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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD FEBRUARY,

1905.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 73.

Information has been received from the Government of Bengal that the regulations for prevent- ing the introduction of plague by sea will be enforced at Orissa and Chittagong against arrivals from Hongkong.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd February, 1905.

F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. --No. 74.

The following Rules are published for general information.

The Rules published in Government Notification No. 202 of the 1st of April, 1902, are hereby cancelled.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd February, 1905.

F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary,

VICTORIA BRITISH SCHOOL.

The Victoria British School at Tanglungchau will be opened on Monday, the 20th March, 1905. The rules governing the admission of children and payment of fees are given below. Parents and guardians requiring further information should apply to the undersigned.

EDWARD A. IRVING,

Inspector of Schools,

RULES FOR THE KOWLOON AND VICTORIA BRITISH Schools.

I.

Admission to the Schools is limited to children of European Parentage.

II.

Boys over 12 years of age will not be admitted or allowed to remain at the Kowloon School. Girls over 12 years of age will not be admitted or allowed to remain at the Victoria School.

III.

Application for admission must be made in the first instance to the Headmaster of the School, at least one month before the desired date of admission.

IV.

Fees are payable monthly and in advance, on the following scale:-

Upper School.

Lower School.

For the first child of one family in attendance, ......$5 For the second of two or more children of the same

family in attendance together,

$3

$4

$2

For the third of three, or more children of the same

family in attendance together,

..$3

$2

V.

Fees will be charged from the beginning of the month in which the pupil commences attendance.

VI.

No fees will be charged during School vacations.

VII.

No pupil may return to School after recovery from any infectious disease, nor come from a house in which there is or has recently been infection, without a medical certificate, stating that there is no danger of infection.

Hongkong, 1st January, 1905.

EDWARD A. IRVING,

Inspector of Schools.