THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH AUGUST, 1864.
or in Ceylon or Hong Kong, without any postage having been paid thereon, or without having thereon or affixed thereto any postage stamp, every such respective packet shall be forwarded, charged with a postage of double the amount of postage to which it would have been liable under and by virtue of this Warrant, if the postage had been paid when posted.
15. In order to prevent any obstacles to the due and regu- lar transmission of letters by the post, any officer of the Post Office may delay the transmission of any packet posted or for- warded by the post under the provisions of this Warrant, either for the space of twenty-four hours after the time at which the same ought to be dispatched in due course of the post, or (at his option) until the dispatch of the mail next after that by which the same ought in due course of the post to be forwarded by him.
16. In all cases in which any question shall hereafter arise, whether any packet or any pattern or sample contained there- in transmitted under or by virtue of this Warrant, is entitled to the privileges of this Warrant, and to be so transmitted within the intent and meaning thereof, such question shall be referred to the determination of the Postmaster-General, whose
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decision thereupon shall be final and conclusive upon all parties.
17. The terms and expressions used in this Warrant shall be construed to have the like meaning in all respects as they would have had if inserted in the said Act passed in the fourthi year of the reign of Her Majesty, cap. 96.
18. The Commissioners for the time being of Her Majesty's Treasury may, by Warrant under their hands, duly made at any time hereafter, alter, repeal, revoke, or modify any of the rates of postage hereby fixed, or any of the regulations hereby made, and may make and establish any new cr other rates or regulations in lieu thereof, and from time to time may appoint at what time the rates that may be payable are to be paid.
19. This Warrant shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1864.
Whitehall Treasury Chambers, the 11th day of June, 1864.
Wm. Dunbar. Luke White.
No. 131.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received at the Surveyor General's Office on or before Monday, the 29th Instant, for the erection of a Portion of the Gaol at Stone Cutters' Island. Plans and Specification may be seen on application between the hours of 11 A.M. and 3 P.M.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th August, 1864.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER,
Colonial Secretary.
The Public Garden having been established for the recreation of the inhabitants of Hongkong, all respectable persons will be admitted subject to the following regulations, which will be altered here- after as circumstances may render necessary.
1.-No person will be allowed to walk on the grass or to quit the walks.
2. It is strictly prohibited to pull or handle flowers, or to do any injury to any plant or tree: and persons in charge of Children are required to see that this rule is observed by them. 3.--Chinese Mechanics and labourers will not be allowed to use the Garden as a thoroughfare. 4.—No admission will be allowed to Chairs and Chair Coolies, or to Dogs unless led. 5.-The 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,
Surveyor General's Office, Hongkong, 6th August, 1864.
W. WILSON, Acting Surveyor General.
No. 122.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received at the Surveyor General's Office on or before Monday, the 15th Proximo, for the erection of a Sea Wall at Kowloon. Plans and Specification may be seen on application at the Surveyor General's Office between the hours of 11 A.M. and 3 P.M.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 30th July, 1864.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary,
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