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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6ти DECEMBER, 1873. 595

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA,

MARINE DEPARTMENT.

Fort William, the 7th November, 1873.

OTICATION.

SIMLA, the 1st er 1873.

No. 8 of 1873. The following Notification issued by the Government or bay, is published for general information:

MARINE DEPARTMENT.

BOMBAY CASTLE, 17th September 1873. NOTIFICATION.

The following extract from a letter addressed to the Resident at Aden by the Officer Commanding the Steamer Dalhousie, is published for general information.

A danger lies 387 yards off the east side of Perim Island at the entrance of the narrow Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb,

known as the "Azalia" Reef.

Light-house N. W. § N.

S. E. Point of Island S. W. by W. W.

Bab-el-Mandeb peak N. E.

Least water 11 feet, currents are variable and strong. Tides not to be relied on.

(Signed)

J. MACDONALD, Lieut.-Col.,

Secy. to Government,

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No. 191.

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 1874, at 74 per cent for Houses in the City of Victoria; and, in accordance with Section 18 of the saine 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 Mouth 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,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th December, 1873.

NOTICE.

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Applications for Passage Brokers' Licenses for the year 1874, under Ordinance No. 11 of 1857, will be received at this Office, from this date up to 31st instant.

Applicants are requested to state the names and address of the Parties they offer as Sureties under Clause I of the Ordinance aforesaid.

Harbour Department, Hongkong, 4th December, 1873.

No. 185.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. GOVERNM

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

Complaints having been made as to blocking up the Praya East by the transport of Timber, &c across the Road, it is hereby notified that no permission will be given to close the Praya for the purposes indicated, between the hours of 6 A.M. and 8 A.M., and of 3.30 P.M. and 7 P.M.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th November, 1873.

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.