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No. 116.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH MAY, 1878.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Post Office Notice is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th May, 1878.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

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The French Postal Administration requests the notification that, during the International Exhibition at present being held in Paris, a temporary Post and Telegraph Office has been established within the Exhibition grounds, which will discharge all the functions of a Post Office, including Money Order business, &c.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 25th May, 1878.

No. 117.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th May, 1878.

Notice is alterations were

This buoy

the starboard head

former position.

Government of China.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

[No. 87.]

CHINA SEA.

SHANGHAI DISTRICT-WOOSUNG.

ALFRED LISTER,

Postmaster General.

J. M. PRICE,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

given that in consequence of a change in the Shoals at the ent of the Woosung River, the following

on th 11th Mav. 1878:---

4 the

1.-- Trovo any suvy.

cb Chinese List of Lights, Buoys and Beacons of 1878), painted red and black vertical stripes, on annel at the entrance of the Woosung River, has been shifted 460 feet to the S. 11° W. of its

2.- Woosung Lighthouse.

For the same reason this Light has been altered so as to show

White between the bank of the Yangtze to the Westward of the Lighthouse, and S. 1° E.

Green between S. 1° E. and S. 56° W.

White between S. 56° W. and S. 70° 30′ W.

Red (remaining as formerly) between S. 70° 30′ W. and the opposite bank of the Woosung River. The Bearings are Magnetic, and taken from Seaward.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEERS' OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 13th May, 1878.

No. 110.

GERALD E. WELLESLEY, Acting Engineer-in-Chief.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. REWARD OF TWO HUNDRED ($200) Dollars.

Whereas on Monday, the 13th May, 1878, the body of Lo KAM HI was found in house No. 77, Queen's Road West, Victoria, and a verdict of Wilful Murder has been recorded at the Coroner's Inquest against some person or persons unknown.

It is hereby notified, that a reward of Two Hundred Dollars will be paid to any person or persons who shall give such information to the Police as will lead to the apprehension of the guilty person or

persons.

The above reward will be apportioned, at the discretion of His Excellency the Governor, in the event of such information being supplied by more than one person.

A free pardon will be granted to any person implicated in the crime who may give such informa- tion, provided he or she is not the actual perpetrator thereof.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary.

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