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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 44.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 6TH OCTOBER, 1877.
VOL. XXIII.
No. 210.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Section of the "Post Office Ordinance, 1876," is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st October, 1877.
POST OFFICE ORDINANCE, 1876.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary. `
"XXV. Every person or firm proposing to despatch a vessel to any port or place out of this Colony, excepting vessels plying daily or on fixed days to Macao or to places on the Canton River, shall, so soon as he has arranged the time for the departure of such vessel, give the first intimation of such proposed departure to the Postmaster General, and shall, in like manner, intimate to the Postmaster General any alteration in the day or hour of departure of the said vessel, and the Postmaster General shall, on receiving such intimations, give notice to the public of the day and hour for closing the mails, if any are to be made up by such vessel.
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'Any person or firm failing to give such intimation to the Postmaster General shall, for every such offence, on conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
Every alteration of the hour of departure of any vessel plying daily or on fixed days to Macao or to places on the Canton River, shall, in like manner, be intimated to the Postmaster General by the person despatching such vessel, who shall, for any default, be liable, on conviction thereof, to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars."
No. 211.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Letter from the Acting Collector of Stamp Revenue is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th October, 1877.
[No. 24.]
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
STAMP OFFICE, HONGKONG, 2nd October, 1877.
SIR, I have the honour to enclose the usual monthly Returns relative to
5 of 1868 (Stamp Duties). Revenue collected under the Ordinances indicated in the margin during the past
month; the total collected in that period being $10,001.42.
1 of 1873 (Sheriff).
5 of 1874 (Emigration).
I also append a comparison between the amount collected this year up to the 30th ultimo and that collected during the corresponding months of 1876.
1877. Up to September 30th,. 1876.
Do.,
.$88,246.88 78,045.51
Increase,............$10,201.37
The Honourable CECIL C. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
HONGKONG,
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
J. S. RODRIGUES,
Acting Collector of Stamp Revenue,
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