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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 21.

No. 113.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 25TH MAY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

VOL. XXIV.

Notice is hereby giver, that under the provisions of Section XII of Ordinance No. 7 of 1866, His Excellency the G of No. 5 District.

overnor has been pleased to appoint LI-A-SHAM to be Head District Watchman

By Command,

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No. 114.

al Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd May, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

The following Correspondence, together with the amended form of Licence referred to, is published for general information.

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J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED,

HONGKONG, 25th April, 1878.

SIR,-I beg to request you to grant the renewal of my licence for the Distillation, Rectifying and Compounding of Spirits, granted me on the 10th April, 1875.

I have lodged the annual fee of $100, ending 10th April, 1879, with the Honourable Colonial Treasurer.

I am, Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

H. DICKIE, Manager.

The Honourable

JOHN M. PRICE,

No. 419.]

Acting Colonial Secretary:

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 23rd May, 1878.

SIR,-In reply to your application of the 25th ultimo, for a renewal of the China Sugar Refining Company's licence to distil Spirits, I am to acquaint you, that owing to the evil caused among Soldiers and Sailors in this Colony by the retail sale of new Rum, His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to approve of the addition of a new clause (No. 5) to the established form of Licence, by which you will perceive that no quantity less than thirty-six gallons can be sold to any one person

at any one time.

I have, &c.,

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

HENRY DICKIE, Esq.,

Manager of the

China Sugar Refining Company, (Limited).