752 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH SEPTEMBER, 1897.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 373.
Pursuant to section 34 of The Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the Registrar General's Office, situate on the ground floor of the premises known as the Supreme Court House, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, Hongkong, as the place in which the Registrar General shall sit in the discharge of his duties.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th September, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.— No. 374.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint JOHN WILLIAM JONES to be Acting Deputy-Registrar and Accountant in the Supreme Court with effect from the 9th instant, and during the absence from the Colony of FRANCIS ARTHUR HAZELAND, or until further notice.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th September, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 375.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognise, provisionally and pending the arrival of the Queen's Exequatur, RoUNSEVELLE WILDMAN, as in charge of the United States Consulate in this Colony.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th September, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.- No. 376.
The following Rules are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th September, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
RULES
Concerning Express Delivery of Letters and Parcels in the British Isles.
1. Letters (ordinary and registered) and parcels may be sent to the British Isles from the Colony
to be delivered by special messenger immediately after arrival at the office of delivery.
2. The express fee chargeable on letters will be collected on delivery at the rate of 3d. per mile.
3. Such fee in the case of parcels will be 30 cents for each parcel which must be prepaid by affix- ing stamps to that value.
4. Such letters and parcels must be distinctly marked “ Express" above the address.
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5. Ordinary letters marked Express" should be handed in at the Box-holders' window and not posted in the drop-box.
6. Only one attempt will be made to deliver Express" letters or parcels. After a fruitless attempt these will be treated as ordinary letters or parcels.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 10th September, 1897.
A. M. THOMSON,
Postmaster General.
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