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No. 75.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH APRIL, 1878.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The subjoined Schedules of Balances of Intestate Estates are published for general information, and Notice is hereby given, that those Balances for which no application shall have been made within Twelve Months from this date, will be carried to the Credit of the General Revenue of the Colony, in terms of Ordinance No. 6 of 1854.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th April, 1878.
J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
SCHEDULE of UNCLAIMED BALANCES of INTESTATE ESTATES of PERSONS who have been Dead for Five Years and upwards, lying in the Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 31st December, 1877.
NAMES OF DECEASED.
DATE OF DEATH.
AMOUNT.
REMARKS.
Napaul,
18th March,
1872,
3.38
Administration granted, 1st May,
1872.
John Peterson,
9th July,
1872,
217.44
Do.
do.,
26th July,
1872.
Henry Nason Middleton,
6th August,
1872,
3.51
Do.
do.,
22nd August,
1872.
Chinaman No. 5,
11th August,
1872,
2.97
Do.
do.,
22nd August,
1872.
Mehta Kurrim,
6th October,
1872,
36.55
Do.
do.,
30th October,
1872.
Tong Kew,
8th November, 1872,
1.42
Do.
do.,
28th November, 1872.
Chan Abba,..
3rd November, 1872,
29.44
Do.
do.,
28th November, 1872.
Chea Ayun,
Shea-a-Pau,...
21st November, 1872, 6th December, 1872,
86.47
Do.
do.,
50.12
Do.
do.,
9th December, 1872. 6th January,
1873.
C. B. PLUNKET,
Registrar.
SCHEDULE of UNCLAIMED BALANCES of INTESTATE ESTATES of POLICE CONSTABLES who have been Dead
for Five Years and upwards, lying in the Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 31st December,
1877.
DATE.
RANK.
1872
NAMES.
Nil
DATE OF PAYMENT INTO TREASURY.
AMOUNT.
W. M. DEANE,
Captain Superintendent of Police,
Police Department, Hongkong, 6th April, 1878.
No. 76.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notices to Mariners are published for general information.
By Command,
J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th April, 1878.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 1 of 1878.
EXHIBITION OF REVOLVING WHITE LIGHT ON PORTLAND ISLAND, HAWKE'S BAY.
Customs Department (Marine Branch), Wellington, 10th January, 1878.
With reference to the preliminary notice issued by this department, dated the 22nd of October, 1877, it is hereby notifi- ed that on and after the 10th day of February next a Light will be exhibited from the Lighthouse which has been erected on Portland Island, the position and characteristics of which are as follow:-
The Portland Island Lighthouse is situated on the southern extremity of Portland Island, which lies off the southern end of the Mahia Peninsula, Hawke's Bay, on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
The tower is 28 feet in height, is built of timber, and painted white. The light will be a second order Revolving WHITE LIGHT, visible all round the horizon as far as the land will allow. It will attain its greatest brilliance every THIRTY SECONDS. The light is elevated 300 feet above the sea, and, allowing 15 feet for the height of the eye, will be seen at a dis- tance of about 24 nautical miles in clear weather, and at lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere.
From the lower part of the tower a Fixed Red Light, having an arc of about six degrees, will be shown in the direction of Bull Rock, which bears N.E. from the Lighthouse, distant four miles.
G. GREY.
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