ROIT.
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 51.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 20TH DECEMBER, 1873.
VOL. XIX.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
No. 195.
The following Commission under the Hand and Seal of His Excellency the Governor, is published for general inforination.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th December, 1873.
[L.S.] A. E. KENNEDY.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Whereas for the furtherance of Public interests as connected with the action of the Chinese Maritime Customs in the neighbourhood of the Colony of Hongkong, and the detriment of Trade arising out of alleged abuses of such action, it is expedient that inquiries and investigation should be made into certain Complaints which have been made of such alleged abuses, and generally into the results thereof; And whereas such inquiries and investigation will be most conveniently..prosecuted by means of a Commission: Now, therefore, know Ye that I, SIR Arthur Edward KENNEDY, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Bachelor, and Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, do hereby under my Hand and the Seal of the said Colony, appoint you the Honorable PHINEAS RYRIE, Member of the Legislative Council; HENRY GEORGE THOMSETT, Esquire, R.N., Harbor Master; and MALCOLM STRUAN TONNOCHY, Esquire, Acting Registrar General, or any two of you, to be a Commission for instituting and prosecuting all needful or proper inquiries in that behalf, and to take evidence in the premises, and to report to me all evidence so taken by you, and also your opinions thereon. And I do hereby require you to commeace your inquiries forthwith, and to proceed therein continuously and to make your report to me as aforesaid with all reasonable despatch. And I do hereby empower you, during the course, and for the purposes of your said Commission, to demand and obtain access at all times to all Papers, Records, and Documents, elating to the subject matter of the said Commission being in the custody and under the control of the several Public Departments within this Colony. And from time to time to call before you and examine all persons superintending or employed in or under any of the said Departments. And I do hereby charge all persons in the Public Service to be aiding and assisting unto you herein.
Given under my land and under the Seal of the Colony of Hongkong, at Victoria, in the said
Colony, this 15th Day of December, A.D. One thousand Eight hundred and Seventy-three.
By His Excellency's Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 196.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tender will be received at this Office, until Noon of the 29th instant, for the erection of a Light House at Cape D'Aguilar.
Plans and Specifications can be seen on application to the Surveyor General, and a proper Form of Tender may be obtained from this Office.
The Government will not bind itself to accept the lowest, or any Tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Oflice, Hongkong, 16th December, 1873.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary,
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