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728 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST SEPTEMBER, 1883.
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August 7th, 1883.
SIR,--The Japanese Central Board of Health has, after discussion, decided to declare the port of Swatow, in the Province of Kwan-tung, in China, to be a place where Cholera is prevalent, and accordingly the Home Minister has to-day, sent instructions to the (local authorities at the) three Ports of Yokohama, Kobe, and Nagasaki, to the effect that the Regulations respecting the inspection of vessels, which were established under Notification No. 31, of 1882 are to be put into force in the case of all vessels arriving from Swatow. These Regulations will therefore come into force from the day on which the Home Minister's instructions reach the localities mentioned. I beg that your Excellency will notify British subjects residing in this country accordingly.
His Excellency
Sir HARRY S. PARKES, K.C.B., G.C.M.G.
H. B. M's Minister.
I take, etc.,
(Signed)
INOUYE KAORU, Minister for Foreign Affairs.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 268.
SALE OF THE OPIUM FARM.
Tenders for the privilege of preparing and selling prepared Opium within the Colony for the term of one, two, or three years from the 1st March, 1884, under the provisions of the various Opium Ordinances of the Colony, will be received at this Office until noon on Thursday, the 18th October, 1883.
Each tender should state whether the Tenderer proposes to include the preparation and sale of Dross Opium in his Tender or to exclude it. Tenders may also be sent in for the Dross Opium Farm alone.
Each Tender should specify the monthly payment offered for the periods above mentioned. The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any Tender.
Should the Tenders be unsatisfactory to the Government, the Governor in Council will continue to grant Licenses direct, or take such steps as may be necessary for obtaining a proper Revenue.
Any further information on this subject may be obtained from the Colonial Treasurer.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th August, 1883.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. No. 285.
The following Notice is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th August, 1883.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that a Special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace will be held at the Police Magistrates' Court, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon of Tuesday, the 4th day of September, 1883, for the purpose of considering an application for the transfer of the Spirit Licence of the Hamburg Hotel, from FREDERICK BIGGARS to GEORGE Robertson.
Police Magistrates' Office, Hongkong. 25th August, 1883.
H. E. WODEHOUSE, Police Magistrate.
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