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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD DECEMBER, 1882.
During the winter season (May till October) an occasional gale from the N.W., less severe and of shorter duration than those to the southward, is experienced. The barometer usually gives good warning, and vessels at anchor off the Gascoyne should on those occasions seek shelter under Bernier and Dorre islands.
COAST.-Mangrove point, which lies about half-a-mile southward of South entrance, is conspicuous, and from it the coast curves to the eastward for about three miles, and thence takes a general S.S.E. † E. direction for about 22 miles to Greenough point, over which there is a small conspicuous hummock.
Northward of Gascoyne river the coast forms a bight about 3 miles deep, the northern point of which lies N.N.W., distant about 11 miles from North entrance. Thence the coast continues in a N.N.W. direction for about 11 miles, beyond which point it was not explored during the recent survey, but appears to continue in a N.N.W. direction a further distance of 17 miles, to cape Cuvier of the French (Freycinet).
The sand dunes lie parallel to the coast, 100 to 300 feet high. Bejeling sand patch, about 19 miles northward of the Gascoyne, is conspicuous.
REEFS upon which the sea breaks heavily lie about one mile from the eastern shore, 23 or 24 miles northward of Gascoyne river.
CAUTION.—Babbage island having been recently found to lie about 12 miles north-westward of its supposed position, it is probable that the coast northward to cape Cuvier of the French (Freycinet) and southward to Greenough point is also erroneously laid down.
That portion of the coast, therefore, not having been examined in detail, should be approached with caution and the lead kept going when standing toward it,
J. E. COGHLAN, Staff Commander and Admiralty Surveyor.
"Meda," Gage Roads, 23rd October, 1882.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 480.
STAMP DUTIES.
The following Additional Order of the Governor in Council is published under the provisions of Ordinances 12 of 1866 and 5 of 1868.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th December, 1882.
ORDINANCES 12 OF 1866 AND 5 OF 1868.
Additional Order made by the Governor in Council,
this 15th day of December, 1882.
Whereas on the 9th day of June, 1868, it was (amongst other things) ordered by the Governor in Council under and by virtue of the provisions in that behalf contained in the above mentioned Ordinances that all Impressed Stamps should be made and impressed in the Stamp Office, in the city of Victoria, on either paper or parchment, and should be of the form and size of the Specimen Stamps enclosed in a case for public inspection under the Seal of the Colony, which case should be kept at the Stamp Office, and whereas it has been deemed expedient by the Governor in Council, that the Order so made should under the provisions of the said Ordinances be altered and varied to the extent, and in the manner hereinafter specified, it is ordered by the Governor in Council, as follows :---
(1.) Promissory Notes in the Chinese language shall be made upon Chinese paper only. (2.) Such Chinese paper shall bear an Impressed Stamp of the value required by the Schedule to Ordinance 5 of 1868, which Impressed Stamp shall be placed upon the upper border of a blank printed form similar to that hereto annexed.
(3.) All the writing of such Chinese Promissory Notes must be within the border of the said form in each case, and such border is to be taken as part of the Impressed Stamp required for such Promissory Notes.
(4.) The size or shape of such border, and the devices or characters accompanying it, may be, from time to time, varied at the discretion of the Collector of Stamp Revenue, subject to the provisions of Section 28 of Ordinance 12 of 1866.
Approved in Council,
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局總印厘
ARATHOON SETH,
Clerk of Councils.
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