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No. 24.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH FEBRUARY, 1878.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following letter from THOMAS G. KNOX, Esquire, Her Majesty's Political Agent and Consul General at the Court of Siam, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th February, 1878.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
BANGKOK, January 19th, 1878.
SIR,---I have the honour to inform you that the prohibition laid by the Siamese Government on the Export of Rice from Siam has been removed from this day.
To His Excellency
No. 25.
JOHN POPE HENNESSY,
&c.,
&c.,
&c.
Governor and Commander-in-Chief,
HONGKONG.
I have the honour to be,
Your Excellency's
Most obedient Servant,
THOMAS GEORGE KNOX.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The scarcity of water in the Pok-foo-lum Reservoir rendering necessary the greatest economy of the present diminished supply, persons having water laid on to their premises are enjoined to see that leaky and defective pipe joints, taps and other fittings are made watertight.
They are also earnestly requested to adopt all precautions against too lavish a use of water obtained from the mains and to prohibit their servants from drawing water from that source for the irrigation of gardens.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th February, 1878.
No. 26.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given, that by request of the Marine Survey Department, Calcutta, as per Memorandum subjoined, the date of Notice to Mariners No. 23 of 1877, regarding the lights at the entrance to the Chittagong River is altered from the 6th to the 22nd December, 1877.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th February, 1877.
MEMORANDUM.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby requested that the date of Notice to Mariners No. 23 of 1877, regarding the lights at the entrance to the Chittagong River, may be altered from the 6th to the 22nd December, 1877.
A. DUNDAS TAYLOR, (Comdr, late I. N.),
Superintendent, Marine Survey of Índia,
MARINE SURVEY DEPARTMENT, CALCUTTA, the 4th January 1878.
No. 27.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th February, 1878.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
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