398 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH SEPTEMBER, 1869.
Brought forward,.
Men. 1,148
Women.
523
Boys. 323
Girls.
Total.
282
2,276
Netherlands,
4
Norwegian,
2
Swedish,
Russian,
Hungarian,
1
1
Grecian, Turkish,
Heligoland,
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1,161
523
323
982
2,280
Registrar General's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th August, 1869.
ALFRED LISTER,
Acting Registrar General.
+ Those who do not dwell in the Naval Yard at Hongkong or Kowloon, or on board H. M.'s ships, are excluded from this Return
No. 101.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., has been pleased to appoint provi- sionally, until Her Majesty's pleasure may be known, RICHARD ROWETT, Esquire, to be a Member of the Legislative Council of Hongkong, vice The Honorable HENRY JOHN BALL, absent on leave.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th August, 1869.
No. 99.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
With reference to Government Notification No. 75 of the 7th ultimo, it is hereby made known that His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, has granted to Hi-Nü of the Ping-Ki Shop, No. 25 Jervois Street, and Ip-Tsing, of the Chun-Un Shop, No. 36 B. Bonham Strand, the exclusive Privilege of preparing and selling prepared Opium within the Colony of Hongkong and the Waters thereof, for the period of One Year from the 1st of August, 1869.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th August, 1869.
No. 40.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Regulations for Street-Chairs and Chair-Coolies are published for general in- formation.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd April, 1869.
There are two Classes of Street Chairs, Ordinary and Special. All Street-Chairs may carry Persons who have engaged them up to any hour, but Ordinary Chairs may not ply for hire after first gunfire, (8 r.M.), nor Special Chairs after midnight.
As Special Chairs are secured for a higher sum ($50) than Ordinary Chairs ($25), it is for the interest of the Public to engage only the former after gunfire.
Each Street-Chair carries a Number, and its two Coolies a Badge each, bearing the same Number as the Chair. The Numbers and Coolies' Badges of Special Chairs are WHITE, (1 to 200.)
The Numbers and Coolies' Badges of Ordinary Chairs are BLUE, (201 to 700.)
When ground of Complaint arises against any Street Chair-Coolie, the Person aggrieved may either hand the Offender over to the Police, or send a memorandum of the complaint and the Chair's Number to the Registrar General.
When Street Chair-Coolies are suspected of having retained missing property, the Number of their Chair should be sent to the Registrar General at once without any loss of time.
An attempt will be made to enforce the ordinary "Rule of the Road" along Queen's Road, more especially in the evening. It is requested that all Persons riding in Chairs, or driving Vehicles, will co-operate with the Police by observing the rule of keeping the left side.
Each Street-Chair carries on the back of its Number Board a Tariff of Fares condensed from the following.