No. 27.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH FEBRUARY, 1864.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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Tenders will be received at the Surveyor General's Office, on or before Monday, the 22nd instant, for the extension of the Carriage Road to Sow-ke-wan.
Specifications of the work to be seen at the Surveyor General's Office, between the hours of 11 A.M. and 3 P.M.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th February, 1864.
No. 23.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
The following Post Office Notification is published for genaral information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th January, 1864.
W. II. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
With reference to the Post Office Notification of the 22nd August last which was published in the Government Gazette No. 34 of that date, it is hereby notified that henceforward the rates of postage on letters forwarded by the Vessels of the Messageries Imperiales to Aden, Malta, Ceylon, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Pondicherry, Saigon, and Shanghae, will be 7d. per ounce, instead of 8d. per ounce as therein set forth.
General Post-Office, Hongkong, 28th January, 1864.
F. W. MITCHELL, Post-master General.
No. 24.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Whereas certain valuable trees (Rhodoleia Championi) have been wantonly destroyed in the neighbourhood of the Wong-nei-chung Valley, it is hereby notified that
A REWARD OF FIFTY DOLLARS
will be given to any person who shall give such evidence as shall lead to the conviction of any person or persons concerned in such destruction.
By Order,
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th January, 1864.
No. 17.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Whereas the Danish Brig Chico while in the Lyemoon Passage was attacked by Pirates who murdered certain of her Crew,
Notice is hereby given, that
A REWARD OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
will be given to any person who shall give such information as shall lead to the apprehension and con- viction of one or more of the guilty parties.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd January, 1864.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.