THE
Hongkong
Government
GAZETTE.
NEW SERIES.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 10TH JULY, 1858.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. IV. No. 164.
The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gazette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that
“THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE" will, as before, be the only Official Organ for Proclamations, NotipICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
No. 60.
PROCLAMATION.
JOHN BOWRING.
By His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China.
Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honourable The Lord Stanley, M.P., Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and con- firming the following Ordinance, namely:-
No. 13 of 1856, entitled-
“An Ordinance for the Admission of Candidates to the Rolls of Practitioners in the
Supreme Court, and for the Taxation of Costs:"
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Now therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinance has been so approved and confirmed as aforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
God Save The Queen.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 8th Day of July, 1858.
No. 61.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The subjoined Notice respecting the new Lighthouse on the Inner South Head, at the entrance of Port Jackson, together with Sailing Directions for the Harbour, are published for the information of Ship-masters.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th July, 1858.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
NEW LIGHTHOUSE ON THE INNER SOUTH HEAD, AT THE ENTRANCE OF PORT JACKSON. Notice is hereby given, that on and after the 1st day of June, 1858, a bright, white, fixed Catoptric Light, will be exhibited between sunset and sunrise, from the Lighthouse recently erected on the Inner South Head, at the entrance of Port Jackson.
The Lighthouse stands on the edge of the cliff forming the Inner South Head, at an elevation of 60 feet above the sea level. It consists of a tower 30 feet in height, which is painted in vertical stripes of red and white.
The Light is of the first order, and will be visible within the arc of its range from an 18 feet elevation, at a distance of 15 miles.
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On and after the same date, a fixed red Harbour Light will be exhibited from the Tower on Fort Denison, formerly known as "Pinchgut Island."
The following Sailing Directions are also published for general information, copies of which, in a pamphlet, together with a Coast Chart, thewing the Soundings within the range of the Lights, may be obtained at the Harbour Master's Office.
By order of the Board,
H. H. BROWNE,--- Chairman. JOHN CROOK,-Harbour Master. W. J. WILSHIRE,—Secretary.
Steam Navigation and Pilot Board Office, Sydney, 6th May, 1888.