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TRE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH FEBRUARY, 1870.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

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llowing Return of Convictions under the "Cargo Boat Ordinance," No. 15 of 1860, is julia mand for general information.

By Command,

Conial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th February, 1870.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

CONVICTIONS under Ordinance No. 15 of 1860, for the Year ending 31st December, 1869.

NAME OF PARTIES TO THE SUIT.

SENTENCE.

REMARKS.

OFFENCE.

R. at complaint of R. Reed, Inspector of Cargo- On 15th January, for plying their

beats, European, Plaintiff,

Fined $1 each.

Fines paid.

Cargo-boats in the Harbor, without License.

1. Tuo Chee Moon, Boatman,

2. Wong Soey Cheong, do.,

3. Kwok Abok,

do.,

4. Leong Chuy Yow, do.,

Chinese, Defendants,

Harbor Master's Office, Hongkong, 11th February, 1870.

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Harbor Master, &c.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

At the request of Commodore OLIVER J. JONES, the following Notice to Mariners is published

eral information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th February, 1870.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary..

H. M.'s Snip "Princess Charlotte,"

HONGKONG, 19th February, 1870.

Her Majesty's Gun-vessel "Hornet," having, on the 11th instant, struck a sunken Rock off the tside of Tessara Island, the bearings of the Rock are published for general information.

North end of Brown Island,

Centre of Fairway Island,

Cows Horn Point, ....

North end of Tessara Island,............

.N. 27° W. .S. 48° W. ......N. 58' E.

.S. 65° W.

By order of the Commodore,

FRANCIS A. CARTER,

Secretary

POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified for general information that, under the provisions of an additional Convention aled with the United States' Post Office, a further reduction has taken place in the postage fers between the United Kingdom and the United States, which has been extended to Letters asked through the United Kingdom.

postage chargeable on Letters posted in Hongkong, or at any of the British Postal Agencies and Japan, addressed to the United States to be forwarded by either British or French will henceforth be as follows, viz. :--

When forwarded via Brindisi,.................. When forwarded vià Marseilles, When forwarded via Southampton, Payment of the postage is compulsory.

General Post Office, Hongkong 14th February 1879.

.42 cents each half-ounce. .36 cents cach half-ounce.

.28 cents each half-ounce.

F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General.