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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

publishru by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 26TH OCTOBER, 1861.

VOL. VII.

No. 43.

No. 109.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified, that under the terns of Section 3 of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, and Section 1 of Ordinance No. 7 of 1858, Tuesday the 12th day of November next, is fixed for a Special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace, to be held at the Office of the Chief Magistrate of Police, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, for the purpose of considering Applications for Licenses for the sale of Spirituous and Fermented Liquors, during the Year commencing the 1st December next.

Applications for such Licenses must be lodged at the Chief Magistrate's Office, at least ten days before the Sessions, in the Form prescribed by the above quoted Section of the first mentioned Ordi- nance, and no Application will after that period be received fo: submission to the Sessions.

Printed Forms of Applications may be obtained by intending Applicants, at the Chief Magistrate's Office, on Week Days between the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th October, 1861.

W. T. MERCER,

Colonial Secretary.

NOTICE.

All Persons intending to apply for Seamen's Boarding House Licenses for the Year 1861-62 under Ordinance No. 6 of 1852 are to send in their applications in writing to this Office on or before Tuesday, 12th November next, stating accurately the position of the House, and that there is an entire dwelling intervening between it, and any House licensed for the sale of Spiritous or Fermented liquors.

In measuring the Rooms, strict regard will be paid to the Regulations laid down on January 1st. 1855, and no License will be granted to any House that does not come within the full meaning of the Ordinance.

Before a License can be issued the Applicant will require to get the sanction of the Chief Magis- trate to its being granted.

Harbor Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 24th October, 1861.

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H. G. THOMSETT. Harbor Master.