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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST MARCH, 1883.

10. The fares to be charged for public vehicles shall be such sums as the Captain Superintendent of Police shall by a table of fares to be set up in some conspicuous place in his office from time to time direct, and a copy thereof shall be inserted in every licence to be granted under this Ordinance, and it shall be also affixed in a conspicuous place on the inside of every such vehicle: Provided always that such table of fares, or any alteration of the same, shall, before the same shall come into operation, be submitted to and approved by the Governor in Council.

11. Every public vehicle when plying for hire or engaged after eight o'clock at night shall carry a lamp of such description as the Captain Superintendent of Police shall direct.

12. All property left in any vehicle shall be taken forthwith to the Central Police Station and handed over to the police authorities, who shall cause the goods to be publicly advertised in the usual manner, and if claimed, the same shall be handed over to the owner claiming it subject to a deduction of five per centum on the value, to be given to the driver bringing the same to the Police, to be ascer- tained in case of difference by the Captain Superintendent of Police, and if the same shall be unclaimed at the expiration of three months from the date of the loss, the Captain Superintendent shall, as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, cause the said goods respectively to be sold in such manner he shall think best, and the Captain Superintendent shall deduct out of the proceeds of each sale a sum equivalent to ten per centum on the proceeds of the sale of such goods, and shall pay the amount to the driver or bearer who shall have brought the said goods, and subject thereto the said proceeds shall be paid into the Public Treasury.

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 29th March, 1883.

ARATIOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 122.

HARBOUR DEPARTMENT.

The following Annual Report from the Harbour Master, with the Returns accompanying it, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st March, 1883..

W. H. MARSH,

Colonial Secretary. ́

No. 80.

HARBOUR DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 2nd March, 1883.

SIR,—I have the honour to forward the Annual Returns of this Department for the year ending the 31st December, 1882.

I. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels entered.

II. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels cleared,

III. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels of each Nation entered.

IV. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels of each Nation cleared.

V. Total Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels entered at each Port.

VI. Total Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels cleared at each Port. VII. Return of Junks entered from Macao.

VIII. Return of Junks cleared for Macao.

IX. Return of Junks entered at each Port from China and Formosa. X. Return of Junks cleared at each Port for China and Formosa.

XI. Gross Total Number of Junks entered at each Port.

XII. Gross Total Number of Junks cleared at each Port.

XIII. Return of Junks (Local Trade) entered.

XIV. Return of Junks (Local Trade) cleared.

XV. Summary of Arrivals and Departures of all Vessels, and of all Chinese Passengers. XVI. Return of Vessels registered.

XVII. Return of Vessels struck off the Register.

XVIII. Amount of Fees received under Section III of Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.

XIX. Return of Chinese Passenger Ships cleared by the Emigration Officer.

XX. Return of Vessels bringing Chinese Passengers to Hongkong from Places out of China. XXI. Return of Marine Cases tried.

XXII. Diagram of Tonnage of Vessels entered.