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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH OCTOBER, 1905.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 710.

With reference to Government Notification No. 683 of the 11th instant, it is hereby notified that information has been received from the Military Authorities that the Night Firing therein mentioned to take place on 23rd October, 1905, has been postponed until the 6th proximo.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd October, 1905.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. – No. 711.

The following name is added to the Official List of Justices of the Peace, published in Government Notification No. 122 of 28th February, 1905:—

PHILIP JACKS.

By Command,

T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th October, 1905.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 712.

The following Notice is published.

By Command,

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th October, 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, Cyprus, Ceylon, Dominica, Egypt, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Grenada, Jamaica, Lagos, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, Natal, Nevis, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Orange River Colony, St. Helena, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somaliland Protectorate, Straits Settlements, Tobago, Trinidad, Transvaal, 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 Commission :--

-/6.... 1/-

1/6..

2/6...

27 cents. 54

81

.$ 1.35

.$ 2.65

$ 5.30

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5/- 10/- 10/6.

20/-

$ 5.60 $10.60

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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. taken NO ENQUIRIES WHATEVER will be made as to the loss or alleged loss of

If this precaution is not any

Note.

L. A. M. JOHNSTON, Postmaster General.

GENERAL POST Office,

HONGKONG, 26th Oct her, 1905.