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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JANUARY, 1905.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. No. 8.

The following Notice is published.

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By Command,

F. H. MAY, Cdonial Secretary,

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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th January, 1905.

NOTICE.

In accordance with the terms of The Rating Ordinance, No. 6 of 1901, Owners and Occupiers of Tenements are reminded that Rates for the First Quarter of 1905 are payable in advance on or before the 31st of January, 1905.

If any person shall fail to pay such Rates on or before the 28th February, 1905, proceedings will be taken in the Supreme Court for their recovery without further notice.

No Refund of Rates on vacant tenements will be granted unless such Rates have been paid during and within the month of January, nor unless application is made for such refund within fifteen days from the expiration of the Quarter.

L. A. M. JOHNSTON,

Treasury, Hongkong, 4th January, 1905.

Colonial Treasurer.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.- No. 9.

The following is published.

By Command,

F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th January, 1905.

POSTAL NOTES.

1. Postal Notes of the values named below, payable within three months at any Post Office in Antigua, Barbados, British Honduras, Bermuda, Cyprus, Dominica, Gambia, Gold Coast, Grenada, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Malta, Montserrat, New Foundland, New Zealand, Nevis, St. Helena, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Straits Settlements, Sierra Leone, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands, and in the United Kingdom, and at the Agencies of the British Post Office at Ascension, Constantinople, Panama, Salonica, and Smyrna, can be obtained at Hongkong or at any British Post Office in China at the following prices, which include Commission :—

-/6... 1/-

27 cents.

54

1/6.

2/6

5/-.

10/- 10/6.

81

.$ 1.35

.$ 2.65

$ 5.30

.$ 5.60 $10.60

20/-

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2. The purchaser of any Postal Note must fill in the Payee's name before parting with it. may also fill in the name of the Office where payment is to be made. If this is not done the note is payable (within three months) anywhere in the above places. Any Postal Note may be crossed to a Bank.

3. Postal Notes should always be forwarded in Registered Covers. If this precaution is not taken NO ENQUIRIES WHATEVER will be made as to the loss or alleged loss of any Note. GENERAL POST OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 5th January, 1905.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 10.

An examination for Interpreters will be held at the Registrar General's Office on Monday, the 16th instant, at 2 p.m., to fill vacancies on the staff of the Sanitary Department, and applicants should attend at the Sanitary Board Office any time on Friday, the 13th instant.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th January, 1905.

F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary.