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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 3RD FEBRUARY, 1872.
VOL. XVIII.
No. 5.
No. 2.
PROCLAMATION.
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[L.S.] RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL.
By His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Bachelor, and Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, LL.D., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honorable The Earl of KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinances; namely: *
No. 7 of 1871, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to empower the Governor from Time to Time to enrol Constables in the Police Force for Periods of less than Five Years, and upon Special Terms and Conditions;
No. 8 of 1871, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to modify the Regulations of the "Chinese Passengers' Act, 1855,” in respect of Chinese Passenger Ships proceeding upon short Voyages: Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed, as aforesaid.
By His Excellency's Command,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 29th Day of January, 1872.
No. 18.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The subjoined Post Office Notice is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th January, 1872.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified that henceforward the Postage, which must be paid in advance, on each Newspaper, not exceeding four ounces in weight, posted at this Office or at any of the British Postal Agencies in China or Japan, addressed to the United Kingdom to be forwarded by British Packet viâ. Brindisi, will be six Cents instead of eight Cents as hitherto; and that the Postage on each Newspaper addressed to the United States of America and to other Places sent in transit through the United Kingdom by this route will be reduced by two Cents.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 29th January, 1872.
F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General.
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