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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH APRIL, 1868.

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of linen or other material, tied at the neck; bags so closed that they cannot readily be opened, even although they be transparent, must not be used for this purpose. Non-compliance with this rule will also subject the packet to be detained or forwarded as an unpaid letter.

The Packets or the contents thereof must not contain any inclosure, sealed or otherwise closed against inspection.

In all other respects the general regulations of the Book Post will apply to the Pattern Post. Under these regulations, in order to prevent any interruption to the regular transmission of letters, a Packet of Patterns may, when it is necessary, be kept back for the following Mail by which, in the ordinary course, it would be forwarded.

The decision of the Postmaster General as to the eligibility of any Packet, pattern, or sample contained therein, to be forwarded under these regulations, will be final and conclusive.

The rule which forbids the transmission through the Post of any article likely to injure the contents of the Mail Bags or Boxes, or the person of any Officer of the Post Office is, of course, applicable to the Pattern Post; and a packet containing anything of the kind will be stopped, and not sent to its destination. Articles, such as the following, have been occasionally posted as Patterns and have been detained as unfit for the Post, viz.: Metal boxes, porcelain and China, fruit, vegetables, bunches of flowers, cuttings of plants, spurs, knives, scissors, needles, pins, pieces of machinery, sharp pointed instruments, samples of metals, samples of ore, samples in glass bottles, pieces of glass, acids of various kinds, curry combs, copper and steel engraving, plates and confectionery of all kinds.

F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 8th April, 1868.

No. 38.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Sealed Tenders will be received at this Office, until Noon on the 13th proximo, for the construction of a Break-water Jetty at the Harbor Master's Office.

Plans and specifications may be obtained at the Surveyor General's Office.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th March, 1868.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

CECIL C. SMITH,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Owners of Tenements assessed to the Police, Lighting and Water Rates are informed that the Rates are payable in advance, during and within the month of April, for the Second Quarter of the present Year.

After the 30th instant Rates not paid are recoverable under Section 4 of Ordinance No. 11 of 1867.

W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Treasurer.

Colonial Treasury, Victoria, Hongkong, 3rd April, 1868.

No. 43.-List of DEAD LETTERS which have been returned from the General Post Office in London and other places for the various reasons assigned upon them, addressed as undermentioned, the writers of which can obtain them on appli-

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Boyle, Mr., care of Mr. Kibbride, 218, Bourie, New York, America, Bell, Mr., Woodlane Farm, Coopers Sale, Epping Essey, England, Backwith Henry, No. 11, Alfred Terrace, Stepney Causway, London,... 1 Brown, and Smith, Bill Brokers, Mincing Lane, London, E.C., Boram, Mr. Saddler, Dean Street White chapel, London, England, Cheveley, H. Miss, Tunbridge, England,

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Marmal, Vinsent, Custom House Police, Malta,

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Mausfield, G. C. Mr., 2, Georges Place, Trinbon Street, Rotherhithe,

London,

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Pound, John, Mr., Post Office, Lower Queen Street, Rotherhithe,

London,

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Campler, Colin, Mr., Pacific S. N. Co.'s., St. Santiago, Panama. S.A., 1 Coleman, L. Miss, Post Office, Dover, England, Chang Woo Ion Esq., Crystal Palace, London,

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Phillips, C. A. Miss, Berkley Farm, Sardingham, Norfolk, England,... 1 Pousson, Maria, Mademoiselle, à Toulonse, (Poste Restante,) France,. Rose, Ernest, Mrs., Villino Torrigeni, Fireuzè,

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Derrick, Geo., Cercast 11th, Strand, Dry Dock, New York,

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Davie, Miss, at Mr., Jones, Draper, &c., Wine Street, Bristol England, 1 Dudley, O. G. The Honorable, Miss, Dudley House, Belgrave Square,

London, England,

Russeu, C. Alden, Mrs., No. 258, Court Street, Brooklyn, New York,

U.S.A., Ruards, Fisher & Co., Messrs., New York, U.S.A., Rubio, Julio, Sr. Dn., Marseille,

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Elneer, Henry, W., No. 253, South, 15, St. Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A., 1 Escalada, y Atienza José, Sr. Dn., (Lista de Correos,) Londres, Field, F. Esq., Ottas Chemical Works, Loudon,

Severs, H. H. Esq., 173, Leadenhall Street, London, E.C., Stanley, Mrs., Earl Village, Queen's County, Ireland,

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Stebbins, James, Mr., Titusville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A..

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Gallon, Mr., South Shields, Durham,

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Griffenfeldt, C. M. Baron, Ridare of Dannebrog, Denmark, (Europe,)... 1 Hartley, Mrs., Plough Inn, Norfolk,..

Smith, Thos. S., (Japanese Troupe,) New York, Post Office,. Sham, Sandy, Mr., Washington City, D.C., 10th, St., between N. and

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Thomas, R. T. Mr., Ship Carpenter, Bombay,.....

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Hart, F. W. Esq., Kingsland Green, London,

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Innis, Mrs., 13, Constantia Terrace, Sheerness, Kent,.

Insen, C. F., Copenhagen, Denmark,

Valero, Raimundo, Sr. Dn., Alferes de Infantaria Espanhola, Liverpool, 1 Warburton, Mary, Miss, care of Madame Von Socher, Rue Saint,

Martin, Paris,

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Kohler, Jorge, Sr. Dn., Londres,

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Wright, Mrs., 43, Lucas St. Commercial Road, London,

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Leggett, Mary, No. 224, Tenth Street, New York, U.S.A.,

Mistvaul, Allice, Mrs., No. 144, Chesnut Street, Bathmore, U.S.A.,

William, Thomas, Mr., at Morgan Owens, Aldersgate St., London,. Wilkie, John, D. Esq., Ayrshire, Scotland,

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F. W. MITCHELL,

Postmaster General.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 9th April, 1868.