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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH MARCH, 1862.
Two Justices of the
for a Term of not exceeding One Calendar Month, where the Penalty imposed shall not exceed Five Pounds, or Twenty-four Dollars and of not exceeding Two Calendar Months where the Penalty imposed shall not exceed Ten Pounds or Forty-eight Dollars such Imprisonment to cease on Payment of the Sum remaining unpaid.
XV. Any Two Justices of the Peace of this Colony sitting together shall have Peace to have Power Power to do any Act or Acts that a Police Magistrate is by this Ordinance authorized
and empowered to do.
of One Police Magis- trate.
This Ordinance to XVI. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until Proclamation be made to be Law from a Day to that effect by command of His Excellency the Governor and published in the Hongkong Government Gazette. Government Gazette.
be notified in the
No. 22
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Report of the BOARD OF EDUCATION for 1861, is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th March, 1862.
W. H. ALEXANDER,
Acting Colonial Secretary
To His Excellency
SIR HERCULES G. R. ROBINSON,
Governor, &c., &c. of Hongkong.
We, the Board of Education, beg to submit to Your Excellency the following annual Report :-
Brief as the Report of the Board of Education has been in former years, that for the past year must be still more so. It has laboured under increased disadvantages in consequence of the resignation of the Rev. Mr. Irwin in the early part of the year, and of the departure of the Rev. Mr. Beach for Teen-tsien at a later period. There then remained only the Rev. Dr. Legge, to exercise an efficient inspection of the Schools.
Dr. Legge has endeavoured to look after the boys' schools in the middle and upper Bazaars, which he undertook to dó in 1860, while there was no regular Inspector. He has also made repeated visits to the schools at West Point and in Webster's Bazaar, Bowrington, and Tang-lung-chow. He is able to report favourably of all these. The attendance has been good, and. the Teachers have been attentive.
The more earnest of the Teachers, however, complain of the difficulty which they have in securing the regular and perma- nent attendance of the pupils. In their last Report the Board suggested that this evil might be combated by the institution of a judicious system of rewards for good attendance, good behaviour, and proficiency. It has been unable to take any steps, during the past year, in accordance with that recommendation, but would advise that it be not lost sight of, when the arrival of a Head-master for the Central School shall render it possible to have a regular system of visitation of all the schools. Board rejoices that a gentleman highly recommended for the situation of Head-master will soon arrive; and hopes that the school rooms in Gough Street will be ready for the reception of the three schools of the Middle Bazaar, the Upper Bazaar, and the Tai-ping-shan by the time for reopening them after the Chinese New Year.
The
A new and convenient school room was completed and opened, in the month of August, in the thriving village of Show- ke-wan.
On behalf of the Board,
G. VICTORIA, Chairman.
Hongkong, 14th February, 1862.
No. 23.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notification received from Singapore, is published for the information of Mariners and others whom it may concern.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th March, 1862.
NOTIFICATION.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
The following Hydrographic Notices by WILLIAM STANTON, Esq., R.N., are published for general information, in anticipation of more detailed directions :--
PINNACLE ROCK OFF THE SOUTHERN ENTRANCE OF RHIO STRAIT. The rock on which the Dutch Merchant "ship Hendrik Jan is supposed to have struck upon, is a dangerous pinnacle, nearly awash at low water, and steep, having 9 and 10 fathoms close to it all round. From it, the S.E. point of Talang bears N.W. three quarters of mile, and the apex of South- west hill, is just shut in by the south-western extremity of the island. The southern part of Talang is comparatively high, and rises to a peak 350 feet in height; Vessels should give this coast a berth of 2 miles, or by not bringing Pulo Terobi to bear southward of E. ₫ N., until South-west hill over the west extremity of Siolon, comes well open of Pulo Talang.
BANK NEAR PULO TAYA.-The Castor bank, forming a long ridge of coral and sand, nearly one mile in breadth, extends (from 4 miles east of Pulo, Taya) 13 miles in a N.N.E. direction. The shoalest part of this bank (5 fathoms) is about a mile In extent, with its eastern side steep, and bears N.E. § N. 10 miles from Pulo Taya.