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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH SEPTEMBER, 1884.

11. This Order shall be published in China, Japan, and Corea in such manner, and printed copies thereof shall be kept for sale at the Consular Courts there, at such prices as a Secretary of State from time to time directs.

And the Right Honourable the Earl Granville, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain.

C. L. PEEL.

Notification respecting the operation of the China, Japan, and Corea Order in Council

of 26th June, 1884.

Whereas by the China, Japan, and Corea Order in Council, 1884, it is provided that the said Order in Council shall come into operation at such time or times in China, Japan, and Corea, respectively, as a Secretary of State, by a notice published in the London Gazette at or after the time. of the publication therein of the said Order, directs.

Now, therefore, I, the undersigned, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, do hereby direct that the said Order in Council shall come into and be operative in China, Japan, and Corea, respectively, on and after the 1st day of October, 1884.

Foreign Office, July 7, 1884.

GRANVILLE.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 342.

The following Hydrographic Notices are published for general information.

By Command,

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th September, 1884.

Government of China.

CANTON DISTRICT.

LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS No. 21.

Steamers to go slowly through Torpedo positions.

The High Authorities find it necessary to a second time caution steamers to go slowly through the Torpedo positions, from thirty Li (say ten miles) outside the Bogue as far as Whampoa; mischief having already been done and serious accident narrowly escaped, through disregard of the warning on the part of two or three vessels.

Approved:

F. E. WOODRUFF,

Commissioner of Customs.

CUSTOM HOUSE, CANTON, 15th September, 1884.

FOOCHOW DISTRICT.

LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS No. 15.

▾ C. H. PALMER,

Harbour Master.

Oriental Rock Beacon: disappearance of.

Notice is hereby given that the Oriental Rock Beacon near Kimpai Pass, Min River, has been destroyed during the recent bombardment.

This Beacon will be replaced as soon as practicable.

S. PARKHILL,

Harbour Master.

Approved:

JAMES W. CARRALL,

For Commissioner of Customs,

CUSTOM HOUSE, Foochów, 13th September, 1884.