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IT.

THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

Published by Authority.

No. 53.

No. 15.

[L.S.]

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 29TH DECEMBER, 1866.

VOL. XII.

PROCLAMATION.

RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL.

By His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Knight, and Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the saine.

Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honorable The EARL OF CARNARVON, Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinances, namely:-

No. 6 of 1866, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for the belter Regulation and Control of certain Vessels frequenting the Waters of Hongkong :

No. 7 of 1866, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, dividing the City of Victoria into Districts, and for the beiter Registration of Householders and Chinese Servants in the Colony of Hongkong:-

Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinances have been so approved and confirmed, as aforesaid.

By His Excellency's Command,

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 28th Day of December, 1866.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

No. 192.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified that, in accordance with Section 12 of "The Police and Lighting Rate Ordinance, 1863," His Excellency the GOVERNOR, by and with the Advice of the Executive Council, has fixed the Police Rate for the Year 1867 at Nine and a half per cent for Houses in the City of Victoria; and in accordance with Section 18 of the same Ordinance at Five per cent for Houses in the Villages of this Island.

The above Rate, as regards Houses in Victoria, will be levied exclusive of a Lighting Rate of One and a half per cent under Section 12 of the above Ordinance, and a Water Rate of Two per cent per

Annum under the Provisions of Ordinance No. 12 of 1860.

The Police, Lighting and Water Rates will, under terms of the Ordinances, be payable Quarterly in advance, at the Colonial Treasury, between the first and last Days of the first Month in each Quarter. These several Rates shall be charged and chargeable on and recoverable from the Owners of the Tenements in respect of which the above assessment has been made.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th December, 1866.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.