THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH DECEMBER, 1896. · 1173
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 466.
The following Resolution passed by the Legislative Council on the 3rd instant, under Section 30 of Ordinance 15 of 1888, is published for general information :--
1. "That the percentages on the valuation of tenements in Aberdeen at present payable as rates under The Rating Ordinance, 1888, as amended by Ordinance 5 of 1892 be altered from 7 per cent. to 9 per cent."
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"That the percentages on the valuation of tenements in Shaukiwan, East and West, at present payable as rates under The Rating Ordinance, 1888, as amended by Ordi- nance 5 of 1892 be altered from 7 to 9 per cent."
"That the percentages on the valuation of tenements, payable as rates, levied within the
area bounded-
On the North, by the Harbour.
On the South, by the contour of the hill-side 600 feet above sea level.
On the East, by a straight line from North Point to the western end of the
Taitam tunnel and produced to meet the southern boundary.
On the West, by the eastern boundary of the City of Victoria,
be altered from 7 per cent. to 9 per cent."
The Governor has been pleased to fix the 1st of January, 1897, as the date for the Resolution to come into effect.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th December, 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 467.
The following Notice is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th December, 1896.
NOTICE.
J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.
The Special Session of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace vide Notification No. 456, published in Government Gazette of the 28th November, 1896, is hereby postponed until Monday, the 14th day of December, 1896, at 2.15 P.M.
Magistracy, Hongkong, 3rd December, 1896.
WM. C. H. HASTINGS,
Acting Police Magistrate.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 468.
The following Notification is published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th December, 1896.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Under the provisions of Section 2 of Ordinance No. 10 of 1869, the following regulations, having been approved by His Excellency the Governor, will be observed on the 10th and 11th instant, being the days of the Victoria Recreation Club Regatta :-
1. A Red Burgee will be hoisted at a staff on the Judge's Stand 5 minutes before the
starting of a Race, and will be kept flying until that race is finished.
2. During the time that this Red Burgee is flying, all boats, junks, etc., are to keep outside the
Western Boundary of the Course, in order not to interfere with the competing crews.
3. The Western Boundary of the Course will be drawn from the Judge's Stand off the Kowloon Godowns to the Gunboats' mooring-buoys off the Royal Naval Establishment at Kowloon, and continued on to Tai-kok-tsui Point.
4. Launches following the Races must keep astern of the sternmost of the competing boats. (N.B. This regulation does not apply to the launch of the Umpire or other Official of the Club.)
R. MURRAY RUMSEY, Retd. Comdr., R.N., Harbour Master, &c.
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 1st December, 1896.
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