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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH JULY, 1895.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 309.

The following is published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th July, 1895.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

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LOCAL POSTAL NOTES.

1. On and after the 15th of July, 1895, Postal Notes of the values named below, payable within six months, will be issued and paid at Hongkong, Hoihow, Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, Shanghai and Hankow :-

25-cent Note. Commission charged on issue,...

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19

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1.00 $ 2.00

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1 cent.

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2 cents.

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2. In addition to the above commission on Notes issued at Hongkong, Hoihow, Canton, Swatow, Amoy and Foochow payable at Shanghai, Ningpo, or Hankow, a further charge at current rates will be made to cover the difference between chopped and clean dollars.

3. The officer issuing any Postal Note shall fill in the name of the port where it is payable. The purchaser may, before parting with the Note, fill in the name of the Payce.

4. Every person to whom a Postal Note is issued should keep a record of the number, date, and name of office of issue, to facilitate enquiry if the Note should be lost, and should register the letter in which it is forwarded.

5. If a Postal Note be lost or destroyed, no duplicate thereof can be issued. This regulation cannot be departed from in any case whatever, for the reason that every Postal Note is payable to bearer and that no specified person can therefore satisfactorily establish the fact of his ownership in a lost Note which is not filled in, and which, if found at any time, would be payable to bearer.

6. If a Postal Note be crossed

& Co. payment will only be made through a Banker, and if the name of a Banker is added payment will only be made through that Banker.

7. After a Postal Note has once been paid, to whomsoever it is paid, the Government will not be liable for any further claim.

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8. If any erasure or alteration be made, or if the Note is cut, defaced or mutilated, payment may be refused.

9. The officer in charge of a Post Office may delay or refuse the payment of a Note, but he must at once report his reasons for so doing to the Postmaster General.

10. After the expiration of six months from the last day of the month of issue, a Postal Note will be payable only on payment of a commission equal to the amount of the original commission, but after twelve months it will become invalid and not payable.

11. It shall be within the discretion of the Postmaster General to suspend at any time the issue of Local Postal Notes.

ARTHUR K. TRAVERS,

Postmaster General.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 10th July, 1895.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 310.

The following Returns of Deaths are published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th July, 1895.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.