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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH JUNE, 1870.
LEGALISED TARIFF OF FARES FOR CHAIRS, CHAIR BEARERS, AND BOATS, IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG.
CHAIRS, OR ORDINARY PULLAWAY BOATS.
Half hour,
12 cents. .50 cents.
Hour, Six hours,
'Three hours,
Day (from 6 to 6),
Night Fares (after 8 P.M.),
CHAIR HIRE TO OUT DISTRICTS.*
20 cents. .75 cents.
.One Dollar. .10 cents extra.
Beyond Victoria and back,
To Stanley and back,
.50 cents per Man. .60 cents per Man.
Victoria lies below the level of Robinson Road, and includes all the town between the Mint and the Western Slaughter House, with the Race-course.
Hour,.
8 cents.
LICENSED BEARERS (EACH.) Half day,
.20 cents.
Day,...
36 cents.
* Persons who make short excursions out of the town show understand that they are quite at liberty to pay by the hour if they prefer to do so.
Copies of the above Tariff, in English and Chinese, or of these Regulations, can be obtained on application at the Registrar General's Office.
Registrar General's Office, 1st October, 1869.
SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
REGULA GENERALIS.
ANNO TRICESIMO TERTIO,
VICTORIA REGINA.
13th April, 1870.
Whereas by Section XXIII of Ordinance No. 6 of 1845, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Supreme Court to make and prescribe Rules and Orders, among other things, touching the Place of holding the Court; And Whereas it is expedient that the Sittings of the Court should be held at the Building hereinafter mentioned, during the Period necessary for executing certain Repairs to the Supreme Court House of the Colony: It is therefore ordered, that the Sittings of the Supreme Court of Hongkong in its Common Law, Equitable, Bankruptcy, and Probate Jurisdictions, respectively, also in its Criminal Sessions and in Vice-Adiniralty and in all other its Jurisdictions, shall be held from this Date and until further Order of this Court, at and in the Building situate and being Number Seven, Queen's Road Central, in the City of Victoria.
By the Court,
W. H. ALEXANDER,
Registrar.
Revised and Approved by the Legislative Council, this 27th Day of April, 1870.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils.
NOTICE.
To Consignees, Masters and others in charge of Merchant Vessels.
1.-On or before the 1st June proximo, all Ships, with the following exceptions, shall be moved over to the North side of the Harbor, mooring them properly with 45 fathoms on cach Chain, the Anchors lying in an E.N.E. and W.S.W. direction from each other.
2.The Southern line of this anchorage is the North extremity of Hongkong shut in with the South extremity of the Kowloong Peninsula, bearing E. by S.; the Top Gallant Masts and Yards ar to be on Deck and Flying Jib-boom in; a spare Anchor should be ready for letting go, and the Hawse kept clear.
3.-Vessels discharging or taking in Cargo, and Hulks and Receiving Ships may, with permission. lic on the South shore.
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· Note.-The Masters of Ships taking advantage of article 3, and those whose Vessels lic alongside Wharves and Jetties, are to understand that they do so at their own risk.
Harbor Master's Office, Hongkong, 16th May, 1870.
H. G. THOMSETT, RN,
Harbor Master, $e.