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No. 217.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH OCTOBER, 1877.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return, received from Mr. HENRY DICKIE, of the quantity of Spirits distilled at the China Sugar Refinery, is published for general information.
Spirits manufactured during the quarter ending 10th October, 1877,
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th October, 1877.
No. 210.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Gallons. .1,418
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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.
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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. 208.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that, under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, Tuesday, the 6th of November next, is fixed for a special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace, to be held at the Police Magistrates' Office at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, for the purpose of considering applications for Licences for the sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors during the year commencing on 1st December next.
Applications for such Licences must be lodged at the Police Magistrates' Office, at least Ten days before the Sessions, in the Form prescribed in the said Ordinance, and no application will, after that period, be received for submission to the Sessions.
Printed Forms of application may be obtained by intending Applicants at the Police Magistrates'. Office, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. daily.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th September, 1877.
No. 201.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to direct that the existing Valuation of House Property in Kowloon, shall stand for the Year 1878.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th September, 1877.
No. 196.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary,
His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to fix the 25th of October next as the day before which the Valuers, under Ordinance No. 12 of 1875, shall make or cause to be made a Valuation of the Tenements in the Colony.
By Command,
Colonial Setary's Office, Hongkong,, 12th September, 1877.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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