448 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH OCTOBER, 1871.
No. 145.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that, under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, Thursday, the 16th of November next, is fixed for a Special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace, to be held at the Police Magistrates' Office, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, for the purpose of considering applica tions for Licenses for the sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquours during the Year commencing
on 1st December next.
Applications for such Licenses must be lodged at the Police Magistrates' Office at least Ten days before the Sessions, in the Form prescribed in the said Ordinance, and no application will, after that period, be received for submission to the Sessions.
Printed Forms of Applications may be obtained by intending Applicants at the Police Magistrates' Office, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th October, 1871.
No. 140.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,
The following Despatch from The Right Honorable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, relative to the discontinuance to Officers hereafter entering the Service of any allowance for Passage-money when proceeding on Leave of absence, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th October, 1871.
Hongkong. No. 68.
. J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
DOWNING STREET, 2nd June, 1871.
SIR,-Having been under the necessity of refusing to Officers transferred from other Eastern Colonies to the Straits Settlements the advantage which before their transfer they had enjoyed of receiving one-third of their passage money on proceeding to England on leave of absence, I have been led to consider whether the concession thus made to the Civil Servants of the four Colonies of Ceylon, Mauritius, Hongkong and Labuan is such as it would be expedient or justifiable to maintain, and I have arrived at the conclusion that it should be gradually terminated. You will therefore have the goodness to make it known that no Person Lereafter appointed to the Civil Service of your Colony will be entitled to any contribution towards his passage when proceeding on leave of absence, but that those now in the Service will continue to receive this assistance.
The grant of a part of the passage money does not appear to have been justifiable in the case of the
very few Colonies so favored except as assicting an Officer to maintain or restore his health after long tropical service. The climate of the Eastern Colonies is, however, generally speaking not more unhealthy than that of some other Colonies the Officers of which although they may be poor and in need of change receive no such aid. And it is of course obvious that it was not intended to assist Officers to visit England for their own pleasure or business, as in that case there are other Colonies which on the ground of distance and expense would have had a claim to similar treatment.- I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant,
The Officer Administering
KIMBERLEY.
the Government of Hongkong.
No. 139.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Circular Despatch, of the 12th August, 1871, from the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonics, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th October, 1871.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
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