THE
Hongkong
Government
GAZETTE.
NEW SERIES.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 18TH DECEMBER, 1858.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. IV. No. 187.
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 Gazette 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.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 2d July, 1855.
No. 118.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Whereas Her Majesty's Pardon was granted by His Excellency SIR JOHN BOWRING, Governor and Com- mander-in-Chief, &c., &c., &c., unto WILLIAM LAWSON, then confined in Victoria Gaol under Sentence of Trans- portation, on condition of his not returning to this Colony or the Waters thereof: Notice is hereby given, that the said WILLIAM Lawson has been released on the above Condition.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th December, 1858.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified, for the third time, that the Government Notification of 23d October last, wherein was intimated the first reading of " An Ordinance to provide for the erection of a Public Way, along the Water Frontage of the City of Victoria," is cancelled by advice of the Legislative Council; and the Honourable the Acting Governor directs it to be made known, to all concerned, that in conformity with Clause XXIX of the Standing Orders under which the Council is ruled (vide Government Gazette of 17th July last,) the said Ordinance will be considered at the expiration of One Month from the 4th instant.
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By Order,
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, Clerk of Councils.
Council Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 18th December, 1858.
No. 114.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received at the Surveyor General's Office, on or before Monday the 20th instant, for the undermentioned Services, viz :——
No. 1.-For the Completion of the Repair and Widening of the Road from Bonham Road to Pokefulum. No. 2.-For the Repair and Completion of Road from Pokefulum to Aberdeen.
No. 3. For the Construction of Tanks at Glenealy, and Taipingshan; also the Rate per Man per Day
for First-class Bricklayers, Stone-Masons, and Coolies.
No. 4.-Construction of the Bowring Praya in front of the Central Market, &c.
No. 5.-Construction of certain Portions of the Bowring Praya in the Lower Bazaar.
Plans and Specifications may be seen, and any information obtained, at the Surveyor General's Office, between the hours of 11 ▲.. and 3 P.M.
By Order,
Colonial Socretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 10th December, 1858.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
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