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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND NOVEMBER, 1889.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 449.

The following notice is published for general information.

By Command,

LISTER Colonial Secretary.

:

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd November, 1889.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Notice is hereby given that a Submarine Minefield for experimental purposes will be laid on the South side of Stone Cutters' Island from November till January.

The field will extend between 600 and 700 yards in a North and South shore of the Island, and in ap East and West direction about 700 yards.

The Southern boundary will be marked by two red and white buoys

painted red and white, 3 feet above the buoy.

All ships, junks and other vessels are cautioned to keep to Southward of these

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 26th October, 1889.

rom the south

encon on each,

ndary buoys.

R. MURRAY RUMSKYet. Coin.,

Harbour

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 450 The following Circular Despatch with its enclosure is published for general

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd November, 1889.

CIRCULAR.

ition.

LISTER, Colonial Secretary.

DOWNING STREET, .

SIR,-I have the honour to transmit to you, for the information of Government, a copy of a notice received through the Foreign Office, respecting a

4th September, 1889.

my under your Competition to

be held in celebration of the Fourth Centenary of the discovery of America.

It will be seen that the essays are to be sent in in manuscripts, but are not to exceed two volumes of 500 pages each, of the same size and type as those of the complete works

Cervantes, by Rivadeneyra, 1863-64. From enquiries which I directed to be made, it appears that the works in question are printed on pages of the size 11 inches by 74 inches, and that the size of the print on the page is 7 inches by 44 inches, with 33 lines to one page. The type is similar to that in which this Circular is printed.*

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient humblervant,

KNITSFORD,

The Officer Administering the Government of

HONGKONG.

A DESPATCH has been received at the Foreign Office from Her Majesty's Am- bassador at Madrid, sending the following précis of the Programme of an International Literary Competition to be held on the occasion of the fourth centenary of the discovery of America, under the Vice-Presidency of the Duke of Veragua, who is a linent descendant of Christopher Columbus:-

Précis of Programme of the International Competition.

"This Competition is instituted with a view of celebrating this great festival with some lasting literary work which will perpetuate its memory. This work, for which a prize will be given, must consist of an historical study, written in prose, recording the great event which it is tended to com-

memoratė.

* The Circular may be seen at the Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong. ́-