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The Hongkong Government Gazette:
[MAY 16, 1857.
No. 75.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to appoint JULIUS CHARLES POWER, Esquire, to be a Registrar of Marriages in the Colony of Hongkong, under Ordinance No. 1 of 1852, in the place of ROBERT RIENAECKER, Esquire, resigned.
By Order,
W. T. BRIDGES,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th May, 1857.
No. 76.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
In accordance with Instructions from the Right Honourable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to appoint WILLIAM CHAPMAN, Esquire, to be Post-Master of Hong- kong, in the place of Thomas HYLAND, Esquire, retired.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 14th May, 1857.
No. 77.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary,
It is hereby notified, that His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to appoint, subject to Her Majesty's approval, FREDERICK HENRY ALEXANDER FORTH, Esquire, Colonial Treasurer HENRY TUDOR DAVIES, Esquire, Chief Magistrate; and George LyALI., Esquire,—to be Members of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
The Oaths of Office having been administered to them, The Honourables FREDERICK Henry AlexaNDER FORTH, HENRY TUDOR DAVIES, and GEORGE LYALL, Esquires, took their Seats accordingly, at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held this day.
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By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 15th May, 1857.
Νο. 78.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Notice is hereby given, that a Sale by Public Auction of Crown Lands at Aberdeen, for the construction of Docks, will be held at the Surveyor General's Office on Monday, the First day of June next; the sale to commence at Three o'clock in the Afternoon.
After which, one Lot on the Queen's Road, near the Old Protestant Burial Ground, will be sold on the ground. Plans of the Lots to be sold and the Conditions of sale, which, with regard to the Docks are very special, may be seen on application at the Surveyor General's Office.
The following Descriptive Statement of the Lots to be offered at the sale is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 15th May, 1857.
W. T. BRIDGES. Acting Colonial Secretory.
Schedule of Lots of Land proposed to be Sold.
BOUNDARY MEASUREMENTS.
ORDER
CONTENT IN
OF
LOCALITY.
SALE.
N.
S.
E.
W.
SQUARE FEET.
FIXED ANNUAL RENT.
Marine.
ABERDEEN.
£ d.
1
2
(For Docks.) (id.)
600
600
840
840
112 Acres
100 0 0
G00
600
840
840
111
100 0 .0
Inland.
VICTORIA.
3
Queen's Road East.
40
દ
No. 20.
40
100
100
4,000
10 0
THOS. L. WALKER, Acting Surveyor General.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Diplomatic Department.
His Excellency Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, has been pleased to appoint, pending reference to Her Majesty's Government, Dr WILLIAM Kang to the Office of British Consular Agent in Macao, vacant by the death of the late PATRick dtewart, Esquire.
...By Order,
Superintendency of Trade, Victoria, Hongkong, 11th May, 1857.
W. WOODGATE.
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