No. 170.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST DECEMBER, 1867.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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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
ĕr Annum under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 12 of 1860.
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 cach 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.
No. 172.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, Notice is hereby given that a Special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace will be held at the Police Magistrates' Court, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of Thursday, the 9th Day of January, 1868; and thereafter on the first Thursday of every Month, for the purpose of considering applications for granting or transferring Spirit Licenses.
Such applications to be lodged at the Police Magistrates' Court, at least Ten Days before each of the Sessions now notified.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th December, 1867.
NOTICE.
Applications for Passage Broker's Licenses for the Year 1868, under Ordinance No. 11 of 1857, will be received at this Office from this date up to the 31st December next.
Applicants are requested to state the names and addresses of the Parties they offer as Sureties, under Clause I of the Ordinance aforesaid.
Medical Men desirous of practising under the Emigration Act and local Emigration Ordinances whose Diplomas are not already registered, are requested to send them to this Office for Registration, otherwise their Certificates will not be received.
Emigration Office, Hongkong, 5th November, 1867.
H. G. THOMSETT, Harbor Master, Sc.
WEATHER TABLES FOR THE PAST WEEK. REGISTER AT HARBOR MASTER'S OFFICE, RAYA WEST.
GA.M.
NOON.
6 P.M.
THERMOMETER.
1867.
Buro- meter.
Thermo- meter.
Baro- meter.
Thermo- meter.
Self Registering.
Buro-
meter.
Thermo- meter.
Min.
Max.
December
14
80.27
64
30.30
67
63
67
30.26
65
15
30.27
64
30.33
68
66
68
30.26
67
27
16
30.39
61
30.34
05
60
70
30.34
63
17
30.37
57
30.32
62
54
65
30.32
12
18
30.29
56
30.26
64
55
64
30.27
>>
19
30.27
56
30.25
65
55
65
30.23
""
,,
20% 30.21
56
30.20
65
57
67
80.15
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