THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18т MARCH, 1871.
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9. The Officer administering the Government may at any time order any or all Licensed Gaming buses to be closed either summarily and at once, or after such notice as the said Officer administering Government may direct, and in every case of a House being closed for breach of Regulations then long as any Licensed House or Houses remain open, the Officer administering the Government, r the purpose of preventing such irregularity operating to the advantage of any holder of a Gaming Jeense, may direct the Monthly fees payable for the remaining Licenses to be so increased that the tal amount of fees receivable by the Government shall remain unaltered.
10. Playing in the Licensed Houses shall not commence before 6 A.M. and shall cease at 11 P.M., earlier if so ordered by the Officer administering the Government.
11. Not more than 7 per cent discount shall be claimed by the Proprietor of any House on the ains of the Players.
12. No Proprietor of a Licensed House or Person connected therewith shall on any account give oney or articles of value directly or indirectly to any Person in Government employ either by way
reward, bribe, gratuity, or payment for service.
13. No Persons other than those of the Chinese, Malay, and Indian Races, nor any Person in e employment of any Master other than Chinese, Malay, and Indian Masters or Firins, shall be, nless authorised thereto under these Regulations, permitted to enter any of the said Licensed Houses. 14. All Licensed Houses within these Regulations shall be closed as hitherto on Sundays, and no lay allowed therein on any pretext under pain of forfeiture of License and Deposit Money.
15. No Women of any nationality shall under any pretext be admitted to any of the Licensed louses.
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
Approved in Council,
HENRY WASE WHITFEILD, Major-General, and Lieutenant-Governor.
17th March, 1871.
No. 49.
Clerk of Councils.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified, for general information, that the Right Honorable the Earl of KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, has been pleased to appoint the Jonorable CECIL C. SMITH, Registrar-General, to be Acting Colonial Treasurer, vice the Honorable REDERICK H. A. FORTH, retired.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th March, 1871.
No. 50.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Annual Report of the Hongkong General Post Office for the Year 1870, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th March, 1871.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
No. 16.
GENERAL POST OFFICE, HONGKONG, 17th March, 1871.
SI-I have the honor to lay before you for presentation to His Excellency Major General HITFEILD, Lieutenant-Governor, the eleventh Annual Report on the Post Office, being that for the
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year 1870.
2. The principal changes of interest which have taken place in the Postal Service during the year are as follows, viz. :
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