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380 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH OCTOBER, 1867.

POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified for general information that henceforward Letters containing coin posted in the United Kingdom addressed to Hongkong, or posted in Hongkong addressed to the United King- dom, on which the Fee for Registration has not been paid, will be compulsorily registered and charged on delivery with a double Registration Fee; and further any Letters having the word " Registered" written upon them which may be posted without Registration will be forwarded charged in like manner with a double Registration Fee.

In the event of a Letter being supposed to contain coin, and being consequently thus treated, and proof being afterwards afforded that the Letter did not contain coin, the amount charged will be refunded.

F. W. MITCHELE, Postmaster General.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 24th October, 1867.

No. 153.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following additional Order made by His Excellency Governor SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL in Council, under "The Stamp Ordinance, 1866," is published for general information.

By Command,

CECIL C. SMITH,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th October, 1867.

"THE STAMP ORDINANCE, 1866.'

[No. 12 OF 1866.]

ADDITIONAL ORDER

Made by His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL in Council, this 18th day of October, 1867. The Stamp Duty payable on any Letter or other Instrument of Hypothecation accompanying deposit of documents of Title to any property, during the period of the first Six Months from the coming into operation of the said Ordinance, shall be Two Dollars for every Sum not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars so secured, and for every further amount not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars, a further Stamp Duty of Two Dollars shall be payable, but when the Sum secured shall amount to Sixty Thousand Dollars or upwards, no further Stamp Duty than Twenty-four Dollars shall be payable.

Approved in Council,

RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Governor.

L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils.

No. 146.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified that under the provisions of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, Tuesday, the 29th Day of October next, is fixed for a Special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace, to be held at the Police Magistrates' Office, as 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that Day, for the purpose of considering Applications for Licenses for the Sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors during the Year commencing on 1st December next.

Applications for such Licenses must be lodged at the Police Magistrates' Office at least Ten Days before the Sessions, in the Form prescribed in the said Ordinance, and no Application will, after that period, be received for submission to the Sessions.

Printed Forms of Applications may be obtained by intending Applicants at the Police Magis- trates' Office, between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th September, 1867.

CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary,