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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND DECEMBER, 1866.
Under Section XV, the Master of every vessel will on obtaining a Clearance, hoist at the highest Mast Head a Blue and White Flag; and should such vessels, from unforeseen circumstances, be" unable to proceed to Sea within 24 hours, the Master is to return the said Clearance and receive back his former Anchorage Pass.
Harbor Master's Stations.
Sowkewan Anchorage for Junks,-West side of the Bay opposite the village, the inner line to be 50 yards from the shore.
Stanley Anchorage for Junks,--North West part of Cheagtchu Bay, the inner line to be 50 yards
from the shore.
Aberdeen Anchorage for Junks,-opposite the Docks and Westward of Careening Island the inner line to be 50 yards from Taplichow.
Approved,
H. G. THOMSETT, Harbor Master.
Hongkong, 19th December, 1866.
No. 190.
RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL,
Governor.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
With reference to Section XXXV of Ordinance No. 7 of 1866, it is hereby notified that His Excellency The GOVERNOR in Council has resolved that where a Householder has once taken out a Certificate of Registration, he be allowed, in the event of removal, to take out a fresh Certificate at the reduced Fee of Twenty-five Cents, instead of Three Dollars as provided in the Second Schedule of the said Ordinance.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th December, 1866.
No. 189.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
The following Resolution, passed at a Meeting of the Executive Council on the 12th Instant, is published for general information:
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"Resolved, that till further notice the Seignorage charge for Minting at the Hongkong Royal Mint "be reduced from 2 to 1 per cent.”
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th December, 1866.
No. 188.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
His Excellency The GOVERNOR is pleased to notify that the Holidays customary at the approaching Season shall be kept from the afternoon of Saturday, the 22nd, to the morning of Wednesday the 26th Instant, and from the afternoon of Saturday, the 29th Instant, to the morning of Wednesday, the 2nd January, 1867.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th December, 1866.
No. 185.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified for general information, that a List of the Tenements valued for the Year. 1867, under the provisions of Ordinance No. 5 of 1863 will be open for inspection at the Government Offices for Fourteen Days, commencing on Tuesday the 11th instant.
Persons wishing to inspect the List are requested to apply at the Colonial Treasury.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th December, 1866.
W. T.-MERCER, Colonial Secretary,