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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

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Published by Authority.

No. 49.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 13TH OCTOBER, 1883.

VOL. XXIX.

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簿九十二

No. 14.

PROCLAMATION.

[LS.] W. H. MARSH,

By His Excellency WILLIAM HENRY MARSH, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.

Whereas a despatch has been received from the Right Honourable The EARL OF DERBY, HER MAJESTY'S Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, conveying to me HER MAJESTY'S Gracious Confirmation and Allowance of the following Ordinance; namely:-

No. 8 of 1883, entitled--The Excise Ordinances (Opium) 1858–1879, Amendment Ordinance

1883, (No. 2).

Now therefore, it is hereby Proclaimed that the said Ordinance has been so confirmed and allowed as aforesaid.

By Command,·

J. H. STEWART-Lockhart, for the Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 10th Day of October, 1883.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 333.

The following Post Office Notice is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th October, 1883.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART, for the Colonial Secretary.

Letters for the Continent of Europe contained in cloth-lined cnvelopes are, it appears, subjected to a delay of 13 days for quarantine purposes at Italian Ports, before they are even landed. It will be desirable therefore that the use of such envelopes should be avoided.

This notice does not apply to letters for France, Spain, or Portugal when forwarded by French Packet.

A. LISTER, Postmaster General.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 8th October, 1883.