No. 51.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MARCH, 1876.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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Tenders will be received at this Office, until Noon of the 20th instant, for the erection of a Powder Magazine at Stone Cutters' Island.
The Specification and Plans can be seen on application at the Surveyor General's Office, where also a proper Form of Tender may be obtained.
The Government will not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th March, 1876.
Ao. 52.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
The following Notice to Mariners, received from the Admiralty, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th March, 1876.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it; and introduced into the margin, or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. See Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
[No. 187.] JAPAN-NIPON.
GULF OF YEDO.
Alteration in Joka Sima Light.
The Japanese Government has given Notice, that on and after 15th November 1875, the following alteration would be made in the colour of the light on Joka Sima, namely:-
The light would be changed from a fixed white light to a fixed green light of the same order, and would be visible over an are of 309° or between the bearings of N.W. W. through cast to W. by S.
The light would be seen from the same distance as formerly, namely 9 miles.
{ All Bearings are Magnetic. Variation 34 Westerly in 1875.] By Cominand of their Lordships,
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 28th December 1875.
FREDK. J. EVANS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Nipon island, No. 2347; Kii channel to Yedo, No. 996: Yedo gulf and harbour, No. 2657; Also, Admiralty List of Lights in South Africa, East Indies, China, Japan, &c. for 1875, No. 211; and China Sea Directory, Vol. IV., page 179.
"THE MARRIAGE ORDINANCE, 1875." [SECTION VII.]
I hereby give Notice, that in accordance with Section VI of the above Ordinance, His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to license the following places for the Celebration of Marriages, viz. :-
St. John's Cathedral, Victoria.
St. Peter's Church, Praya West.
St. Stephen's Church, Tai-ping Shán,
Union Church, Staunton Street.
Berlin Foundling House Chapel "Bethesda," High Street.
Basel Mission Chapel, Third Street, Sai Ying-pún.
The Church of the Immaculate Conception, Wellington Street. The Church of St. Francis Xavier, St. Francis Street.
Registrar General's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2nd March, 1876.
No. 45.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
M. S. TONNOCIIY, Acting Registrar General.
The contract for scavenging the City of Victoria held by An-Cheung-Li, of No. 8, Middle Street, Shek-Tong-Tsui having been cancelled, it is hereby notified that from the 1st of March proximo the above mentioned contract will be held during the remainder of the year 1876, by Lam-Tak-Wing, of No. 10, Queen Street.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th February, 1876
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colomal Secretory,
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