The Hongkong Government Gazette. [No. 80.-JANUARY 10, 1857.
It is my wish, therefore, that when the Governor is aware of an intention to retire on the part of the Officer applying for leave, bø should grant only such a term of leave as will allow time for coming to a decision in this country on the application for a retiring Pension, reporting, at the same time, to the Secretary of State the circumstances of the case, and apprizing the Officer that so soon as the question of granting him a retiring Peusion shall be decided in the affirmative, his claim to Half-Salary will cease, and his Pension will commence. If the Governor should grant leave of absence in any case in ignorance of the Officer's wish to retire on a Pension, or if the Officer himself should be unable to judge of his own fitness for further duty, until the leave granted to him shall have wholly or partly run out, the date at which the Half-Salary shall be held to have ceased, and the pension to have commenced, must be determined by the special circumstances of each case. I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient, humble servant,
W. LABOUCHERE.
Governor Sir John Bowring,
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&c., &c., &c.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Under Instructions from Her Majesty's Government, and pending receipt of Her Majesty's Exequatur, His Excellency The Governor is pleased to recognize T. LAMBARRI, Esquire, as Consul in this Colony for the Republic of Chili.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 7th January, 1857.
No. 7.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
With reference to Clauses II, III, and IV, of the recent Ordinance No. 2 of 1857, it is hereby notified, that Printed Forms of Night Passes for Chinese may be had on application to the Superintendent of Police after Noon to-morrow, when they will be ready for delivery.
The Passes thus issued will remain in force until the 31st instant, when another issue will be made on renewed application and return of the Old Forms.
In the use of these Passes, a grave responsibility will rest with the person to whom they are supplied.
It will be the duty of the Police to see that the License conveyed by them be not abused by the Chinese House- holders; and Householders, other than Chinese, are cautioned to retain the Forms under their own control, and to be guarded in the distribution of them for the temporary purpose of protecting their Servants while abroad.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th January, 1857.
No. 8.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Police Notice has been Circulated in Chinese among the people of this Colony.
By Order,
'W.'T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th January, 1857.
NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given to all persons who have no employment, or who cannot find security for their good behaviour, to depart from this Colony on or before Noon of the 15th day of the 12th Moon, on penalty of apprehension by the Police, and punishment of deportation.
All persons calling themselves Rebels against the Chinese Government, or persons acting in any way for, or being Emissaries or Agents of, the Chinese Government, come within the scope and meaning of this Notification.
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C. MAY,
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Superintendent of Police.
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