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THE HONGKONG GÖVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16ти APRIL, 1870.

A H. W. WHITFEILD.

PROCLAMATION.

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His Excellency HENRY WASE WHITFEILD, Major-General Commanding Her Majesty's Troops

and Japan, and Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies. Whereas under and by virtue of Section III of the "Chinese Passengers Act, 1855," His 7. SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., Governor of the said Colony, did on the 2nd April, 1870, under his Hand and Seal, Proclaim that certain Medicines and Medical Comforts Proclamation mentioned should from and after the date thereof be added to and comprised the Scale of Medicines and Medical Comforts contained in Schedule 4 of the said Act; And the said Proclamation was duly published in the Hongkong Government Gazette of the 2nd April, 1870; And Whereas it is expedient to revoke and cancel the said Proclamation for the of embodying hereafter certain Chinese Medicines in the Scale of Medicines to be carried by se Passengers Ships:

Now therefore, I, the said HENRY WASE WHITFEILD, as such Lieutenant-Governor as aforesaid, virtue of the Powers and Authorities in me vested in that behalf, do hereby Declare that the said

amation of the 2nd Day of April, 1870, is hereby revoked and cancelled.

Given under my Hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, at Victoria, Hongkong, this Sixteenth

April, 1870.

By His Excellency's Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. ·

V. 10.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Report from the Acting Captain Superintendent of Police for the Year 1869, is

hed for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th April, 1870.

YGS.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

· Colonial Secretary.

VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 30th March, 1870. Sir.--I have the honor to submit the crime Return called for in C.S.O. No. 609 of 1st December, 2. I also enclose the annual Report of this Departinent, with Appendices, for the year ending December, 1869, and a comparative statement of offences reported to have been committed dur- the six months ending 31st December, 1865, and the six months ending 31st December, 1869; was called for by His Excellency the Governor. From the latter it will be seen that not only serious offences decreased 51.0 per cent and minor offences 45.6 during these four years, the working of the Police as tested by the percentages of persons convicted and discharged has ly improved.

During the present year the telegraph line has been commenced, the Gap and West-Point its are already finished, and, before many days Captain Shaw expects to have the Shau'-ki-wan complete.

4. The scheme which I proposed for the classification of the Chinese contingent came into force the 1st instant. Besides resulting in a considerable saving to Govermnent, the prospect of promo-

which did not before exist, will, I think, improve the working of the men.

3. Since the beginning of the year, I have increased the duty of men at ontstations from 6 to 8 daily. During the Chinese New-Year the men in Victoria cheerfully performed eight hours and for 14 days two-thirds of the whole force was out from 10 P.M. until 6 A.M.; but the r duty of men at head-quarters, who have Drill, School, Police Court, Fire Brigade inspections, to attend, cannot be permanently increased.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

C. VANDELEUR CREAGH, Acting Captain Superintendent,

Honorable J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary,

Sc., $e., ge.

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