THE
Bangkong
NEW SERIES.
Government
GAZETTE.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 26TH APRIL, 1856.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION:
VOL. I. No. 44.
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, NOTIFICATIONS, and PUBLIC PAPERS, of this Government.
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By Order,
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Knight, LL.D., Chief Superintendent of Trade in China, has received from Her Majesty's Consul at Shanghae the following Notification, which is published for general information.
By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 21st April, 1856.
NOTIFICATION.
W. WOODGATE.
SHANGHAE, April 14, 1856.
The undersigned have to make known to all under their respective jurisdictions, that His Excellency the Taoutae has notified to them, the Exportation of Copper Cash being contrary to Law, henceforth the most stringent measures will be taken to prevent it, and the pro- visions of existing Treaties rendering liable to confiscation the Cargoes of such Vessels as may infringe the Regulations, strictly carried
out.
(Signed)
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D. B. ROBERTSON, H. B. M. Consul.
B. EDAN,
Consul de France, par interim. M. W. FISH,
Acting,U. S, Consul.
True Copy,
W. WOODGATE.
No. 51.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified for the information of Masters of Ships carrying Chinese Passengers, and unprovided with the improved Appliances usually found in Vessels of modern construction, and generally for the information of all in- terested, that in addition to a Windsail for every Hatchway, it is required that a constant supply of fresh air be ensured to the between decks in bad weather, by fitting, at each end of the Space set apart for passengers, two Funnels of wood or metal, Four in all, with moveable heads, in manner following, that is to say,--the body of the air Funnel to reach from underneath the lowermost deck overhead to a height of 3 or 4 feet above the uppermost deck, and to pass through boles cut for the purpose in either side of the deck, and made water-tight by a canvas coat or other suitable means.
The attention of the Emigration Officer has been called to the above regulation.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 22d April, 1856.
W. T. MEP-CER, Colonial Secretary.