DIE
ROIT
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 4.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 24TH JANUARY, 1874.
NOTICE.
VOL. XX.
The Undersigned having been appointed by His Excellency The Governor to be a Committee to enquire into the advisability of granting permission to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company to erect a Pier opposite Marine Lots Nos. 71, 71a, 72, and 72a, any persons having any objections to offer to the erection of the proposed structure are requested to give notice thereof to the Surveyor General before Thursday next, the 29th instant.
The Plans can be seen at the Surveyor General's Office.
CECIL C. SMITH.
JOHN M. PRICE.
H. G. THOMSETT.
Government Offices, Hongkong, 23rd January, 1874.
NOTICE.
From and after Monday next, the 26th instant, all Public traffic will be stopped through that portion of Queen's Road East commonly known as the Wanchai Gap.
Public traffic will be re-opened one day before the Hongkong Races.
Government Offices, 24th January, 1874.
JOHN M. PRICE,
Surveyor General.
No. 206.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
REWARD OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
Whereas on Saturday, the 27th December, 1873, the body of a Woman named Füng-a-Müi was found in the Harbor, and there is good reason to believe that she was murdered; And whereas a Girl named Füng-a-Ch'ün who was last seen with the said Füng-a-Müi is missing:-It is hereby notified that a Reward of $100 will be paid to any Person or Persons who shall give such information to the Police as will lead to the apprehension of the guilty Persons in the case of Füng-a-Müi; and a further Reward of $50 will be paid for the recovery of the Girl Füng-a-Ch’ün.
The above Rewards will be apportioned at the discretion of His Excellency the Governor in the event of such information being supplied by more than one Person.
A Free Pardon will be granted to any Person implicated in the Crime who may give such information, provided he is not the actual Perpetrator thereof.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th December, 1873.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
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