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103

No. 9.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION

Notice is hereby given, that in accordance with a Petition numerously signed by the respectable Chinese Inhabitants of this Colony, the Chinese Festival customary at the New Year will not, on the coming occasion, be allowed as heretofore.

The Regulations against the use of Fire Works will be enforced, and there will be no relaxation of those laid down in the recent Ordinance No. 2 of 1857, against the passage of Chinese to and fro by night.--On the contrary, the Shops will be ordered, in terms of the Petition, to close at dusk on the evening of the 25th Instant, or last day of the Chinese Year.

By Order,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th January, 1857.

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103 No. 9. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION Notice is hereby given, that in accordance with a Petition numerously signed by the respectable Chinese Inhabitants of this Colony, the Chinese Festival customary at the New Year will not, on the coming occasion, be allowed as heretofore. The Regulations against the use of Fire Works will be enforced, and there will be no relaxation of those laid down in the recent Ordinance No. 2 of 1857, against the passage of Chinese to and fro by night.--On the contrary, the Shops will be ordered, in terms of the Petition, to close at dusk on the evening of the 25th Instant, or last day of the Chinese Year. By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th January, 1857.
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103 No. 9. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Notice is hereby given, that in accordance with a Petition numerously signed by the respectable Chinese Inhabitants of this Colony, the Chinese Festival customary at the New Year will not, on the coming occasion, be allowed as heretofore. The Regulations against the use of Fire Works will be enforced, and there will be no relaxation of those laid down in the recent Ordinance No. 2 of 1857, against the passage of Chinese to and fro by night.--On the contrary, the Shops will be ordered, in terms of the Petition, to close at dusk on the evening of the 25th Instant, or last day of the Chinese Year. By Order, W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th January, 1857.
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103

No. 9.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Notice is hereby given, that in accordance with a Petition numerously signed by the respectable Chinese Inhabitants of this Colony, the Chinese Festival customary at the New Year will not, on the coming occasion, be allowed as heretofore.

The Regulations against the use of Fire Works will be enforced, and there will be no relaxation of those laid down in the recent Ordinance No. 2 of 1857, against the passage of Chinese to and fro by night.--On the contrary, the Shops will be ordered, in terms of the Petition, to close at dusk on the evening of the 25th Instant, or last day of the Chinese Year.

By Order,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th January, 1857.

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