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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND JANUARY, 1887.

As soon as the sermon is finished, no body presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the church. The knight walks down from his seat in the chancel between a double row of his tenants, that stand bowing to him on each side; and he every now and then inquires, how such an one's wife, or mother, or son, or father does, whom he does not see at church; which is understood as a secret reprimand to the person that is absent.

CLASS I-GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

Monday, 2-4.30.

1. Reduce £9,949.19.68 to farthings by the quickest method you can devise.

2. Add one digit to 97651, so that it may be exactly divisible by 18.

3. Explain the following, Boer, Boomerang, Cañon, Corral, Harpoon, Kraal, Lasso, Quadroon, Suttee,

Tapir.

4. Explain the following signs and contractions %; ×d; POO; Cr; Div; Ult.

5. State in plain English the meaning of the following lines from Tennyson.

There runs a shallow brook across our field,

For twenty miles, where the black crow flies five.

6. What Nouns correspond to the following Verbs redeem, solve, defer, depend, exhale, excuse, expand,

permit, ignore, satisfy, deceive, fly, seek, devise.

7. Write in order a list of the dynasties of China from Fuk-hi to the present day.

8. Quote with necessary explanations in English the passages ending,

思

and

邪

滿不進也

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 29.

Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Tuesday, the 1st proximo, for the farming of the existing Government Cattle Depôt at Kennedy Town, for the remainder of the present year, 1887, on the conditions mentioned below.

For form of tender apply at this Office.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender, and reserves to itself the right of extending the Depôt, and letting such extended portion thereof in such manner as it shall deem fit.

By Command,

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial. Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd January, 1887.

CONDITIONS ON WHICH THE EXISTING CATTLE DEPÔT AT KENNEDY TOWN WILL BE LET.

1. The Lessee shall be entitled to the use and occupation of the whole of the present Cattle Depôt including the Coolie Quarters attached to it.

2. The Lessee shall be entitled to a fee not exceeding 2 cents for each head of cattle that enters the Depôt, and a fee not exceeding 2 cents for every day that such animal shall remain in the Depôt not including the day of entry.

3. Except in cases of emergency and with written permission from an Inspector of Markets, no more cattle will be admitted into the Depôt than can be accommodated in the stalls set apart for their reception.

4. The Lessee shall cause the Depôt to be thoroughly cleansed twice a day in such manner and at such times as the Sanitary Board may direct.

5. The Lessee shall cause all animal manure and other refuse matters to be deposited in the bins set apart for the purpose.

6. All the manure collected in the Depôt shall be the property of the Government, and it will be removed regularly every day by a contractor.

7. The Lessee shall at once report to the Inspector of Markets any breaches of the laws regulating the importation of cattle and preventing the spread of cattle disease which may come to his knowledge. 8. The Lessee shall keep the Depôt including the Coolie Quarters attached to it at all times in a cleanly condition.