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No. 149.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH OCTOBER, 1867.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of the 30th November, 1867, for the privilege of farming all granite quarries in Hongkong and Kowloon during the Year 1868.
Persons desirous of tendering are directed to call at the Surveyor General's Office to obtain a proper form of Tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th October, 1867.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 146.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that under the provisions of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, Tuesday, the 29th Day of October next, is fixed for a Special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace, to be held at the Police Magistrates' Office, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that Day, for the purpose of considering Applications for Licenses for the Sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors during the Year commencing on 1st December next.
Applications for such Licenses must be lodged at the Police Magistrates' Office at least Ten Days before the Sessions, in the Form prescribed in the said Ordinance, and no Application will, after that period, be received for submission to the Sessions.
Printed Forms of Applications may be obtained by intending Applicants at the Police Magis- trates' Office, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th September, 1867.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Owners of Tenements assessed to the Police, Lighting and Water Rates are informed that the Rates are payable in advance, during and within the Month of October, for the last Quarter of the present Year.
After the 31st October all Rates not paid are recoverable through the Court of Summary Juris- diction with Costs and Interest.
Rate Payers are further informed that all Receipts in payment of Local Taxes must,-to be valid, be signed by the Treasurer and Accountant Mr. C. H. HORDEN ;- —no other Parties being authorized to sign Treasury Receipts.
Colonial Treasury, Victoria, Hongkong, 21st September, 1867.
FREDK. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer.
NOTICE.
Consignees and Masters of Ships are hereby informed that, after the 15th proximo, the Boundary, North of which Vessels shall not anchor, is as follows:-
Kellet's Island bearing E. by S. S.
All Ships to be properly moored with 35 fathoms chain (East and West.)
The
passage between the North Boundary of Men-of-War anchorage and the Kowloon Peninsula is to be kept clear.
The Mail Steamers to moor near the Fort William, but South of her.
Steamers and Vessels not having any definite employment will still remain on the North side.
H. G. THOMSETT, Harbor Master, &c.
Harbor Master's Office, Hongkong, 13th September, 1867.