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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 33.
No. 132.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 19TH AUGUST, 1865.
VOL. XI.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. The subjoined Notification issued by the Nanhai Magistrate at Canton having reference to the seizure of some Colored Glassware imported from Hongkong is published for general information.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th August, 1865.
Proclamation by Wu, Magistrate of the Nanhai district, &c., &c.
Dated Canton, August 1st, 1865. Whereas the purchase of Saltpetre from unlicensed sources and the illicit manufacture of Glassware in Chinese territory have long been prohibited by the laws, and persons offending have been liable to arrest, it bus, on the other hand, been customary of late years for merchants to import Glassware of foreign manufacture from Hongkong, and such merchandize having been reported to the Maritime Customs for examination and payment of duty, comes thereupon under the head of duty-paid Imports, which must be permitted to be sold in accordance with the treaties regulating foreign trade, and can by no means be classed with the Glassware illicitly manufactured in the interior of China. In the apprehension lest the Saltpetre monopolists or others should not properly recognize the distinction, and should proceed to wake unauthorized seizures, thereby giving rise to difficulties, this Proclamation is now issued: and the Saltpetre monopolists and the public in general are hereby called upon to take notice that for the future Glassware as well as other articles of foreign manufacture, if actually imported from Hongkong and reported to the Customs for payment of duty, is not to be designated as illicit Merchandize or made subject to unauthorized seizure. In the case of individuals clandestinely visiting the country districts, and dealing in Saltpetre which has not been derived from licensed sources, or illegally Manufacturing Glassware in Chinese territory, thereby violating the established regulations with intent to defraud, the former prohibitions are still to be maintained and offenders will render themselves liable to be brought to justice. Should any persons venture to disregard this prohibition they shall without fail be visited with stringent chastisement.
Tung-Chib, 4th Year, 6th Month, 10th day.
130.
Translated by
(Signed) WM. FRED. MAYERS.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received on or before Monday, the 21st Instant, for the erection of Head Quarters for the Hongkong Volunteers.
Plans and Specification may be seen on application at the Surveyor General's Office.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th August, 1865.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified for general information t henceforward Patterns and Samples of Merchandize may be forwarded by the Post between this Colony and Italy the direct line of Packets between Alexandria and Ancona at the same rates of postage and under the same general regulations as those which govern the transmissing of Printed papers by that route.
Arrangements have also been made under which Books and Patterns and Samples of Merchandize may he transmitted between Italy and Hongkong through the United Kingdom.
In all cases the postage on such packets will be collected in Italy, and when it is not otherwise specified on the packets they will be scat (as letters are at present forwarded) by way of Alexandria.
F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 19th August, 1885.
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