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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 4TH MAY, 1867.

VOL. XIII.

No. 18.

No. 73.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified that henceforth all Public Offices under this Government, with the exception of the General Post Office, will be closed, as a rule, at half past 1 P.M. on the Saturday in each week.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th April, 1867.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

No. 74.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

EDWARD WALLACE GOODLAKE, Esquire, having been appointed one of the Police Magistrates of Hongkong, and having reported his arrival in the Colony, enters on the duties of his Office from this date.

By Order,

Colonial, Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th April, 1867.

W. T. MERCER,

Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE

to Consignees, Master's and others in charge of Merchant Vessels.

1. On or before the 1st June proximo all Ships, with the following exceptions, shall be moved over to the North side of the Harbor mooring them properly with 45 fathoms on each chain, the anchors lying in an E.N.E. and W.S.W. direction from each other.

2. The Southern line of this anchorage is the North extremity of Hongkong shut in with the South extremity of the Kowloong Peninsula bearing E. by S.; the Top Gallant Masts and Yards are to be on deck and flying Jib-boom in, a spare anchor should be ready for letting go, and the hawse kept clear.

3. Vessels discharging or taking in cargo, Hulks and receiving Ships may, with permission, lie on the South shore.

NOTE. The Masters of Ships taking advantage of Article 3, and those alongside wharves and jetties are to understand that they do so at their own risk.

Harbor Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 3rd May, 1867.

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