ROIT
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 31ST DECEMBER, 1870.
VOL. XVI.
No. 54.
No. 171.
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 direct that Monday, the 2nd of January, 1871, shall be kept as a Holiday by the various Departments of this Government.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th December, 1870.
L. D'ALMADA É CASTRO,
for the Colonial Secretary.
No. 172.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice from the Honorable the Colonial Treasurer is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st December, 1870.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
for the Colonial Secretary.
NOTICE.
Owners of Tenements assessed to the Police, Lighting, Water and Fire Brigade Rates, are informed that the Rates are payable in advance during and within the month of January next, for the First Quarter of the year 1871.
The attention of Rate Payers is drawn to the Second Clause of Ordinance No. 9 of 1869, which Clause specifies that in Default in the Payment of Rates, such arrears may be sued for by the Colonial Treasurer in the Court of Summary Jurisdiction, and a Certificate under the hand of the Treasurer, setting forth the particulars of the sums due for Rates and then outstanding, shall be "Prima facie evidence of the Facts certified by the Treasurer.
Rate-Payers are therefore informed that all Rates in arrear after the 31st January, 1871, will be sued for in accordance with the Provisions of the Clause and Ordinance specified above.
Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 31st December, 1870.
FREDк. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer.
No. 170.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following NOTICES, received from the Admiralty, are published for general information.
By Cominand,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th December, 1870.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.