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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD NOVEMBER, 1872.
1.-No Person to bid unless he shall, prior to the time of sale, have deposited in the Colonial Treasury.
the sum of $5,000 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer. The bid of every Person who shall have failed to make such Deposit shall be deemed void. The deposit will be returned on demand to the Owner thereof, in case he should not be the successful Bidder.
2.-In case the highest Bidder shall have failed to deposit the sum of $5,000 in the Treasury before the Auction, in pursuance of the First Condition, or shall be otherwise disqualified to bid, or in case any dispute shall arise between two or more bidders, -so often as the same shall happen, the bidding shall be re-opened and shall continue until the highest qualified bidder shall be ascertained.
No. 222.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notice to Mariners, received from the Admiralty, is published for general information.
By Command,
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 22nd November, 1872.
The substance of this Notice, as soon as it is received on board, is to be inserted in red ink on the Charts affected by it; and introduced into the margin, or otherwise in the page, of the Sailing Directions to which it relates. See Instructions, Navigation and Pilotage, p. 172.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
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CHINA EAST COAST.
Reported Danger off Breaker Point.
Information has been received that the Ocean Steamship Company's vessel Ulysses on her passage from Hongkong to Shanghai, struck on a wreck, or rock, off Breaker point, carrying away her rudder. From a position near, in 134 fatlioms water, the following bearings were taken,—-
White Rock Flat Rock Dome Hill
These bearings place the danger in lat. 22° 52′ 20′′ N., long. 116° 27′ 50′′ E.
By Command of their Lordships,
W.N.W. N. by W. W. North.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 24th August, 1872.
GEO. HENRY RICHARDS,
Hydrographer.
This Notice affects the following Admiralty Charts:-Chelang point to Chuna Bay, No. 1963; Formosa island and Strait, No. 1968: China Sea, No. 2661 b; and Hongkong to Liantung Gulf, No. 1262: Also, China Pilot, 4th Edition, page 97.
Agent for the Sale of Admiralty Charts, Mr. J. D. POTTER, 31, Poultry, London, E.C.
NOTICE.
His Excellency the Governor in Council having been pleased to direct that the Census for 1872, should be taken on the 1st proximo, Blank Schedules will be served on all Occupiers of the whole or portions of Houses in Hongkong and its Dependencies.
If any Occupier be overlooked in the distribution of Schedules, or if a Schedule be accidentally mislaid or destroyed, the deficiency can be supplied on application at the Registrar General's Office.
When one Schedule is insufficient, others may be obtained in the same way, or from the distributing Officer.
Registrar General's Office, Hongkong, 16th November, 1872.
M. S. TONNOCHY, Acting Registrar General.
NOTICE.
The undersigned hereby gives notice that the duties of the Harbor Department will, from and after Monday, the 2nd proximo, be conducted at the temporary building, adjoining the "Sailors' Home."
Harbor Master's Office, Hongkong, 22nd November, 1872.
H. G. THOMSETT, Harbor Master, &c.
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