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THE

Hongkong

NEW SERIES.

Government

GAZETTE.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 2D OCTOBER, 1858.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Voz. IV. No. 176.

The Contract for publishing this Gazette, entered into on the 24th September, 1853, was terminated on the 30th ultimo ; and notice is hereby given, that a NEW SERIES of this Gasette will be published hereafter, to commence from the 7th instant, under a New Contract, and that

« THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE"

will, as before, be the only Official Organ for Proclamations, Notifications, and Public Papers, of this Government.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

No. 91.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

OPIUM MONOPOLY.

In reference to the Government Notification No. 86, dated the 18th instant, His Excellency The Governor in Council has granted to Ina Aru, of the Fook Loong Shop No. 319, Lower Bazaar, the exclusive Privilege of pre- paring and selling Prepared Opium, throughout the Island of Hongkong, its Dependencies, and the Waters thereof, for Six Monthe, commencing with the 1st October next, and ending 31st March, 1859.

The Form of Grant of such Privilege is that which was published in the Hongkong Government Gazette of the 22d May, 1858, with the single exception, that the said Privilege is accorded for the Term of Six Months, and not for One Year, as therein set forth,

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 30th September, 1858.

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FRED. FORTH,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

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