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OROIT.
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 1.
No. 1.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 5TH JANUARY, 1878.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. XXIV.
It is hereby notified that, for the current year, the monopoly of Slaughtering Cattle in Hongkong and its dependencies, is granted to HAU-LEUNG-Tsun of the TSHAP WO TONG, No. 160, Hollywood Road. By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Ilongkong, 2nd January, 1878.
No. 2.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Captain T. C. DEMPSTER of H. M. 28th Regiment, to be Acting Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, vice Captain DUCAT, resigned.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd January, 1878.
No. 3.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given, that at Noon on Monday, the 14th instant, the Privilege of Farming the Quarry in Kowloon, during the year 1878, will be put up to Public Auction at the Government Offices. 1. The Monopoly shall begin on the 21st of January, 1878, and terminate on the 31st of December of the same year.
2. The highest bidder above the upset price shall be recommended to His Excellency The Governor as the purchaser, but His Excellency reserves the right of not accepting the highest bid. If any dispute arise, the Monopoly may be put up again at a former bidding.
3. No person shall at any bidding advance less than $50.
4. Immediately after the fall of the hammer, the purchaser shall sign a Memorandum of Agree- ment for completing the purchase according to these conditions, and shall on the same day give security of two householders, approved by the Government, each to the amount of one-twelfth of the total annual premium for the due fulfilment of the contract, if approved by His Excellency the Governor.
5. The Monthly Premium shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury upon the Twenty-first day of
each month.
6. Persons desirous of bidding at this Auction are directed to call at the Surveyor General's Office, where further particulars may be obtained.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th January, 1878.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
No. 4.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given, that the Hongkong Quarry Farm for the current year is let to LEE-A-TU of No. 5, SHUI-TSING-WAN, Shau-ki Wán.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hu.gkong, 5th January, 1878.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
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