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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3D MARCH, 1860.
other Names by which such Persons are usually known, whether such Names shall have been delivered in writing in accordance with Section II of Ordinance No. 3 of 1855, or have been inserted therein by the Sheriff or by the Governor and Legislative Council.
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VI. So much of Section XI of Ordinance No. 4 of 1851 as provides that the Special Jurors not Persons marked off and designated as Special Jurors shall be liable to serve both as Common Jury. Special and Common Jurors, shall be and is hereby repealed; and be it enacted in lieu thereof, that Special Jurors shall be exempt from serving on any Common Jury.
HERCULES G. R. ROBINSON. Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 3rd Day of March, 1860.
L. D'ALMADA e Castro, Clerk of Councils.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
At the request of the Government of Ceylon, the annexed Advertisement of a Pearl Fishery to take place at Aripo in the beginning of March proximo, is published for general information.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 27th February, 1860.
GOVERNMENT ADVERTISEMENT.
PEARL FISHERY.
Notice is hereby given, that a Pearl Fishery will take place at Aripo, in the Island of Ceylon, on or about the 1st of March next 1860, and that the Bank to be fished, is the South part, and a portion of the North part, of the Modregam Bank, esti- mated to contain Oysters sufficient to employ Fifty Boats for Five days.
It is therefore recommended, that such Boat-owners and Divers as may wish to be employed at the said Fishery, shall be at Aripo on or before the 20th February next. And it is particularly notified, that the first day's fishing will positively take place on the first day of March that the weather may permit the Boats to fish.
The Fishery will be conducted on account of Government, and the Oysters put up to sale in such lots as may be deemed expedient.
The arrangements of the Fishery will be the same as have been usual on similar occasions.
All payments to be made in ready money in Ceylon Currency, or in East India Company's Rupees.
Drafts on the Banks in Colombo, or Bills on the Agents of this Government in India, at Ten days' sight, will be taken, on Letters of Credit being produced to warrant the drawing of such Drafts or Bills.
For the convenience of purchasers, the Treasurer at Colombo and the different Government Agents of Provinces, will be authorized to receive Cash Deposits from parties intending to become purchasers, and Receipts of these Officers will be taken in payment of any sums due on account of the Fishery.
No deposit will be received for a less sum than Fifty pounds.
By His Excellency's Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Colombo, 31st December, 1859.
No. 23.
W. C. GIBSON, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Value of the produce of 1220 Sample Oysters taken from a small bed of Oysters on the South part of the Modregam Bank, in November, 1859––£4 4s. 6d. or Rs. 42 An. 4.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. H. HARRIS, Esquire, R.N., of Her Majesty's Ship Cambrian, by permission of His Excellency The Rear-Admiral Commanding-in-Chief, will assume charge of the Harbor Master's Department from this date till further notice.
By Order of His Excellency The Governor,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 28th February, 1860.
No. 24.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary,
It is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor, with the Advice of the Executive Council, has fixed the Police Rate for the current Year at Seven-and-a-half per Cent for Houses in the City of Victoria, and Five per Cent for Houses in the Villages of this Island.
In addition to which on Houses in Victoria a Lighting Rate of One-and-a-half per Cent will be levied in accordance with the terms of Ordinance No. 11 of 1856.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 28th February, 1860.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
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