THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST JULY, 1897.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 310.
The following Notice is published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th July, 1897.
NOTICE.
No registered letters will be delivered at any address unless some authorized person is ready to sign the receipt.
After waiting a reasonable time the postman will take back the letter which will have to await the next delivery.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 28th July, 1897.
A. M. THOMSON,
Postmaster General.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 311.
The following Notice is published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th July, 1897.
POSTAL NOTES.
1. Postal Notes of the values named below, payable within three months at any Post Office in the United Kingdom, or at Constantinople, can be obtained at Hongkong or at any British Post Office in China at the following prices, which include Commission:—
1/-. 1/6 5/- 10/- 20/-.
54 cents. 81
.$ 2.70 $ 5.40 $10.80
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 United Kingdom, or at Constantinople. 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.
4. Postal Notes issued in the United Kingdom are NOT payable in Hongkong or China. GENERAL POST OFFICE, ·
HONGKONG, 30th July, 1897.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 312.
The following is published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st July, 1897.
Government of South Australia.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 3 of 1897.
SPENCER GULF.
Notice is hereby given that a reef, on which the sea breaks only occasionally, and which is not marked on the Admiral- ty charts, exists in lat. 34° 51′ S., long. 136° 14′ 30′′ E., the highest part of Daugerons Reef bearing N.W., cor. mag., distance two and a half miles therefrom.
The reef in question extends east and west three-quarters of a mile and north and south a quarter of a mile, with loss than five fathoms of water, shoaling in the centre (where the sea occasionally breaks heavily) to not more than 7ft. L.W.S.
This notice affects chart No. 23898.
Marine Board Offices, Port Adelaide, May 6th, 1897.
THOS. N. STEPHENS,
President Marine Board.
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