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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MARCH, 1876.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
To provide means of remitting small sums of money to or from this Colony and between the Ports of China and Japan, the Postmasters and Agents of this Office will in future be allowed (but not required) to purchase Hongkong Postage Stamps from foreign residents.
Between Hongkong and Shanghai, or Hongkong and Yokohaına, however, in either direction, Money-Orders must be used.
The Stamps tendered for sale must not exceed $25 in value, must be perfectly clean, in good condition, and in strips of at least two, as no separate Stamps will be purchased. They must be presented personally or accompanied by a note.
The Postmaster or Agent may postpone purchasing if his public funds in hand are not sufficient, and he will refuse to purchase in any case which appears doubtful or suspicious. He is allowed to charge a Commission of one per cent on all Stamps purchased.
Letters containing Stamps should be Registered, and the Stamps should be secured from observation.
ALFRED LISTER,
General Post Office, Hongkong, 7th March, 1876.
No. 51.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Postmaster General.
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.
"THE MARRIAGE ORDINANCE, 1875.”
[SECTION VII.]
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
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 Churchi, 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.
NOTICE. HONGKONG.
Cape Collinson Harbour Light.
M. S. TONNOCHY, Acting Registrar General.
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Notice is hereby given, that a Harbour Light will be exhibited on Cape Collinson on and after March 1st next.
The illuminating apparatus is fixed Dioptric of the Sixth Order showing a white light on the following bearings, which are magnetic and taken from Seaward:
From N. 22° W. by East to S. 22° E.;
and showing a red light,—
From S. 22° E. by West to N. 22° W.
The focal plane of the light is 200 feet above mean sea level, and in clear weather it should be seen at a distance of 8 miles.
Ships making for Victoria Harbour, Ilongkong, from the Northward and Eastward, by keeping the white light of Cape Collinson in sight, will avoid the Bokhara and Tathong Rocks, also the rocks outlying Sy Wan Bay.
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 12th February, 1876.
H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Harbour Master, &c.
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