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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

Published by Authority.

No. 48.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 30TH NOVEMBER, 1878.

VOL. XXIV.

No. 5.

PROCLAMATION.

[L.S.] J. POPE HENNESSY.

By His Excellency JOHN POPE HENNESSY, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.

Whereas a despatch has been received from the Right Honourable Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, Bart., M.P., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, conveying to me Her Majesty's Gracious Confirmation and Allowance of the following Ordinance; namely:--

No. 2 of 1877, entitled,--An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum not exceeding Seventy-four thousand Dollars to defray the charges of the Year 1876; Now, therefore, it is hereby Proclaimed, that the said Ordinance has been so confirmed and allowed as aforesaid.

By His Excellency's Command,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 29th Day of November, 1878.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

No. 231.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following temporary and provisional appointments, pending the decision of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies:-

Mr. J. DYER BALL to be Acting Assistant Interpreter at the Supreme Court. Mr. MURRAY to be Acting Fourth Master at the Central School.

Mr. MCKINNEY to be Acting Fifth Master at the Central School.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd November, 1878.

No. 232.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Notice is hereby given, that at Noon on Friday, the 13th December, the Privilege of Farming all Granite Quarries in the Island of Hongkong, during the year 1879, as also the same Monopoly for Kowloon, will be put up to Public Auction at the Government Offices.

1. The Monopoly shall begin on the 1st of January, 1879, 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.