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Date.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH JUNE, 1898.

Appendix F.

STATISTICS OF GRASS FIRES.

609

1897.

January

Tytam Tuk,

Stanley Road, Tytam Tuk,

痛嘭

.,

March

April

"

7

May

2 བཱ། ཏཿ 2 ཁྱ ་རྦ

16

27

September 23

Ngau Tau Wan,

Wanchai and Aberdeen Road,

Mount Kellett,

Stanley Gap, Mount Davis, Tytam Tuk,

Kai Lung Wan,

Sandy Bay,

Sai Wan,

Aplichau, Stanley,

December 19

Wong Ma Kok,

Localities.

Number of

Number of Fires.

Trees destroyed.

614

528

15

28

15

1,185

CHARLES FORD, Superintendent,

Botanical & Afforestation Department.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 274.

Applications will be received at this Office up to Noon on Monday, the 27th instant, for the post of Clerk in the General Post Office.

The salary is $50 a month.

Qualifications:-Good handwriting, knowledge of Arithmetic and Geography, and ability to

read and interpret Hindustani.

Applicants should furnish certificates of health, with copies of testimonials.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th June, 1898.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

VERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 275.

Information has been received from the Military Authorities that Artillery Practice will take place from the 15th to the 37th June, 1898, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily, as follows :---

From Stone Cutters' Island in a South-Westerly direction.

From Belchers in a North-Westerly direction.

From Lyemun in a South-Easterly direction.

All ships, junks and other vessels are cautionel to keep clear of the ranges.

The inhabitants of the houses near Belchers and Stone Cutters' Island are warned to keep their glass windows open during the practice, and all people working in the vicinity of Belchers' Battery are also warned to keep clear of that part which will be indicated by gunners placed on sentry for the

purpose.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th June, 1898.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Acting Colonial Secretary,