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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH MARCH, 1893.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 100.

The following Notice is published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th March, 1893.

G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.

POSTAL NOTES.

1. Postal Notes of the values named below, payable within three months at any l'ost 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/-

38 cents.

57 22 .$1.90

.$3.80

....$7.60

20/-.

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2. The purchaser of any Postal Note must fill in the Payee's name before parting with it. 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, 17th March, 1893.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 101.

Information has been received from the Military Authorities that Artillery Practice will take place from the 23rd to the 30th instant, between the hours of 6 A.M. and 6 P.M., from all the Forts except Victoria Battery:-

From Kowloon Dock and Kowloon East in a South-Easterly direction. From North Point in a North-Easterly direction.

From Lyemun in North-Easterly, Easterly and South-Easterly directions. From Stone Cutters' Island in Westerly and South-Westerly directions. From Belchers in Northerly and South-Westerly directions.

A red flag will be hoisted at the Forts whilst practice is going on.

All Ships, Junks and other vessels are cautioned to keep clear of the ranges.

The inhabitants of the houses near Belchers, Kowloon West and Kowloon Dock are warned to keep their glass windows open during the practice, and all people working in the vicinity of Belcher's Battery are also warned to keep clear of that part which will be indicated by gunners placed on sentry for the purpose.

In addition there will be firing, seawards, along the West Coast of the Island on the afternoon of the 25th instant from Mount Davis to the point where the Pokfulum-Aberdeen Road touches the shore. All persons are warned to keep clear of the space between the road and the sea, within the above-mentioned limits, between the hours of 1 P.M. and 6 P.M. on that day.

Blank firing by Artillery and Infantry will also take place from various Forts and positions on the evenings of the 23rd and 24th instant.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th March, 1893.

G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.

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