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No. 120.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH JUNE, 1876.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.

By Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th June, 1876.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

No. 58.

CHINA SEA.

YANGTZE RIVER.-CHINKIANG DISTRICT.

Notice is hereby given that the Mud Island Light has been moved about one-third of a mile to the S. 80° E. of its former position, in consequence of the embankment having been moved further inlaud.

By order of the Inspector General of Customs,

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS, ENGINEER'S OFFICE, SHANGHAI, 10th June, 1876.

DAVID M. HENDERSON, Engineer-in-Chief.

NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that the Crown Rents for the half-year ending 24th June, 1876, should be paid into the Treasury on or before the 15th July, next.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 18th June, 1876.

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

C. MAY,

Acting Colonial Treasurer.

Very frequent complaints having been received as to the irregular arrival in China of Newspapers and Periodicals from London, the following letter from the London Post Office is published for general information.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 19th June, 1876.

ALFRED LISTER,

Postmaster General,

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General Post OFFICE, LONDON, 22nd April, 1876.

SIR,-Referring to your letter of the 29th November last, relative to the frequent late arrival at Hongkong and Shanghai of Newspapers forwarded from this Country, I have to inform you that careful enquiry has been made, and there is no doubt that the packet addressed to the Proprietor of the North China Herald, Shanghai, the wrapper of which you sent me, reached this Office too late to be forwarded by the Mail despatched via Brindisi on the 1st October last. As the sender, Mr. X., would not admit that the packet had been actually posted too late, a special watch was kept in the Foreign Branch of this Office for any packets of Newspapers addressed to Proprietors of Newspapers at either Hongkong or Shanghai, and on the morning of the 4th ultimo, a Newspaper posted by Mr. X. was received, which had evidently been intended to be forwarded by the Mail rid Brindisi of the previous evening. Again, on the morning of the 1st instant, 15 packets addressed to India and China, which were intended for despatch by the Mails of the previous evening, were received. Seven of these were sent by Mr. X., three by Messrs. Y. & Co., and five by Mr. Z. They were, I find, impressed with stamps denoting that they had been posted at a Branch Office too late for the night mail. I have, therefore, had the attention of the senders called to the matter, and Messrs. Y. & Co. have since admitted to this Department that their firm is in fault.

These facts, I think, fully confirm the opinion expressed in your letter, that the whole ground of complaint arises from the Newspapers being posted too late, and I shall be glad if you will inform the addressees to this effect.

The Postmaster General,

HONGKONG.

I am, &c.,

(Signed,)

G. HARDY.

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