THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD DECEMBER, 1871.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
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Arrangements having been made under which Mails for London arriving at Suez from China by Private Ships will be forwarded to destination via Brindisi, it is hereby notified that the Rates of postage, which must be paid in advance, on correspondence addressed to the United Kingdom so forwarded, will be as follows, viz. :-
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General Post Office, Hongkong, 20th December, 1871.
No. 182.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General.
The subjoined Post Office Notice is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th December, 1871.
POST OFFICE NOTICE.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified that the Postage chargeable upon Paid Letters addressed to France will henceforward be 12 cents per quarter-ounce when forwarded by French Mail Packet, and 18 cents per quarter ounce when forwarded by British Mail Packet.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 20th December, 1871.
No. 183.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General.
The following Notice, received from the China Submarine Telegraph Company, Limited, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st December, 1871.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
CHINA SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY, LIMITED. (Cable between Singapore, Saigon and Hongkong.)
The following notification is from the Official Journal of Saigon, in reference to two buoys recently placed by the French Government, to mark the shore ends of the above cable landed at Cape St. James.
J. W. FULLER,
Manager.
Singapore, 6th December, 1871.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The Submarine Telegraph Cables landed at Cape St. James are now marked by two large Buoys painted red with black stripes on the upper portion; they are moored on a North and South line. The South Buoy is placed at 8 cables length to the West of the extreme point of the Cape, in about 6 fathoms water. The North Buoy is on a line formed by the two points which mark the entrance to Cocoa Nut Bay, and is situated at about 5 cables' length from the bight of the bay in about 3 fathoms water.
Vessels must not anchor on or within this line, neither to the East of the Buoys, nor use the latter for mooring.
Le Commandant de la Marine,
Saigon, 11th November, 1871.
No. 184.
(Signed,) CH. BAEHME.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, K.C.M.G., and C.B., has been pleased to direct that the Holidays customary at the approaching Season shall be kept from Saturday, the 23rd, to Tuesday, the 26th December; both days inclusive.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st December, 1871.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
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