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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

Published by Authority.

No. 50.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 17TH NOVEMBER, 1877.

VOL. XXIII.

No. 6.

PROCLAMATION.

[L.S.] J. POPE HENNESSY.

By Ilis 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; namely:-

No. 6 of 1876, 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 Fifty-five thousand Dollars, to defray the charges of the Year 1875;

No. 7 of 1876, entitled,-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a Sum not exceeding Eight hundred and Eight thousand Two hundred Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1877;

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

By His Excellency's Command,

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Government House, Hongkong, this 12th Day of November, 1877.

No. 235.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

EDMUND SHARP, Esquire, Crown Solicitor, having reported his return from vacation leave, has resumed the duties of his Office.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th November, 1877.

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary,