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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

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Published by Authority.

No. 54.

VOL. XXIX.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 17TH NOVEMBER, 1883.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No., 374.

With reference to Government Notification, No. 190 of 26th May, 1883, relative to the Agreement between the Governments of Great Britain and Siam for regulating the Traffic in Spirituous Liquors, it is hereby notified that on and after the 1st of January next, the duties leviable on spirits not exceeding thirty degrees of alcoholic strength, imported into Siam, will be at the rate of twenty-two cents of a mexican dollar per gallon.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th November, 1883.

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

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 375.

The following officers resumed the duties of their respective offices on the 6th instant :-

JAMES PARKER, Esquire, First Clerk, Magistracy, and Clerk of the Fire Brigade. WILLIAM MONARCH BURNSIDE ARTHUR, Esquire, Third Master, Government Central School.

By Command,

J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th November, 1883.

for the Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 376.

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His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to appoint provisionally JAMES PAINTER MCEUEN, Esq., R.N., to be Acting Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, vice GEORGE HAYWARD, Esquire, deceased.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th November, 1883.

J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART,

for the Colonial Secretary.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 377.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Hongkong Artillery Volunteers :---

JAMES STOCKWELL, Esquire, to be a Captain,

ALFRED WOOLLEY, Esquire, to be a Lieutenant,

HENRY JAMES HOLMES, Esquire, to be a Lieutenant,

and

WILLIAM STANLEY ADAMS, Esquire, M.D., C.M., to be Surgeon-Major of the Corps.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th November, 1883.

J. H. Stewart-Lockhart,

for the Colonial Secretary.