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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH DECEMBER, 1866.. 487

NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency The GOVERNOR having notified his intention of issuing a Proclamation on the 1st January, 1867, calling into operation, "The Victoria Registration Ordinance, 1866," the attention of the Foreign Community is called to that part of the Ordinance which refers to the compulsory regis- tration of Servants.

In order to assist the work of registration, and that some guarantee may be held by the applicants for Certificates, it is requested that each Servant be furnished with the name and address of his Employer.

The fee is Twenty-five Cents for each Certificate which will hold good until such time as it may be cancelled, owing to the misconduct of the Possessor.

Registrar Generals Office, 14th December, 1866.

POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.

CECIL C. SMITH, Registrar General.

It is hereby notified that henceforward correspondence addressed to Portugal may be forwarded vid Marseilles in the Mails by both the French and English Packets at the following rates of postage, viz.:

here.

Under of an oz. in weight.

an oz.

20 cents

FOR A LETTER

Above ♣ and not exceeding

40 cents.

Above and not exceeding

of an oz.

60 cents

For every additional

20 cents.

ounce.

Prepayment of the postage on Letters is optional, the postage on Newspapers and other Printed Papers cannot be prepaid

Letters may be registered, provided double the ordinary postage be paid in advance.

General Post Office, Hongkong, 11th December, 1866.

F. W. MITCHELL, Postmaster General.

No. 185.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified for general information, that a List of the Tenements valued for the Year 1867, under the provisions of Ordinance No. 5 of 1863 will be open for inspection at the Government Offices for Fourteen Days, commencing on Tuesday the 11th instant.

Persons wishing to inspect the List are requested to apply at the Colonial Treasury.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th December, 1866.

No. 186.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, notice is hereby given that a Special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace will be held at the Police Magistrate's Court, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of Friday, the 4th day of January, 1867; and thereafter on the first Thursday of every Month, for the purpose of considering applications for the transfer of Spirit Licenses.

Such applications to be lodged at the Police Magistrate's Court, at least Ten Days before each of the Sessions now notified.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th December, 1866.

No. 174.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

W. T. MERCER,

Colonial Secretary.

Great inconvenience having been experienced in consequence of the Owners of Night Passes not changing them at the cominencement of each month, notice is hereby given that, after the 1st December next, all Night Passes for exchange must be brought to the Central Police Station, between 2 P.M. and 4 P.M., up to the 7th of each month inclusive.

Any Passes not brought before 4 P.M., the 7th of any month, will be detained three days before exchanged.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th November, 1866.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.