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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

報 門 轅 港 香

Published by Authority.

No. 17.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 23RD APRIL, 1881.

號七十第 日五十月三年巳辛

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VOL. XXVII. 日三十月四年一十八百八千— 簿七十二第

號四第示告

PROCLAMATION.

[L.s.] J. PoPE HENNESSY.

By His Excellency Sir JOHN POPE HENNESSY, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished

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Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Gov- ernor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice- Admiral of the same.

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Whereas intelligence has reached this Colony of the death of Her Imperial Majesty Tszu-AN- TUAN-YÜ-K'ANG-CHING-CHAO-HO-CHWANG-

CHING, Empress Dowager and Regent of China, I, JOHN POPE HENNESSY, Governor as aforesaid, direct that, as a mark of respect to Her Majesty's

Memory, the Colonial Government flags be flown half-mast high on Monday next, the 25th instant,

and that twenty-one minute guns be fired at eight o'clock that morning.

By His Excellency's Command,

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署輔政使司史

出示曉諭同誌哀事照得現奉 香港等處地方兼理水陸軍務

總督

水師提督御賜佩帶二等寶星

燕札開現閱 大清京報驚悉

知 皇太后善德仲輔政使司遍示曉諭以同誌哀等因奉此合卽出示闔港商民人等一體週

日卽禮拜一日下至半桅是早八點鐘燃燒限刻炮二十一嚮以表敬念 慈安端裕康慶昭和莊敬皇太后升遐爲此合飭本港衙署等處所有 國家旗幟於本月二十五

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FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

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GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Government House, Hongkong.

this 23rd day of April, 1881.

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