THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH MAY, 1866.
5.-Smoking will be allowed on the lower Terrace only.
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6. The Constables on duty are required to see these regulations strictly adhered to, and have
orders to take into custody any person insisting upon infringing them.
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Garden will be open from 5 A.M. to 8 P.M. from April 1st to September 30th, and from 6 A.M. to 7 P.M. from October 1st to March 31st.
By Order,
W. WILSON, Surveyor General.
Surveyor General's Office, Hongkong, 1st May, 1866.
No. 59.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
By direction of His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, C.B., Governor, by and with the Advice of the Executive Council, the following Modifications of Government Notification No. 193 of 20th December last, are published for general information:-
1. The Hongkong Royal Mint will be opened on Monday, the 7th May next, at 11 A.M.
2. Dollars of all kinds, Sycee, Bar Silver, and Bullion will be received for Coinage into British
Dollars free of Seignorage for the period of One Month from that date.
3. In the case of Dollars requiring Melting previous to Assay, there will be a charge of per
cent.
4. Where the Dollars brought for recoinage prove on premelting to be below the Hongkong
Standard, a charge of per cent will be made, and the Metal returned.
5. No quantity under 5,000 cz. will be received.
6. Delivery must be made at the Mint, Causeway Bay, East Point, and priority of application
will be the rule followed.
For forms of application and further particulars, reference must be made to T. W. KINDER, Esquire, Master of the Mint.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th April, 1866.
No5. 62.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
Tenders will be received on or before Monday the 7th May next for the supply of "Best Coals For the Engines," and "Newcastle coking Coals," to be delivered at the Royal Mint Yard, in quantities not less than Twenty Tons, at intervals as required during the ensuing Six Months.
The above to be delivered to the satisfaction of the Master of the Mint.
By Order,
W. T. MERCER,.
Colonial Secretary.
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Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th April, 1866.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Parties in arrear of Half Yearly Crown Rents to 31st December, 1865, are informed that the List of Defaulters for the period indicated is ready for transmission next week, to the Crown Solicitor.
Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 14th April, 1866.
FREDK. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer.
WEATHER TABLES FOR THE PAST WEEK. REGISTER AT HARBOUR MASTER'S OFFICE, QUEEN'S ROAD,
GA.M.
NOON.
6 P.M.
1800.
Barometer.
Thermometer, Barometer. Thermometer.
Barometer.
Thermometer.
April
28
30.00
73
30.02
74
30.00
74
29
29.99
71
30.00
75
29.95
74
>>
30
3
29.91
71
29.94
76
29.03
76
May
}
20.03
72
29.95
76
20.88
76
2
""
29.01
72
29.85
79
29.80
78
}
3.
20.80
72
29.71
80
29.70
80
4
29.68
75
20.60
80
29.85
80
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