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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 11.
No. 52.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 16TH MARCH, 1872.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. XVIII.
It is hereby made known, that The QUEEN'S Exequaturs empowering João JOAQUIM DOS REMEDIOS, Esquire, to act as Portuguese Consul General, and AGOSTINHO GUILHERME ROMANO, Esquire, as Portuguese Vice-Consul, at Hongkong, received Her Majesty's Signature on the 19th of January, 1872. By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th March, 1872.
No. 53.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified that His Excellency The GOVERNOR has been pleased to appoint JOHN GERRARD, Esquire, First Clerk in the Registrar General's Department, to be a Valuator under the provisions of "The Police and Lighting Rate Ordinance, 1863," from this date, provisionally, and until further notice.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th March, 1872.
No. 54.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th March, 1872.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 7 of 1872.
CHINA SEA-NEWCHWANG.
The Newchwang Light-vessel will be moored at her station, off the entrance of the Liau River, Yingtze, on or about the 21st of March.
The following bearings are magnetic:—
Tower Hill, Ruined Tower, Outer Buoy,
South 18° East.
South 47° East. North 64° East.
A White Fixed Catoptric Light 40 feet above the Sea will be exhibited, which, in clear weather, will be visible 11 nautical miles. The Light-vessel is painted Red, with the word "Newchwang" on each side, and the mainmast carries a 6 feet black ball. When necessary to lower the lantern for trimming, a white ship's light will be hoisted, and a blue light burned at the half interval of time- between the lowering and hoisting.
During fogs a steam Fog-horn will be sounded at 10 second intervals.
ENGINEER'S OFFICE, CUSTOM HOUSE, Shanghai, 29th February, 1872.
DAVID M. HENDERSON,
Engineer-in-Chief.
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