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No. 162.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH OCTOBER, 1874.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Notice is hereby given, that His Excellency the Governor in Council, under and in pursuance of Ordinance No. 14 of 1862, entitled An Ordinance for granting Patents for Inventions within this Colony, has granted Letters Patent bearing date the 14th Day of October, 1874, unto JOHN KYLE, of Glasgow, Scotland, for securing to him the exclusive right of using within the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, an Invention, for which Her Majesty's Letters Patent have been obtained in England, "for Improvements in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice," for the residue of the term of Fourteen Years from the 2nd Day of September, 1873.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th October, 1874.
No. 165.
Road.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Tenders will be received at this Office, until Noon of the 26th instant, for the repairs of Pokfulum
The Specification 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,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th October, 1874.
NOTICE.
The following bearings of a Rock, surveyed by the Officers of H.M.S. Sylvia, have been forwarded to His Excellency The Governor by Vice- Admiral SIR CHARLES SHADWELL, K.C.B., Naval Commander- in-Chief, and are published for general information.
Dangerous Rock off Oösima Island Light, Japan.
Bearings from Rock, which has 16 feet on it at low water:
Öösima Light House, North Point of Katsusima,
Harbor Department, Hongkong, 12th October, 1874.
No. 152.
.S.W. W. 1% miles. .W. by N. & N. 31% miles.
H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Harbor Master, &c.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Rules and Regulations made by the Governor in Council, under Ordinance No. 9 of 1867, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 2nd October, 1874.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Made by the Governor in Council, this 2nd day of October, 1874, under Ordinance No. 9 of 1867,
to make further Provision for the Maintenance of Order and Cleanliness within the Colony of Hongkong.
1. The removal of Night Soil from Public Latrines shall be solely under the charge of a Govern- ment Contractor.
2. All Carriers of Night Soil shall use buckets of uniform colour and size with close fitting covers, according to a pattern deposited at the office of the Surveyor General, and the Carriers of the Govern- ment Contractor shall bear a distinguishing badge.
3. No Depôts for manure shall be allowed unless licensed by the Surveyor General, with approval of the Governor.
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