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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

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Published by Authority.

No. 57.

號七十五第

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 8TH DECEMBER, 1883.

日九初月一十年未癸日八月二十年三十八百八千一

VOL. XXIX.

簿九十二

Erratum.

In Government Notification No. 400 of the 1st instant, for WILLIAM MELVILLE MATSON read

JOHN MELVILLE MATSON.

.GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 401.

Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Tuesday, the 18th instant, for the construction

of two Steam Launches for the Harbour Department, to be built under the supervision of the Govern- ment Marine Surveyor, and all materials and work to be to his satisfaction.

The dimensions of the Launches to be as follows:-

Length from stem to stern post,

Depth moulded,

Extreme Breadth,

Feet. Inches.

45

5

2

9

0

The hull of the Launches to be of hard wood, frames, and planking, &c., and the decks of seasoned teak.

Engines on the compound principle, direct acting, with silent exhaust and feed heater cylinders, 6 inches and 10 inches; stroke 8 inches, pistons fitted with metallic packing, and all working parts of

the best material.

Boiler to be of BB Staffordshire plates, with Lowmoor furnace and combustion chamber, and constructed according to Board of Trade rules for 100 lbs. working pressure, with feed pump, injector, and all necessary fittings and mountings. The whole to be completed in a workmanlike manner, and supplied with anchors, cables, lamps, awnings, &c.

Tenders to state price and earliest date on which Launches can be delivered.

For form of tender, specification and further particulars apply at the Surveyor's Office, Harbour Department.

No tender will be received unless the person tendering produces a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $100 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown if such person refuses to carry out his tender, should the tender be accepted.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.

By Command,

W. H. MARSH,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th December, 1883.