noon, on Monday, the 3rd February, 1873.
The conditions under which the Auction will be held are hereunto annexed; but the Government does not bind itself to accept the highest offer.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd November, 1872.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
1.-No Person to bid unless he shall, prior to the time of sale, have deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $5,000 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer. The bid of every Person who
shall have failed to make such Deposit shall be deemed void. The deposit will be returned on demand to the Owner thereof, in case he should not be the successful Bidder.
2.-In case the highest Bidder shall have failed to deposit the sum of $5,000 in the Treasury before the Auction, in pursuance of the First Condition, or shall be otherwise disqualified to bid, or in case any dispute shall arise between two or more bidders, so often as the same shall happen, the bidding shall be re-opened and shall continue until the highest qualified bidder shall be ascertained.
NOTICE.
The undersigned hereby gives notice that the duties of the Harbor Department will, from and after Monday, the 2nd proximo, be conducted at the temporary building, adjoining the “Sailors' Home."
Harbor Master's Office, Hongkong, 22nd November, 1872.
H. G. THOMSETT, Harbor Master, &c.
Beckwith, Miss Ella, Albion, New York,
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No. 101-List of DEAD LETTERS which have been returned from the General Post Office in London, and other places for the various reasons assigned upon them, addressed as undermentioned, the writers of which can obtain them on application.
Bennett, C. R., care of H.B.M. Consul, Hakodadi, Japan,
Lorenzen, Miss, 23, Frankfort Street, New York,
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Lou Ah-Yuen, San Francisco,
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Bielenberg, Peter, Teutonia Restaurant, San Francisco,
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McCauley, Arthur, Green Point, New York,
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Braz, Manoel, Hongkong,
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Millard, C. H., Springfield, Mass., U.S.A.,
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Campbell, Lieut.-Commander, care of U.S. Consul, Cairo, Egypt,
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Nau Kee Shop, San Francisco,
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Chaw Cheong, China Street, San Francisco,
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Newman, W. W., Iowa Avenue, U.S.A.,
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Chinelato, Giovanni, Circolo Soulié, Yokohama,
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Peel, Revd. L. B., Fair Haven, Conn, U.S.Az
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Cowell, Doctor, 141, Eighth Street, New York.
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Perry, E. W., care of C. L. Andrews, Boston, Mass.,
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Cram, H. A., Yokohama,..
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Ramsey, Captain, barque Freemason, Hongkong,
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Culty, Paul, Pharmacien, Yokohama,
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Robertson, Captain Thomas, Hongkong,
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Davis, Revd. J. A., Coytesville, New York,
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Rolfs, E. H., ship Josiah L. Hale, Swatow,
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Garus, Mrs. Centralia, Warion Co., Illinois,
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Smith, Benj., care of U.S. Consul, Alexandria,
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Godfrey, Augustus, San Francisco,
Jacobsen, H. R., San Francisco,
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Tung Li, Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S.A.,
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Walker, Mrs., 51, Crawford Street, Portsmouth, U.S.A.,
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Hoffmann, Dr., Clybourne Avenue, Chicago,
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Warren, Mrs., 3, Fenor Place, Stryden's Alley, Philadelphia,
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Hung Sin Cheung, San Francisco,
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Willey, F., care of W. Gordon, Yokohama,
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Kahr, T., Ocean House, South Street, Philadelphia,
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Williams, Miss, 110, Chrystic Street, New York,.
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Knapp, Mrs., Trevor House, New York,
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Wipfler, Miss, 18, Carver Street, Boston, Mass.,
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Kirby, Edward, North Cambridge, Mass.,
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Yorke, Miss Matilda, Boston, Mass.,
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Laurence, L. W., 81, Seventh Avenue, New York,
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Leong Heng Kiu, San Francisco,
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Yot Lee & Co., Spanish Ranch, Plumas County, California, Yu Shing Kut, Chinese Inn, Walter Street, New York,..
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F. W. MITCHELL,
Postmuster General.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 6th December, 1872.