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OROIT.

THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

報 門 轅 港 香

Published by Authority.

No. 36.

號六十三第

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 28TH AUGUST, 1880. 日三十月七年辰庚 日八十月八年十八百八千一

VOL. XXVI.

簿六十二 第

號

第報怨

No. 1.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Translations into Chinese, for the information

f the Chinese portion of the Community, of some

if the Government Notifications are inserted

herein, 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,

W. H. MARSHI,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hongkong, 17th November, 1879.

輔政使司馬

泰

事照得本港轅 督憲篇憲報英文華文幷

俾有并

本憲刊

港華人週知但須知若由英

報由英文譯出華文者俾本

間但

意有

為未

正能

老仍以英文之意爲正此示 文譯出華文間有未能脗合

千八百七十九年十一月

卯十千

年七

+

己卯年 十月 初四日示

No. 7.

1.S] J. Por: HENNESSY,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency Sir Jons POPE HENNESSY, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governc" and Cominander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vive-Admiral of the same,

Whereas by the "Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855" (Imperial), it was among other things provided hat it should be lawful for the Governor of Hongkong to declare by Proclamation for the purposes of he said Act what should be deemed to be the duration of the voyage of any Chinese Passenger Ship.

Pore

Now, therefore, I, Sir JonN POPE HENNESSY, do, by this my Proclamation, for the purposes of the foresaid Act, declare that the following shall be the rule of computation by which the length of the oyage of any Chinese Passenger Ships of the classes herein specified shall be computed, and that so nch of previous rules as conflict with this rule shall cease to have effect, viz.:-at any time of par, for steam vessels the duration of the voyage from Hongkong to Manila or from Amoy to Manila hall be computed at less than 7 days.

By His Excellency's Coinmand,

.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 18th Day of August, 1880.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.