670 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH DECEMBER, 1874.
No. 198.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that, in accordance with Section 12 of "The Police and Lighting Rate Ordinance, 1863," His Excellency the Governor, by and with the Advice of the Executive Council, has fixed the Police Rate for the Year 1875, at 7 per cent for Houses in the City of Victoria; and, in accordance with Section 18 of the same Ordinance, at Five per cent for Houses in the outlying Villages of the Colony.
His Excellency has also, by and with the Advice of the Executive Council, and in accordance with the Provisions of Ordinance No. 4 of 1868, fixed the Fire Brigade Rate at 2 per cent for Houses in the City of Victoria.
The above Rates, as regards Houses in Victoria, will be levied exclusive of a Lighting Rate of One-and-a-half per cent under Section 12 of the first named Ordinance, and a Water Rate of Two per cent per
annum under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 12 of 1860.
The Police, Lighting, Fire Brigade, and Water Rates will, under Terms of the Ordinances, be payable Quarterly in advance at the Colonial Treasury, between the first and last Days of the first Month in each Quarter.
These several Rates shall be charged and chargeable on, and recoverable from, the Owners of the Tenements in respect of which the above Assessments have been made.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th December, 1874.
No. 195.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received at this Office, until Noon of Thursday, the 17th December next, for the privilege of Farming all Granite Quarries in Hongkong, and Kowloong, from 1st January, 1875.
Persons desirous of tendering are directed to call at the Surveyor General's Office, where the conditions can be ascertained, and proper Form of Tender obtained.
No Tenders will be received, unless the Person tendering shall produce a receipt to the effect that he has deposited in the Colonial Treasury the sum of $350 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown if such Person shall refuse to carry out his Tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th November, 1874.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
No. 192.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Under Provisions of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, notice is hereby given that a Special Session of the Justices of the Peace will be held at the Police Magistrates' Court, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of Tuesday, the 5th day of January next, and ther after on the First Tuesday of every month, for the purpose of considering applications for granting or transferring Spirit Licenses during the year 1875. Such applications must be lodged at the Police Magistrates' Office, at least Ten days before each of the Sessions now notified.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th November, 1874.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
NOTICE.
The undersigned hereby gives Notice, that the Government Civil Hospital has been removed this day to the Buildings known as the "Hotel d'Europe," adjoining the "Central Police Barracks.”
Hongkong, 13th November, 1874.
PH. B. C. AYEES, Colonial Surgeon.
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