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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH AUGUST, 1868.
Ministry of the Colonies.-Royal Decree. (Translation).
For the reasons set forth by the Minister of the Colonies, in accordance with the Council of Ministers, I decreed the following:-
Art. 1.-With regard to the exaction of Port and Navigation Dues in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Phillipine Islands, equality shall exist between Spanish Vessels and the Ships of all those Nations which may, in their respective Territories and Colonies, make the like concession to Spanish Vessels proceeding from the Ports of the above mentioned Islands and from the Ports of the Peninsula and adjacent Islands.
Art. 2.-Reciprocity in the payment of the said Dues shall come into operation in the Colonies with regard to the Vessels of each Nation on the day of publication in the "Gazette" of the Order by which the said reciprocity may be determined.
Given at the Palace, on 4th of June, 1868.
(Signed by the Royal Hand).
The Minister of the Colonies,
CARLOS MARFORI.
No. 101.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified, that G. OVERBECK, Esquire, Consul General for Austria, resumed charge of his Office on the 20th instant.
By Command,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th August, 1868.
No. 102.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Victoria has, by virtue of his Letters Patent, appointed EDMUND SHARP, of Victoria, Hongkong, Solicitor and Notary Public, to be Registrar and Actuary of the Diocese and See of Victoria.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th August, 1868.
No. 103.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency Governor SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., has been pleased to make the following provisional appointments, pending the pleasure of Her Majesty's Government:
F. S. HUFFAM, Esquire, to be Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court, from the 1st Proximo, vice N. R. MASSON, Esquire, deceased.
H. J. HOLMES, Esquire, to be Clerk of Court, from the 1st Proximo, vice F. S. HUFfam, Esquire, promoted.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th August, 1868.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
No. 99.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received at this Office up to Noon on the 1st proximo, for the making up of Winter Clothing for the Police Force, as follows:-
Serge Tunics for Europeans,.
Do. Trowsers
do.,
Blue Cloth Tunics for Sikhs,
Do. Trowsers do.,
Serge Jackets for Water Police,
Do. Trowsers
do.,
•
..105
..105
..100
....100
..180
....180
Lining, facings, &c. to be supplied by the Contractor, the Blue Cloth and Serge to be furnished by the Police Department.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Patterns may be seen at the Police Office from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th August, 1868.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary,
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