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584 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH OCTOBER, 1874.

NOTICE.

Owners of Tenements assessed to the Police, Lighting, Water, and Fire Brigade Rates, are hereby informed that the Rates for the Fourth Quarter of the year 1874, are payable in advance, on the First of October next.

It is particularly requested that such Rates may be paid before the 31st of October, as after that date application will be made to the Supreme Court for the recovery of any arrears that may be outstanding.

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 25th September, 1874.

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Treasurer,

NOTICE.

The Emigration Officer hereby calls the attention of Licensed Passage Brokers to the change which has been made in the form of Contract Passage Ticket.

The additional particulars required by Schedule D. of Ordinance No. 5 of 1874, are also to be inserted in the Passenger Lists.

Harbor Department, Hongkong, 10th September, 1874.

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

NOTICE.

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 marked as follows:--

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(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.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 15th November, 1873.

NOTICE.

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

The Harbor Master requests that Masters of Ships, British or Foreign, which have sustained damage during the recent Typhoon, will call at his Office, in order that the Board of Trade Casualty Returns for the several Ships may be completed.

Harbor Department, Hongkong, 26th September, 1874.

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

No. 127. 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.

Boyd, Miss, Addington House, Kent,

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Mardin, Revd. Hy., Aintab, Turkey,

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Briffant, M., Café Oriental, Saigon,

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Newman, Mrs. D., care of U. S. Consul, Bombay,

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Bryant, W., Bombardier, R.A., Singapore,

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Pawsey, Miss, 23, Albert Square, Commercial Road, London,

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Collins, Miss E., Sydney, Australia,

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Putman, J., steamer Trafalgar, Bombay,

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Corlett, J., 8, Sun Street, Liverpool,

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Schöleing, C., S.S. Blythwode, Saigon,

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Cross, Mrs., 14, Dingah Bhangah Lane, Calcutta,

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Smith, Mrs. F., Britannia Tavern, Singapore,

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Davies, W., Linthrope, Newcastle, N.S.W.,

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Ward, Mrs., 43, Clapham Road, Kennington, London,

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Dodd, J., steamer Craigforth, Sydney,

Wong, J. H., French Bund, Shanghae,

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Gratton, H. S., H.M.S. Princess Charlotte, Hongkong,

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Hunt, Commodore, Merton Villa, Melbourne,

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Woodward, Captain, ship Seaforth, Shanghae,

do.,

Hongkong,

McIntosh, Miss, 5, Peters Hill Road, Glasgow,

F. W. MITCHELL,

Postmaster General.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 16th October, 1874.