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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH OCTOBER, 1873.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Regulations made by the Honorable the Chief Justice, and approved by the Legislative Council, for the Preliminary Examination of Persons intending to become bound under Articles of Clerkship to Attorneys practising in the Colony, are published for general information.
By Command,
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 30th September, 1873.
L. D'ALMADA e Castro,
Clerk of Councils.
REGULATIONS FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION.
I. Every Person hereafter intending to become bound under Articles of Cierkship to any Attorney within this Colony shall be examined at such time and places, and in such manner as the Examiners shall direct, in the following subjects that is to say :-
1. Reading aloud from some English Author.
2. Writing from Dictation.
3. English Grammar.
4. Writing English Composition.
5. Arithmetic The first four rules, simple and compound, and fractions.
6. Book-keeping.
7. Geography of Europe and Asia.
8. History Questions on English History from A.D. 1600.
9. Latin-Translation and parsing.
II. In addition to written questions, the Examiners shall require answers, verbally, to any questions on the above subjects-with a view to ascertain fitness as to general learning and education.
Approved by the Legislative Council, this 30th Day of September, 1873.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
No. 152.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that, under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 11. of 1844, Thursday, the 6th of November next, is fixed for a Special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace, to be held at the Police Magistrates' Office, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, for the purpose of considering applica- tions for Licenses for the sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors during the year commencing on 1st December next.
Applications for such Licenses must be lodged at the Police Magistrates' Office, at least Ten Days before the Sessions, in the Form prescribed in the said Ordinance, and no application will, after that period, be received for submission to the Sessions.
Printed Forms of Applications may be obtained by intending Applicants at the Police Magis- trates' Office, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. daily.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th October, 1873.
No. 141.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretury.
Whereas it has been reported to the Government that the Notes of the value of Fifty Dollars each issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation have been forged:-
Notice is hereby given that, in addition to the Reward of One Thousand Dollars offered by the Directors of the said Corporation to the Person or Persons who can give such information as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of those who are implicated in the commission of the Forgery referred to, a Free Pardon will be granted by His Excellency the Governor to any Person-the Principal in the First Degree only excepted-who shall give such information as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of one or more of the guilty parties.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th September, 1873.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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