COIT
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Boablished by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 23RD JUNE, 1866.
VOL. XII.
No. 26.
No. 95.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, has recognized, provisionally, since 26th April last, M. EMILE COSTE, Consul for France at Tientsin, as in charge of the French Consulate at Hongkong, during the absence of M. DU CHESNE.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th June, 1866.
No. 96.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. H. RENNIE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Whereas it appears probable that some person or persons did wilfully set fire to some Buildings known as the "Yec-on" Hong in No. 3 Queen's Road and No. 8 Bonham Strand, on the morning of Sunday last, the 17th Instant:
It is hereby notified that a Reward of
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS
will be given to any Person -the actual Perpetrators of the crime excepted-who, within One Month from this date, shall give such information as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of one or more of the guilty parties.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th June, 1866.
W. H. RENNIE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 97.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
At the request of Captain JONES, Senior Naval Officer at Hongkong, the following Hydrographic Notice is published for the information of Mariners, and others whom it may concern.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd June, 1866.
W. H. RENNIE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE.
[No. 2.]
CHINA AND JAPAN STATION.
RALEIGH ROCK AND RECRUIT ISLAND.
Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 11° IV. in 1866.
To those navigating between Formoza and the Luchu Islands, the following information will be of importance. Recruit and is situated in lat. 25° 55′ N., long, 124° 33′ E., E. 4° S. 50 miles from Tiansu. It is the same reported by Captain yall of the Recruit, by Captain Crudace of the King Lear, and by Mr. Solfeet, R.N., Master of H. M.S. Conqueror. It is