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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 5.
No. 2.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 4TH FEBRUARY, 1871.
[LS.] HENRY WASE WHITFEILD.
PROCLAMATION.
VOL. XVII.
By His Excellency HENRY WASE WHITFEILD, Major-General Commanding Her Majesty's Troops in China and Japan, and Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies.
Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honorable The Earl of KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinance; namely:-
No. 6 of 1870, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a Sum not exceeding Sever, hundred and Eighty-six thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the Year, 1870:
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.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 30th Day of January, 1871.
No. 18.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Circular Despatch, of the 30th November, 1870, from the Right Honorable The Earl of KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general
information.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st January, 1871.
Circular. Hongkong.
DOWNING STREET, 30th November, 1870. SI-A question having been raised as to the course that should be followed in determining the day to be appointed for the celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday in the Colonics, when circumstances render the 24th May an inconvenient day for that purpose, I have been in communication with the Secretary of State for War and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty on the subject, and Mr. CARDWELL and their Lordships concur with me in the opinion that it is desirable that the selection of a convenient day should rest with the Officer Administering the Government in each Colony, the day so to be fixed being not more than a week before or after the 24th May.
In the event of your finding it expedient to appoint a day other than the 24th May for the cele- bration of this anniversary, you will give early intimation thereof to the Officers in Command of Her Majesty's Military and Naval Forces (if any) in the Colony, and make it known to the people in the usual and most public manner.--I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant.
The Officer Administering
the Government of Hongkong.
KIMBERLEY.