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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST SEPTEMBER, 1895.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 399.

It is hereby notified that Her Majesty has not been advised to exercise her power of disallowance with respect to the following Ordinances :-

No. 5 of 1895, entitled-An Ordinance to enable the Governor in Council to restrict the immi- gration of Chinese into the Colony and for other purposes in connection therewith.

No. 8 of 1895, entitled-An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the Law relating to the

carriage and possession of deadly weapons.

No. 14 of 1895, entitled--An Ordinance to Supplement Ordinance 8 of 1895.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st September, 1895.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 400.

The following are published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st September, 1895.

Government of China.

KOWLOON DISTRICT.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS,

No. 2.

Rock on North Side of Channel inside the Lye-e-moon.

Notice is hereby given of the discovery, by the Officer in charge of the Chinese Revenue Launch Kwanfung, of a SUBMERGED ROCK, the least depth of water on which at Low Water Spring Tides is 11 feet.

The Rock is situated on the North side of the Channel, about 750 yards North-west of the N.W. point of the iuner entrance of the LYE-E-MOON and about 320 yards from the point of land between CHONG-LUI and YAU-TONG BAYS on the Chinese Shore (Brit. Adm. Chart No. 1,466).

The following bearings were taken from the Rock :-

N.W. extremity of LYE-E-MOON on the Chinese side,............S. 44° E. KUNG-AM Point on the Hongkong side, CHANNEL ROCKS

N.B.-Vessels should not pass to the North or Chinese side of this Rock. The bearings are magnetic.

.....S. 18° E.

..N. 51° W.

upon.

Custom House,

KOWLOON, 11th September, 1895.

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KIUNGCHOW DISTRICT.

LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS,

No. 9.

H. M. HILLIER,

Acting Commissioner,

Kowloon and District.

HOIHOW HARBOUR LIGHT.

Notice is hereby given that for the present and until further notice, the Hoihow Harbour Light should not be relied

Approved:

J. F. SCHOENICKE,

Commissioner of Customs.

CUSTOM HOUSE,

KIUNGCHOW, 11th September, 1895.

C. J. PRICE, Acting Harbour Master.