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No. 62.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND ARPIL, 1871.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return, received from the General Manager of the Hongkong Distillery Company, Limited, is published for general information.
Spirits manufactured during the Quarter ending 31st March, 1871,
By Command,
Gallons. ..27,266.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st April, 1871.
No. 60.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following mode of sounding the Fire-bells, as a means of denoting the scene of a Fire, has been approved by His Excellency The Lieuter ant-Covernor, and is published for general information;
viz.:~
Eastern District.
From the East to Murray Barracks,.......
..by a Single Stroke at a time.
Central District.
From Murray Barracks to the Harbor Master's Office,. by a Double Stroke at a tine.
Western District.
From Harbor Master's Office to the extreme West,...by a Treble Stroke at a time. By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th April, 1871.
No. 59.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency Major-General WHITFEILD, Commanding Her Majesty's Troops in China and Japan, and Lieutenant-Governor of Hongkong and its Dependencies, has been pleased to appoint ROBERT HANNAH CAIRNS, Esquire, to be Acting Harbor Master, Marine Magistrate, and Emigration Officer, vice H. G. THOMSETT, Esquire, R.N., absent on leave, or until further notice.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th April, 1871.
No. 55.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice from the Honorable the Acting Colonial Treasurer is published for general information.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st March, 1871.
NOTICE.
Owners of Tenements assessed to the Police, Lighting, Water and Fire Brigade Rates, are informed that the Rates for the Second Quarter of the year 1871 are payable in advance during and within the month of April next.
Rate Payers are requested to take Notice that Parties in default in payment of rates after the period specified are liable to be sued in the Court of Summary Jurisdiction.
Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 31st March, 1871.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Treasurer.
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