No. 40.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20ти APRIL, 1861.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to direct the publication of the following Circular Despatch, from His Grace The DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, for general information.
By Order,
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, (In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 19th April, 1861.
CIRCULAR.
DOWNING STREET, 5th February, 1861.
Sin, I transmit to you a copy of a letter from Lord Elcho, the Chairman of the Council of the National Rifle Associa- tion, informing me that in accordance with Her Majesty's desire, Colonial Volunteers will be entitled to compete for the Queen's Prize at their annual Prize Meeting, upon the same terms as the Volunteers of Great Britain, and that the Association will give one Silver Medal to Colonial Rifle Associations.
I transmit to you for general information, Copies of the Association's proceedings containing their Rules, &c.
I have to request that you will make Her Majesty's gracious desire publicly known in the Colony under your Government. You will at the same time take sach steps as may appear to you best adapted for giving effect to the intentions of the Associa tion, and will make application through me for their Silver Medal when any organized body or bodies exist in the Colony under your Government who are desirous of competing for it.--I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
Governor SIR H. ROBINSON,
NEWCASTLE.
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(Copy)
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, 11, Pall Mall East, January 23rd, 1861.
MY LORD DUKE,—I have the honour to inform your Grace that in accordance with Her Majesty's desire, Colonia! Volunteers will be entitled to compete for "The Queen's Prize" at our annual Prize Meeting on the same terms as the Volun- teers of Great Britain, and I have further the honor to inform your Grace that with a vie still further to connect the Colonies with the mother country in the matter of Rifle Shooting, the Council of the National Rifle Association have resolved to give one Silver Medal to Colonial Rifle Associations.
These Medals will be allotted in the proportion of one to each Colony on application from the Colonial Authorities, sanc- tioned by the Colonial Office.
The "History and Proceedings of the National Rifle Association (1860)," containing our Rules, &c., and the statistics of the Wimbledon Prize Meeting being now published, I should be glad to know if your Grace would wish to send any copies to the Colonies, as they might herhaps be of use in the formation of Colonial Associations.-I have, &c.,
(Signed)
ELCHO, Chairman of the Council of the N.R.A. P.S.--The next annual Prize Meeting of the National Rifle Association will tal e place early in July. His Grace the DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, K.G.,
No. 41.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency The Governor is pleased to recognize JOHN HEARD, Esquire, as Russian Consul at this Port, provisionally, until the receipt of Her Majesty's Exequatur.
By Order,
L. D'ALMADA È CASTRO, (In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 19th April, 1861.
No. 42.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,
ERNMENT
The subjoined Post Office Notification is published for general information.
By Order,
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, (In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 19th April, 1861.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that on and after this date prepayment of postage at the rate of One Penny cach will be required to be made upon all Newspapers or Prices Current posted at this Office, (or at any of the Ports in China and Japan from the First proximo,) for transmission to or through the United Kingdom by way, of Marseilles, and that such Newspapers will be liable to a further charge of Two Pence each on delivery at the places of their destination, instead of as hitherto the total rate of Postage, viz: Turce Pence per Paper being collected in one sum upon delivery thereof; and further that on and after the first day of January next ensuing prepayment of the whole rate of Three Pence will be required to be made upon all Newspapers, &c., of this class at the time of posting, in which ease they will be delivered to the persons to whom they are addressed free of all charge whatever.
F. W. MITCHELL, Acting Postmuster General.
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General Post Office, Hongkong, 18th April, 1861.
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