THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH AUGUST, 1893.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 317.
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Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Monday, the 11th proximo, for the extension
to Victoria Gaol and other works in connection therewith.
No work will be permitted under this contract on Sundays. For Form of tender, specification and further particulars apply at the Public Works Office. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By Command,
G. T. M. O'BRIEN,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th August, 1893.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 318.
The following Notice is published,
By Command,
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Ilongkong, 26th August, 1893.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
With reference to Government Notification No. 246 of the 24th June last, it is hereby notified that the prohibition announced against the transmission by Sample Post to the United Kingdom of certain dutiable Articles is withdrawn, except in respect of Tobacco, manufactured or un-manufactured, including Cigars, Cigarettes and Snuff, against the transmission of which the prohibition stands good.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 22nd August, 1893.
G. STAFFORD NORTHCOTE, Acting Postmaster General.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 319.
The following is published.
By Command,
G. T. M. O'BRIEN,
Colonial Secretary.
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th August, 1893.
Government of China.
NOTICE TO MARINERS,
No. 271.
CHINA SEA.
NEWCHWANG DISTRICT.
LAO-TIEH-SHAN PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE,
Notice is hereby given that the Light on Lao-t'ich-shan Promontory was exhibited for the first time at sunset on the 7th instant.
The illuminating apparatus is Revolving Dioptric of the First Order, showing double white flashes at intervals of half a minute.
The Lighthouse stands on the south-western slope of Lao-tieh-shan Promontory, and the Light, which is elevated 315 fect above the level of the sea, should be visible in clear weather at a distance of 25 nautical miles in all directions between the bearings, approximately, of S. 8° E. round by east and north to N. 73° W., except where it is obscured by outlying islands.
The bearings are magnetic and from seaward.
The tower is round, of iron, 25 feet high, with a total height from its base to the lautern vane of 52 feet. The tower, dwellings, and boundary wall are white. Approximate position :-
Latitude Longitude
38° 43′ 17′′ N. ...121° 8′ 26′′ E.
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector.
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 10th August 1893.
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