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DROIT.

THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 15.

No. 57.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 3RD APRIL, 1875.

VOL. XXI.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Order made by His Excellency the Administrator in Council under "The Hongkong Lighthouses Ordinance, 1873," is published for general information.

By Command,

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st March, 1875.

"THE LIGHTHOUSES ORDINANCE, 1873."

No. 17 OF 1873.

:

ORDER

Made by His Excellency J. GARDINER AUSTIN in Council, this 30th day of March, 1875.

By virtue of the provisions of Section VI of the above mentioned Ordinance, it is ordered,-

1. That every Ship which enters the Waters of the Colony after the 16th day of April,

1875, shall pay the following Light Dues, that is to say:-

One cent per ton.

2. It is further ordered, by virtue of Section VIII of the same Ordinance, that such Steamers of the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steam-Boat Company, Limited, as enter the Waters of the Colony by day, and all Chinese Junks, be exempt from payment of Light Dues.

No. 58.

ALFRED LISTER, Clerk of Councils.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Administrator.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to approve of the appointment of Mr. A. K. TRAVERS to be 3rd Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's Office.

By Command,

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st March, 1875.