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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

Published by Authority.

No. 48.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 3RD NOVEMBER, 1877.

VOL. XXIII.

No. 226.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Despatch from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th October, 1877.

HONGKONG. No. 110.

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

DOWNING STREET,

3rd September, 1877.

SIR,-I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 68 of the 21st of July, and to approve of he temporary appointments which you have made consequent on the absence of Mr. GARDINER AUSTIN on 4 months' vacation leave.

I have the honor to be,

The Officer Administering

Sir,

Your most obedient humble Servant,

CARNARVON.

the Government of Hongkong.

No. 227.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified, that a List of the Tenements valued for the Year 1878, under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 12 of 1875, will be open for inspection at the Treasury for Fourteen Days, commencing from Monday, the 5th instant.

Persons wishing to inspect the List are requested to apply to the Honourable the Acting Colonial Treasurer between the Hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st November, 1877.

No. 228.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

CECIL C. SMITHI, Acting Colonial Secretary.

The following Hydrographical Notices, received from His Excellency Admiral RYDER, Naval Commander-in-Chief, are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd November, 1877.

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CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

HYDROGRAPHICAL NOTICES

of Dangers to Navigation recently discovered by H. M. S. “Nassau.”

1. RHIO STRAITS.

The beacon on Sore Reef shewn on Charts does not exist, the Buoy alone marking the Reef.

The beacon on Terkolci Shoal mentioned in Sailing Directions, and shewn on Chart, 11⁄2 mile S. E. by E. ! E. from Terkolei Island, does not exist, and is not replaced by a buoy or any other mark.

Admiralty Charts, No. 2,403, Singapore Strait; No. 2,413, Rhio Strait;--and Hydrographic Notices, China Sea Directory, Vol. I., page 17, are affected hereby.