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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH AUGUST, 1905.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.---No. 529.

The following Notice is published.

By Command,

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Colonial Secretary

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th August, 1905.

POSTAL NOTES.

1. Postal Notes of the values named below, payable within three months at any Post Office in Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, Ceylon, Cyprus, Dominica, Egypt, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Grenada, Jamaica, Lagos, Malta, Montserrat, Nevis, Newfoundland, New Zealand, St. Helena, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somaliland Protectorate, Straits Settlements, Tobago, Trinidad, Turks or Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands, Zanzibar, and in the United Kingdom, and at the Agencies of the British Post Office at Ascension, Beyrout, Constantinople, Panama, Salonica, Smyrna, and Tangier, can be obtained at Hongkong or at any British Post Office in China at the following prices, which include Commis-

sion:

-/6. 1/

1/6.

2/6

5/ 10/

29 cents.

56

84

$ 1.40

$ 2.75

.$ 5.50

$ 5.80 $11.00

10/6. 20/-

2. The purchaser of any Postal Note must fill in the Payee's name before parting with it. He If this is not done the note is may also fill in the name of the Office where payment is to be made. 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,

L. A. M. JOHNSTON, Postmaster General.

HONGKONG, 16th August, 1905.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 530.

The following Notice to mariners is published.

By Command,

T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th August, 1905.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

NAMOA ISLAND.

H. M. S. Waterwitch reports the existence of a Rock to the S.-E of NAMOA ISLAND, with 17 feet of water over it at L. W. O. S. with 6-12 fathoms around it, in the following position :-

From the Rock-

Centre of Three Chimneys,...N. 4° 1⁄2 W.

Centre of Dome Island,......N. 78° E. (distant 4 cables.)

The Rock lies approximately in-

Latitude 23° 21′ 0′′ N.

Longitude 117° 7′ 18′′ E.

Bearings are magnetic.

H. M. S. Waterwitch also reports that the position of the CHELSUI ROCKS ismile West of the position shown on Admiralty Chart No. 1957.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 14th August, 1905.

BASIL TAYLOR,

Harbour Master, &c.