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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 30.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 25TH JULY, 1863.
VOL. X.
No. 83.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
At the request of the Government of Ceylon, the following Notice is published for the information of Mariners and others whom it may concern.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st July, 1863.
NOTICE.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
On and after the 1st of June, 1863, a FLOATING LIGHT-SHIP will be moored inside the Little Basses Reef:-The entre of Rocks bearing S.bW. W., distant about one-third of a mile,
It will exhibit a FLASHING LIGHT between the hours of sunset and sunrise, at intervals of one minute and a half. It is 33 feet above the Sea, and from the horizon dips at 7 miles; to a ship within that distance, in fine weather, it does not entirely disappear; and is visible 11 miles from a ship's deck of 18 feet elevation.
DAN. BLYTH, Master Attendant.
Master Attendant's Office,
Galle.
No. 84.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The subjoined Post Office Notification is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th July, 1863.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
W. H. ALEXANDER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified that on and after the 1st day of Angust next the Packet Agency at Canton will be closed, and the Community must make their own arrangements for the conveyance of their Correspondence to and from Hongkong from that
date.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 25th July, 1863.
FW. MITCHELL, Postmaster General.
No. 80.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The subjoined Post Office Notification is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th July, 1863.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified for general information that on and after the 1st day of August next, the Packet Agency at Whampoa will be closed, and the Community must make their own arrangements for the conveyance of their correspondence to and from Hongkong from that date.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 15th July, 1863.
F. W. MITCHELL, Postmarter General.
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