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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH FEBRUARY, 1889.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 71.

The following is published for general information.

By Command,

FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th February, 1889.

POSTAL NOTES.

1. Postal Notes of the values named below, payable within three months at any Post Office in the United Kingdom, or at Constantinople, can be obtained at Hongkong or at any British Post Office in China (except Hoihow and Tientsin) at the following prices, which include Commission;—

1/-..... 1/6.

5/-.

10/-. 20/-.

!

34 cents.

51 ""

.$1.70

.$3.40

$6.80

All money orders on the United Kingdom for even sums not exceeding £5 applied for at Hongkong or Shanghai will be issued by means of these Notes.

2. The purchaser of any Postal Note must fill in the Payee's name before parting with it. He 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, strict instructions having been received that no enquiries are to be made with regard to the alleged loss of any note, where this precaution has not been taken.

4. Postal Notes issued in the United Kingdom are not payable in Hongkong or China.

GENERAL POST OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 7TH FEBRUARY, 1889.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 72.

Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Tuesday, the 26th instant :-

1. For certain piling and concrete works, Central Market.

2. For picking up, reforming, macadamizing, &c. a portion of Queen's Road, from Murray Road to the East end of Wellington Barracks, on a total length of 2,030 feet.

3. For picking up, reforming, macadamizing, &c. a portion of Queen's Road, from Gough

Street steps to Bonham Strand, on a total length of 1,220 feet.

4. For constructing retaining Walls, widening, reforming, channelling, and concreting the'

lower portion of the Peak Road, on a total length of 1,450 feet.

For forms of tender apply at this Office.

For specifications and further particulars apply at the Surveyor General's Office.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th February, 1889.

FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 73.

Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Thursday, the 28th instant :-

1. For Sewerage Works, Italian Convent.

2. For Sewerage Works on Inland Lot No. 149.

For forms of tender apply at this Office.

For specifications and further particulars apply at the Surveyor General's Office. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th February, 1889.

FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary.