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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH DECEMBER, 1905.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.- No. 818.

The following Notice is published.

By Command,

T. SELCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th December, 1905.

NOTICE.

It is hereby notified that in the absence of further rainfall, on and after Friday, the 15th instant, the supply of water will be turned on in the public mains in that portion of the City of Victoria lying east of Arsenal Street from 6 a.m. to 9 a.in. only.

Public Works Dpartment,

Hongkong, th December, 1905.

W. CHATHAM,

Water Authority.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. $19.

The following Notice is published.

By Command,

T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secrctary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th December, 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/-

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26 cents. 52

1/6.

2/6

5/-

10/-

10/6. 20/-.

78 ""

$ 1.30

$ 2.55

$ 5.10

$ 5.40 $10.20

2. The purchaser of any Postal Note must fill in the Payee's name before parting with it. He 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

Note.

any

L. A. M. JOHNSTON, Postmaster General,

GENERAL POST OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 8th December, 1905.