NOTIFICATION.
WITH reference to the Notification of the 17th Instant, abolishing the Situation of Land Officer, &c., &c., it is hereby notified, that Mr. Edward Glascot Reynolds is appointed "Land and Road Inspector", from the 1st Proximo.
THE annexed Extracts of Instructions issued to Mr. Reynolds, are published for General information.
By order,
J. Robt. Morrison. Acting Secretary and Treasurer.
Government House. Hongkong, May 27th 1842.
EXTRACT OF INSTRUCTIONS.
"As the existing prohibition against further Grants of Land is to continue in full force, pending the receipt of Commands from Her Majesty's Government, it will not even be necessary for you to bring any applications on that Subject to the notice of the Deputy Superintendent, who will be Charged with the Civil Government of the Island, during the absence of His Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger Bart."
"You are to take the utmost care to prevent any encroachments on the unappropriated lands in any part of this Island, or on the Roads, whether completed, or now in progress; and, should any thing of the kind come to your knowledge, you will, whatever may be the plea or pretence assigned, instantly stop the Work and report the circumstance to the Deputy Superintendent."
"GROUND will probably, however, be required for the erection of Barracks, and other Military Buildings, on different parts of the Island, and regarding it you will receive directions from the Deputy Superintendent."
"Your chief duty, and that of the Establishment placed under you, will be to see that the Roads, Bridges, and Drains, are kept in perfect order, that the unfinished Contracts regarding them are strictly and well fulfilled, that the Public Watering Places and Jetties, and likewise the Government Market Place, are preserved from damage, and are kept clean and in a fit state for the uses for which they are designed, and that no Nuisances of any sort are permitted on the Roads or in the Streets. Should any such come under your observation, you are to report the same instantly to the Deputy Superintendent and the Chief Magistrate, who will take the necessary steps, through the Police, to abate them."
"You will register in your office all Sales and transfers of Land, in conformity with the Notification issued by the Land Officer on the 2nd, and published in the Friend of China and Hongkong Gazette of the 5th Instant."
(True Extract.)
Robt. Morrison.
Acting Secretary and Treasurer.
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