No. 187.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH DECEMBER, 1871.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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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, 29th December, 1871.
NOTICE.
Owners of Tenements assessed to the Police, Lighting, Water and Fire Brigade Rates, are informed that the Rates for the First Quarter of the year 1872 are payable in advance during and within the month of January 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, 29th December, 1871.
No. 188.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Treasurer.
It is hereby inade known, that His Excellency The Governor in Council has granted to HO-LEUNG, of the SIU LUNG Shop, No. 57, Bonhamn Strand, and SHI-YAU, of the FUK LUNG Shop, No. 77, Jervois Street, the exclusive Privilege of Preparing and Selling Prepared Opium within the Colony of Hongkong and the Waters thereof, for the period of Six Months from the 1st of January, 1872.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th December, 1871.
No. 168.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that, in accordance with Section 12 of "The Police and Lighting Rate Ordinance, 1863," His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, by and with the Advice of the Executive Council, has fixed the Police Rate for the Year 1872, at 74 per cent for Houses in the City of Victoria; and, in accordance with Section 18 of the same Ordinance, at Five per cent for Houses in the Villages of this Island.
His Excellency has also, by and with the Advice of the Executive Council, and in accordance with the Provisions of Ordinance No. 4 of 1868, fixed the Fire Brigade Rate at per cent for Houses in the City of Victoria.
The above Rates, as regards Houses in Victoria, will be levied exclusive of a Lighting Rate of One-and-a-half per cent under Section 12 of the first named Ordinance, and a Water Rate of Two per cent per annum under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 12 of 1860.
The Police, Lighting, Fire Brigade, and Water Rates will, under Terms of the Ordinances, be payable Quarterly in advance at the Colonial Treasury, between the first and last Days of the first Month in each Quarter.
These several Rates shall be charged and chargeable on, and recoverable from, the Owners of the Tenements in respect of which the above Assessments have been made.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd December, 1871.
No. 174.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice from the Honorable the Acting Colonial Treasurer is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th December, 1871.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
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