No. 11.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH JANUARY, 1868.
GOVERNMENT, NOTIFICATION.
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Tenders will be received at this Office, till Noon on the 3rd Proximo, for the construction of a Sea Wall, and Reclamation from the Sea, West of the Harbor Master's Office.
Plans and Specifications may be seen at the Surveyor General's Office.
By Command,.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18tlr January, 1868.
No. 12.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL is pleased to direct that, until further notice, the only Anchorage in the-waters of Hongkong for Foreign Vessels of War, and Foreign Cruisers of every description and Nationality, shall be within the following Boundaries:
Western Boundary.
A line running from the Government Wharf to the "Melville," Hospital Ship.
Northern Boundary.
A line running from the "Melville" Eastward till it meets the Eastern Boundary.
Eastern Boundary.
A line running from St. Francis' Hospital towards Kowloon Point till it meets the Northern Boundary. The above Regulation does not refer to Vessels driven by stress of weather, or any exceptional circumstances to take up other temporary anchorages.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th January, 1868.
No. 6.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
The attention of Owners and Occupiers of Houses is drawn to the Provisions of the "Police and Lighting Rate Amendment Ordinance, 1867," No. 11 of 1867, which Ordinance came into force on the 1st instant, and particularly to Section 5 which lays down the mode in which a Refund of Taxes is to be obtained.
By Commard,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th January, 1868.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 170.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that, in accordance with Section 12 of "The Police, and Lighting Rate Ordinance, 1863," His Excellency the GOVERNOR, by and with the Advice of the Executive Council, has fixed the Police Rate for the Year 1868 at Ten and a quarter 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.
The above Rate, 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 above Ordinance, and a Water Rate of Two per cent
Annum under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 12 of 1860.
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The Police, Lighting 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 assessment has been made.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th December, 1867.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Coronial Secretary,