No. 234.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST JANUARY, 1876.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th December, 1875.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 51.
CHINA SEA.
FOOCHOW DISTRICT.
Ochsen Island Lighthouse.
Notice is hereby given that the Light on the High or West Ocksen Island was exhibited for the first time at sunset on the 3rd December, 1875.
The illuminating apparatus is recolving Dioptric, of the First Order, showing white flashes at one minute intervals. The Light is elevated 286 feet above the level of the sea, and, in clear weather, it should be visible from a distance of 24 nautical miles.
The Tower is round, of stone, 35 feet high, with a total height from its base to the lantern vane of 64 feet. The Tower is painted black, but the dwellings and boundary wall are painted white.
The temporary fixed light, referred to in Notice to Mariners No. 34, has been discontinued.
Approximate position :-Latitude 24° 59′ N.
Longitude 119° 28′ E. By order of the Inspector General of Customs,
DAVID M. HENDERSON, Engineer-in-Chief.
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEER'S OFFICE, OCKSEU, 4th December, 1875.
No. 235.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given that M. SIENKIEWICZ, Consul for France, has returned to the Colony and has resumed charge of his Office.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th December, 1875.
No. 236.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given that for the ensuing year, the Western Slaughter House is leased to LAM TAK SING, of No. 50, West Street, Victoria.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st December, 1875.
NOTICE.
Owners of Tenements assessed to the Police, Lighting, Water, and Fire Brigade Rates, are hereby informed that the Rates for the First Quarter of the year 1876, are payable in advance, during and within the Month of January next.
It is particularly requested that such Rates may be paid before the 31st of January, as after that date application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of arrears.
C. MAY,
Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 31st December, 1875.
Acting Colonial Treasurer.
No. 230.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Particulars and Conditions of Sale Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held at British Kowloon, on Monday, 3rd day of January, 18., at 3 o'clock P.M., are published for general information.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, IIongkong, 23rd December, 1875.
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