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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 32.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 14TH JULY, 1877.

VOL. XXIII.

No. 4.

[L.S.] J. POPE HENNESSY.

PROCLAMATION.

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 The EARL OF CARNARVON, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, conveying to me Her Majesty's Gracious Confirmation and Allowance of the following Ordinances; amely:-

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No. 9 of 1876, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by he Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Public Gambling;

No. 10 of 1876, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend the Law relating to the Postal Matters of the Colony.

Now, therefore, it is hereby Proclaimed, that the said Ordinances have been so confirmed and allowed as aforesaid.

By His Excellency's Command,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 10th Day of July, 1877.

No. 154.

·CECIL C. SMITH,

Acting Colonial Secretory.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to grant four months' Vacation Leave to the Honourable J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary, from the 10th instant.

His Excellency has made the following temporary appointments:—

The Honourable CECIL C. SMITH to be Acting Colonial Secretary and Auditor General. The Honourable C. MAY to be Acting Colonial Treasurer.

H. E. WODEHOUSE, Esquire, to be Acting Registrar General.

J. M. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Esquire, to be Acting Clerk of Councils and Chief Clerk in the

Colonial Secretary's Office.

J. M. S. ALVES, Esquire, to be Acting First Clerk.

A. K. TRAVERS, Esquire, to be Acting Second Clerk.

G. S. NORTHCOTE, Esquire, to be Acting Private Secretary to His Excellency the Governor.

By Command,

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

IA & SON ent, OSWALL longkong.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Ilongkong, 10th July, 1877.