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The Bonghong Government Gazette.
Half the price of a single Message being charged for every Ten words or fraction of Ten words in excess.
[DECEMBER 3, 1850.
Tims for a Message from England to India of from Twenty to Thirty words, the charge will be £4. 58. 6d.; from Thirty to Fort words, £5. 1 is, 07.
Messages for Australia and China will be forwarded by post from ADEN, for which 1s. additional will be charged. Messages from Isnia, with the full payment due upon them, at the above rates, will be received at any of the Government, Telegrap! Stations in that country, and forwarded by telegraph to BoMBAY, and thence, by the first opportunity, to ADEN.
Messages from AUSTRALIA and CHINA must be sent by steamer to the Company's Superintendent at ADEN, and Deposits will be receivel at the principal Offices or the Electric and International Telegraph Company, as security for the payment of such Messages by the partia receiving them in England. Without such Deposit, no Message will be forwarded.
All Messages will be forwarded by the first vessel leaving either of the Company's Terminal Statious, ALEXANDRIA or ADEN. The following charge for Messages between ENGLAND and ALEXANDura, vid Malta and the Italian States, has been provisionally adopted and must be added to the rates chargeable beyond ALEXANDRIA for Messages sent by that route:
1 to 25 words. £1. 16s.
26 to 50 words. £3. 10s,
51 to 100 words.
£6. 188.
The above rates include the postage (28.) between Malta and Alexandria. NB-All Messages vid Malta and Sicily must be sent in the French or Italian Languages*, and therefore, if not specially directed to be sent by that route, they will be forwarded from Alexandria either to Trieste or Marseilles.
The Company will not be responsible for delays arising from any interruption in the working of their Telegraph, or from any other cause. Further information may be obtained at the Company's Office.
By order of the Board,
C. L. PEEL, Secretary.
The notification originally issued, regarding a repeating rate for Messages, has been cancelled, owing to the difficulty experienced in carrying out this arrangement over the Continental lines.
No. 110.
→ Messages can now be sent in English.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
A Fairway through the Harbour having been buoyed for the convenience of River Steamers, it is hereby notified that the Harbour Master has received strict instructions to keep this clear of all Ships, Junks, Vessels, and Boats of any description whatsoever.
The inner line of Five Buoys is at an average distance of 200 yards from the shore, and 450 yards apart, painted Red, and marked with tho odd numbers from 1 to 9.
The outer Buoys are moored 120 yards from the inner line, are four in number, and marked with the even numbers from 2 to 8; these are painted Whito, the Buoys at the extremities having Basket Beacons thereon for the purpose of more clearly defining the Fairway.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 22d November, 1859.
No. 111.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Hi Nov. 1859.
No.336
The subjoined Extract from letter of the Honourable The Surveyor General, conveying information on the subject of Water Supply, having been furnished on individual applicatio..., is hereby placed before the Public generally.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 22d November, 1859.
EXTRACT.
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
"Regarding all existing arrangements for the supply of Water to this Town, including all Reservoirs, Tanks, Water-pipes, Drainage, &c., for the purpose of the proper competing for the further supply, I have the honour to report that the present arrangements are so simple, being merely intended for the supply of the Gaol, Police Station, Government House and Offices, and a few Fire-cocks in the vicinity of those buildings, they will not affect in any degree a general scheme which may be proposed for the collection of water for the supply of the whole town.
"The Tanks in existence having pipes therefrom, are those at Glenealy, Wyndham Street, and Union Chapel; namely, Glencaly 258 feet above the sea, containing 30,000 gallons. A 6-inch main is taken to Glenealy Gate, one branch service pipe is thence taken to Government House, and another 4-inch pipe proceeds to the summit of Caine Road, 223 feet above the sea, from which a 3-inch pipe is laid down passing through the Gaol, Pottinger Street, and to the Central Police Station, with fire and stop-cocks at all the cross roads. From the summit on Caine Road, a 3-inch branch proceeds through Elgin Street, and supplies the twin tanks near the Union Cha These latter contain 20,000 gallons, and are 151 feet above the sea; a 4-inch pipe is laid therefrom to Hollywood Road, and a 3-inch pipe continued through Peel Street to the Queen's Road; a branch 3-inch pipe terminates at the Aberdeen and Hollywood Road junction, and another 3-inch branch proceeds through the West end of Gage Street and on to Gough Street steps. At all the cross strects, fire and also stop-cocks are placed if necessary.
"A Tank at 100 feet above the sea is placed on the Glenealy Stream at Wyndham Street, with short 3-inch service pipes for fire-cocks only to Wellington Street junction with D'Aguilar Street, and on to Stanley Street junction.
"For present storage of water only an Iron Tank, 180 feet above the sea, for 10,000 gallons, is placed at the head of Tai-ping Shan; two additional Tanks of similar size will be shortly added, and means for a temporary supply are in course of execution. A Stone Tank is also being built on the Bonham Road, for the supply of Tai-ping Shan West, at 190 feet above the sea; this is to contain 30,000 gallons, and a temporary supply will be laid down to this Tank from the springs in the neighbourhood.
"A Stone Tank for 30,000 gallons is erected on the Bonham Road, at 145 feet above the sea, and a temporary supply is laid thereto. These latter will have no discharge pipes, other than what may be necessary for the withdrawal of water therefrom at present,
"It is also contemplated to erect a small Tank at the West Point Police Station, and a similar one at the Civil Hospital; these will be supplied in a temporary manner only, and will contain 5,000 gallons each.
With regard to the Drainage of the Town, I may in general terms observe, that almost all the Streets where houses are erected havs Sewers therein, and in the Streets leading direct to the sea large Culverts are placed for the reception and discharge of storm waters,
"A Suin of £2,838 has been authorized for the erection of the Tanks last named, and for the temporary supply thereto, and as far as practicable this will be arranged in a permanent manner; that is, where pressure is requisite iron pipes and proper stop-cocks will be fixed, and in other respects this temporary service is performed by wooden shoots and earthenware pipes.
"I shall be happy to give any further information of which I may be in possession, observing however, that the plan of the city is open for inspection in my office, and that the Ordnance Survey shows clearly all existing streams from which water may be procured, but no means
ave been resorted to for the collection of such into Reservoirs, the Tanks now erected being merely for the distribution of water into various - districts."
(True Extract.)
W. T MERCER,
Colonial Secretary,