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or plaster to suit the taste of the builder, and the thoroughfare under the same is to be kept free from any obstruction whatsoever, that the Public may not be incommoded thereby.

The Verandahs either upon the ground floor or upper stories shall be enclosed in no other manner than by Venetians at the upper portions of the pillars, for a depth of not more than 5 feet, or so as to leave a clear space of 7 feet six inches from the floor to the under side of the same.

These Verandahs upon any story shall not be used as Bath-rooms, Water-closets, nor for any purpose whatsoever whereby the Public may be inconvenienced.

The Verandahs projecting over any other street or Thoroughfare than the Queen's Road can only be supported from the walls of the premises adjoining. The floor shall not be less than 10 feet in the clear from the surface of the footpath, and the projection to be equal to the width of the same, and on no account will permission be given to enclose any portion except in the manner detailed before for the Queen's Road.

The work is to be executed in a neat and substantial manner and to the perfect satisfaction of the Surveyor-General, who may at any time stop the progress of the work if he considers the same any infringement upon the foregoing regulations; and any person who wilfully neglects to make such alterations or amendments as the said Surveyor General may direct will be liable to the pen- alties described in Ordinance No. 14 of 1845. Sec: 5.

Any further information with regard to the width of the Verandahs in any street or Thoroughfare or upon any other matter connected therewith may be obtained upon a written application to the Surveyor General.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION:

It is hereby notified that the Government Rents due for the current half year will be payable on the 25th instant, and for twenty one days following.

R. RIENAECKER, Colonial Treasurer.

Colonial Treasury Victoria,

Hongkong. 16th December, 1854.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Wanted a passage to Perth, Western Australia, for three European Convicts.

Sealed Tenders will be received addressed to the Colonial Secretary, and particulars may be learnt on application at the Harbour Master's Office.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th Angust, 1854.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

Wanted a Passage to Penang for Eight Chinese Convicts.

Sealed Tenders will be received at this Office. For particulars apply to the Harbour Master.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

By Order,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 15th November, 1854.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Act of the Imperial Parliament, applied to this Colony by the recent Ordinance No. 3 of 1854, is published for general information.

By Order,

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 27th December, 1854.

ANNO OCTAVO & NONO VICTORIE REGINE.

CAP. XLVII.

AN ACT FOR THE FURTHER PREVENTION OF THE OFFENCE OF DOG STEALING.

[21st July, 1845.]

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Seventh and Eighth Years of His Majesty 7 & 8 G. 4. c. 29. King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws in England relative to Larceny, and other Offences connected therewith, certain Provisions were made for the Prevention of Dog Stealing: And whereas it is expedient, for the further Prevention of the said Offence, that the Provisions of the said recited Act, so far as relates to Dog Stealing, and to dealing with the Of-