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OROIT.

THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

報門 轅 港 香

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 10TH JULY,1880.

No. 29.

Voz. XXVI.

芝九十二第

日四初月六年辰庚 日十初月七年十八百八千一

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No. 1.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Translations into Chinese, for the information

f the Chinese portion of the Community, of some the Government Notifications are inserted

« rein, but it is to be understood that in case of

variance in the sense of the English and Chinese

versions, the sense of the English text must be Considered as correct.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office,

W. H. MARSH,

Colonial Secretary.

Hongkong, 17th November, 1879.

十七日 號 一千八百七十九年十一月

己卯年 十月 初四日示

輔政使司馬

奉

有并

事照得本港 督憲諭爲憲報英文華文幷刊

報由英文譯:

文譯出華文間有未能脗合 港華人週知但須知若由英 意爲正此示

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仍譯

之間

示合英本憲刊

No. 5.

[ts.] J. Por: HENNESSY,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency Sir JOHN POPE HENNESSY, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Onder of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief 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 KIMBERLEY, 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 1879, entitled--An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Merchant Shipping, the duties of the Harbour Master, the control and management of the waters of the Colony, and the regulation of Vessels navigating the same.

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

By His Excellency's Command,

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Government House. Hongkong.

this 7th Day of July. 1880.

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