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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH APRIL, 1867.
And We do further for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, ordain and appoint that the said Decoration may also be conferred, in accordance with the Rules and Ordinances prescribed in Our said recited Warrant, and subject to the provisions aforesaid, on such persons who may be qualified to receive the same in accordance with the said Rules and Ordinances, as may hereafter be employed in the Local Forces raised, or which may be raised in Our Colonies and their Dependencies, who may be called upon to serve in co-operation with Our Troops in military operations which it may be necessary to undertake for the suppres- sion of Rebellion against Our Authority, or for repelling invasion by a foreign enemy.
Given at Our Court, at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, this first day of January 1867, in the thirtieth year of Our Reign.
By Her Majesty's Command,
(Signed) J. PEEL.
No. 60.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified, that The QUEEN has approved of the appointment of DON THOMAS ORTUÑO to be Spanish Consul at Hongkong, and that Her Majesty's Exequatur empowering him to act in that -capacity has received Her Majesty's Signature.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th April, 1867.
No. 61.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W, T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified that The QUEEN has approved of the appointment of G. J. HELLAND, Esquire, as Swedish Consul at Hongkong, and that Her Majesty's Exequatur empowering him to act in that capacity has received Her Majesty's Signature.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th April, 1867.
No. 62.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
At the request of the Government of Natal, the following amended Notice to Mariners, respecting the light at the entrance to Port Natal, is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th April, 1867.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTICE No. 1, 1867.
His Excellency the Administrator of the Government directs the publication, for general information, of the following amended Notice of the Erection of a Lighthouse on the Bluff, at the south side of the entrance of Port Natal, in correction of the notification given in Government Notice No. 122, 1866.
By His Excellency's Command,
Colonial Office, Natal, January 4th, 1867.
D. ERSKINE, Colonial Secretary.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
A Lighthouse has been erected on the Bluff, at the south side of the entrance of Port Natal, at an elevation of 292 feet above high water, a light from which will be exhibited on the 23rd January, 1867.
The Lighthouse is in Latitude 29° 52′ 50′′ S., and Longitude 31° 3′ 35′′ E.
The building is an iron tower, in the form of a frustrum of a cone, 81 feet high, painted white; centre of light being 70 feet above the base, exhibiting a revolving white light of the second class (dioptric), attaining its greatest brilliancy once every minute.
It is visible in all directions from North (round by East and South), to S. 59° W.; and can be seen from a ship's deck 24 miles in clear weather.