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No. 116.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH JULY, 1874.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Tenders will be received at this Office, until noon of the 27th instant, for constructing a new Market at Wanchai, a Harbour Police Station at Aberdeen, and reconstructing the Market at Syingpoon.

Specifications 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, 18th July, 1874.

NOTICE.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

Owners of Tenements. assessed to the Police, Lighting, Water, and Fire Brigade Rates, are informed that the Rates for the Third Quarter of the year 1874, are payable in advance, during and within the month of July next.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 26th June, 1874.

NOTICE.

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Treasurer.

It is hereby notified that between the 1st June and the 15th October inclusive, Ships conveying Passengers under the provisions of Ordinance No. 8 of 1871, will not be permitted to carry them on the Upper or Weather Deck.

Harbor Department, Hongkong, 28th April, 1874.

NOTICE.

H. G. THOMSETT, Emigration Officer, &c.

On and after the 1st January, 1874, every British Ship, of whatever Port of Registry, is re- quired by the Merchant Shipping Act, 1873, to be inarked as follows:-

(1.) With her name on each bow;

(2.) With her name and Port of Registry on her stern, in conspicuous letters at least four inches

long;

(3.) With her Official Number and Registered tonnage cut in on her main beam;

(4.) With a scale of feet denoting her draught of water cut in on each side of her stem and stern post, and painted, the figures being numerals or Roman figures at least six inches long, the lowest coinciding with the draught line marked thereby.

The above markings are required to be satisfactorily made and permanently maintained under a penalty not exceeding £100. Vessels may be detained until they are sufficiently and accurately marked. The colours allowed are white or yellow lettering on a dark ground, or black lettering upon a light ground.

H. G. THOMSETT, Harbour Master, &c.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 15th Noveinber, 1873.

No. 124. List of DEAD LETTERS which have been returned from the General Post Office in London, and other places, for

the various reasons assigned upon them, and which can be returned to the writers on application.

Ascott, John, Drayton Street, Bawdon, Adelaide,

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Johnston, Mrs., 13, Upper Mount Street, Dublin,

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Battuntine, Mrs., 4, Oxford Street, Glasgow,

1

Kraal, Francisco G., Hongkong,

1

Belloni, Carlo, & Co., 9, Corso, Porta Romana, Milano,.

1

Leaning, Harry, Ship Michael Angelo, Hongkong,

1

Bridgeman, Miss, 32, Clapham Road, London,

Lobato, G. P., Caldas do Rainho, Portugal,..

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Brown, William, 71, Hope Street, Glasgow,

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M. L., Manningtree, Essex,

2

Carroll, James, Hongkong,

McGregor, N., Court of Requests, Singapore,..

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Caspers, Jean, Yokohama,

Mercer, John, S.S. Coila, Yokohama,

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Chong, Chemen, Esq., Hongkong,

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Moritz & Co., G., Hongkong,

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Cleda, Eugenie, Shanghai,

Moreau, Madame, Rue Poliveau, Paris,

1

Dawson, J. J. Douglas, care of P. & O. Co., Hongkong,

Nina, Madamicella, Palestro, 14, Milano,

1

Edwardes, W. R. H., H.M.S. Cadmus, Hongkong,

N. D., Post Office, Brockley Lane, New Cross, London,

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Field, Mrs. A., Canal Bank, Woking, Surrey,.

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Richaud, L., 100, Rue de Richelieu, Paris,.

1

Gibbon, Harriet, Albermarle Hotel, Piccadilly, London, Ginsburg, S. L., Yokohama,

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Riviere, Madame, Ruc d'Amboise, Paris,

1

Seaver, C. M., P. & O. Co's Office, Singapore,

2

Godefroid, Elias, Tailleur, Paris,

Smith, W. H., Post Office, Singapore,

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Grayer, J. T., Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, (Registered),

Symonds, John, Pilot, Shanghae,

Guest, George, H.M.S. Cadmus, Nagasaki,..

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Tardi or Sardi, Marchesa di, Roma,

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Hansen, Peter, Odense, Denmark,

Thoms, Captain, Schr. Bonnie Dunkeld, Hongkong,.

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Harris, Mrs. Edith, Post Office, Southampton,

Horsley, A. J., H.M.S. Cadmus, Hongkong,..

Hynes, Catherine, Carrick on Suir, Tipperary, Jameson & Barton, Hongkong,...

General Post Office, Hongkong, 22nd July, 1874.

Vance, Miss, Eaton House, Baltimore, U.S.A., Walker, R., S.S. Daniel Jean Richard, Hongkong, Wine Caterer, U.S.S. Ashuelot, Yokohama,

H.M.S. Teazer, Hongkong,

Do.

S. BARFF, for the Postmuster General.

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